They went to the same high school. But Lisa was a cheerleader and Melissa a basketball player, so they never really talked. It was fifteen years later when Melissa posted a photo on Instagram that immediately got Lisa’s attention. She now had short hair, and after a...
When Tess and Niki decided to have children, they considered both assisted reproductive technologies and adoption. And while facing challenges on the biological front, they got a call from their foster-to-adopt agency letting them know about a baby who was in...
It was love at first sight when LAPD officer Kristi met Deputy Sheriff Theresa at a conference for LGBT law enforcement officers. But courting was cut short when Theresa found out that Kristi had 18-month-old twins, Erik and Danika. Kristi had also donated an embryo...
Love Comes First is pleased to announce that we now have four new videos in our Medicine section outlining fertility procedures specifically from an LGBT perspective: Artificial Insemination for Lesbians In Vitro Fertilization for Lesbians Egg Donation for Gay Men...
Not much has changed in fertility technologies since the first “test tube” baby. That is until a researcher at Harvard recently discovered what are called egg precursor cells on the outer edges of the ovaries. Based on this discovery, a new treatment...
Love Comes First just photographed one of our featured LGBT families: lesbian moms Kristi and Theresa, both law enforcement officers, with their eight-year-old twins. Look for their amazing family story coming soon on Love Comes First!
TIME Magazine broke the news yesterday that the first baby was born via a new IVF treatment that optimized the mother’s unhealthy eggs with immature egg cells from her own ovaries. The procedure marks the first significant advancement in reproductive...
Amid the mimosas and dream items for auction, LGBT parents, intended parents and their supporters gathered for a good cause: the Raise A Child annual jazz brunch at the W Hotel in Hollywood. Raise A Child has an important mission: to help connect LGBT intended parents...
Jennifer, a professional surrogate, never thought she wanted children. But after becoming a mom herself, she decided she not only loved being pregnant, but that she could help families who would not otherwise be able to have biological children — including gay...
Yes, women are born with a set number of eggs that begin to decline in quality as well as quantity with age. But thanks to a new technology developed at OvaScience, it is possible to augment a woman’s egg quality. To find out more, we interviewed...
When fashion designer, Anthony, met his future husband, John, an executive news producer, he wasn’t quite ready for children. Now the father of twins, it’s Anthony who stays home with them, making meals from scratch, and applying the eye of a couturier to...
For our next family story, we’ve had the privilege of interviewing a wonderful lesbian couple, Kristi and Theresa, and their two children. Both Kristi and Theresa are law enforcement officers; Theresa with the Sheriff’s department, and Kristi with the...
We are currently looking for some amazing trans families who conceived their children post-transitioning to feature as a story segment on our LoveComesFirst.com website and in the book with a professional family portrait. If interested, please contact us at...
By now most of us have read or heard about the comments made by the founders of Dolce and Gabbana in an interview with the Italian magazine, Panorama. In essence, they refer to the children brought into the world through IVF (in vitro fertilization) as “synthetic.”...
The FEC Gala on Saturday was a tremendous success! Among the many celebrities attending were host Sandra Bernhard, Matt Bomer, Cheyenne Jackson, Maxine Nightingale and featured performers from the cast of “Glee,” including Lea Michele. One of our favorite...
So tomorrow night is the big Family Equality Council gala dinner here in Los Angeles! We’re thrilled to be attending, to support such a wonderful organization, and to hear so many celebrities perform. We’ve also heard tickets are still available and can be purchased...
It’s an exciting day for us at Love Comes First: the launch of our LoveComesFirst.com website with our first round of video story segments! Over the past year and a half, we have profiled LGBT families—their struggles and triumphs—as they navigate through the maze of...
