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Alternative Family Week returns to UK as boom in LGBTI parenting continues
Alternative Family Week, the national event offering advice and support for would-be parents and modern families, returns between 13-19 September 2015, as the increase in gay parenting continues.
Workshops, events, seminars and expert advice will be available during the week for same-sex couples and gay singles looking to realise their dream of starting a family – culminating in the Alternative Parenting Show at the end of the week.
More than 40 exhibitors are currently on the Alternative Parenting Show line-up, including headline sponsor London Women’s Clinic, legal partner Dawson Cornwell, surrogacy partner The Fertility Centre of Las Vegas, and Childcare Partner Bright Horizons, as well as Circle Surrogacy, AdoptionPlus, European Sperm Bank, The Bridge Centre, My Alternative Family, Wandsworth Borough Council, Pride Angel, Little Miracles and more.
England women’s international, Casey Stoney and her partner, Megan, will be sharing their story on how they had twins through IVF, using the London Women’s Clinic.
‘I’m really looking forward to sharing our story with people who are also looking to start a family,’ she said.
‘For Megan and I attending a seminar was the first step we took on our journey and it really helped us to understand the options available to us, as well as the process and challenges of IVF.
‘It was the best decision we ever made and now we have two gorgeous, healthy twins who’ve completed our lives.
Waterloo Road actress and singer, Heather Peace, whose partner, Ellie gave birth to a baby girl in April, is also backing the event.
‘Alternative Parenting Week is a fantastic, vital initiative, that I’m incredibly proud to be part of,’ she said.
‘The entire event helps LGBT couples and others make their dream of starting a family more of a reality.’
‘There’s still important work to do in helping to raise awareness of the options available to LGBT people around having children. My wife, Ellie and I hope that by sharing the story of the birth of our daughter, Annie, will in some small way contribute to making things a little bit easier for others.’
Alternative Parenting Show organiser, Sarah Garrett, said this year’s Alternative Families Week is going to be bigger than ever.
‘Ten years ago, the idea that a same-sex couple could have a child or a career focused woman wanting a child late in life was an unrealistic objective,’ she said.
‘That is all changing. Alternative Parenting Week, supported by London Women’s Clinic, is about helping people find the best way of starting a family.’
The week will also focus on the growing number of heterosexual people who are looking to use alternative ways of having children, such as women who have put off starting a family until later in life.
To find out more about the Alternative Family Week, visit the website – or follow Alternative Parenting on Twitter. Gay Star News is offering readers free entry to the Alternative Parenting show, using the code APS 2015100.
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Mel Spencer
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