Having a Baby When You Identify as LGBTQ
Building your family when you're lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender.
Medically reviewed by Leyla Bilali, RN
Whether you identify as same/similar gender-attracted and/or are transgender, if you want to have a baby or raise children, you have many options—possibly more options that you’ve imagined. Granted, having babies as a same- or similar-gender couple or transgender individual can be complicated. There are logistical issues, legal hurdles, and financial obstacles that cisgender heterosexual couples rarely consider or ever need to deal with.