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Noe Valley Voice December-January 2010
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Local Author Draws on Childhood to Write a Book on Gay Adoption

By Heather World
Psychologist James LaCroce is not just monkeying around in his new children’s book about a chimpanzee. He also hopes to advance the cause of gay parenting. Photo by Pamela Gerard

Researchers found a growing number of parents appeared to have ditched traditional names in favour of the more bizarre monikers such as Shy, Unity and Bean.
The survey, for a parenting group, found that more than one in three parents now claimed their child had an unusual name. Experts said many new parents were being influenced by celebrities who had given their children more unusual names.

But they warned parents to “think very carefully” before embarking on unusual names because it could affect their child’s psychology.

Surrogates are unusual women who selflessly carry a child to term for someone who cannot otherwise do so. They endure psychological counseling, fertility treatments, pregnancy cravings, swollen feet and more, all with a smile on their face. The end prize: happy families that they help create.

What these surrogates don’t have much of is a network just for them. A place to go when the hormones are raging, to question other surrogates about the legal process or just to express how they’re feeling after the baby is born.

Joel Brodsky, 40, has joined the Donor Network Alliance (www.donornetworkalliance.com ) as equity partner and chief operating officer, the company announced today.

Donor Network Alliance (DNA) is an affiliation of leading U.S. egg donor agencies, through which they share their egg donor candidates via an online database. It aims to facilitate intended parents’ search for egg donors and help participating agencies gain greater exposure to a larger number of prospective clients.