LGBTQIA+
For decades, Mark has championed the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community. When he wanted to start his own family, Mark realized how challenging it was for members of the LGBTQIA+ community to have a biological child. After learning first hand how challenging the IVF and surrogacy process can be, Mark founded Gay Parents To Be. For both personal and professional reasons, Mark has worked tirelessly for members of this community find pathways to becoming biological parents by using donor sperm or, for gay men, donor eggs with the help of surrogates. Now, Mark helps dads all over the world grow their families with the help of a dedicated surrogacy team.
Today, the door is wide open for LGBTQIA+ persons to achieve biological parenthood. In fact, Mark has helped 1,000s of LGBTQIA+ achieve their dream of expanding their family. Through the excellent legal work done by many groups within the LGBTQ+ equality movement, we now have expanded individual rights and rights as parents.
Considering expanding your future family?
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Resources
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Inside Reproductive Health with Griffin Jones: Episode 30
Mark discusses various paths to family building and how fertility clinics can provide personalized care to those with different goals and needs.
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YouTube: Beyond the White Coat: Dr. Mark Leondires
Get to know Mark as he discusses what he loves about his job and his outside interests.
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PubMed
PubMed is a free, trusted scholarly resource that is an authority on biomedical literature. Check out several articles Mark co-authored.
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Queer Forty: How to choose a surrogacy agency
Things to consider when choosing a surrogacy agency.
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YouTube: IVF 101 for everyone with Dr. Leondires
The Donor Conception Conversations Podcast is the one podcast exclusively for those on their journey to use donor conception to build their family.
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Queer Forty: 6 ways to celebrate your child’s origin story
Whether your child joined your family through surrogacy, fertility treatment, donor conception, adoption, or another pathway, it is important to acknowledge and celebrate their story.
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Queer Forty: Fertility pathways to queer women over forty
In the LGBTQ+ community, many opt to wait until their relationships, finances and careers are stable to begin having children — often due to the higher cost of building their families.
