Growing one’s family always comes with its challenges — but for aspiring parents who identify as LGBTQ, barriers to fertility care can make family-building seemingly impossible.
According to a survey by the Family Equality Council, nearly half of LGBTQ millennials are actively planning to grow their families, and 1.6 million are considering biological paths. This means assisted reproductive care, whether it be procedures like surrogacy, insemination or in vitro fertilization, is essential to many queer families. But are employers keeping LGBTQ talent in mind when setting up family-building benefits?
