EBB 315 - Supporting LGBTQ+ Families from Fertility through Parenthood with Gena Jaffe, Founder of Connecting Rainbows

Evidence Based Birth®

Rebecca Dekker

Pregnancy, Health & Fitness, Childbirth, Parenting, Birth, Medicine, Kids & Family, Doula, Obstetrician, Midwife

4.6 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dr. Dekker's joined by Gena Jaffe, an LGBTQ+ activist, attorney, and founder of Connecting Rainbows©️. Gena shares her personal story of embarking on reciprocal IVF with her wife and the legal hurdles they faced as a lesbian couple. From navigating complex parental rights to accessing inclusive healthcare, Gena sheds light on the challenges faced by some LGBTQ+ individuals and families on their path to parenthood.

Gena's experience led her to creating Connecting Rainbows©️, a groundbreaking organization offering free legal and fertility resources tailored to the LGBTQ+ community. Tune in for an empowering conversation celebrating diversity, resilience, and the journey of building loving, inclusive families.

Resources:

Learn more about Connecting Rainbows©️ here!
Follow Connecting Rainbows©️ on Instagram.
Find support from Fertility Out Loud here.
Learn more about the Family Equality Council here.
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0:00.0	Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk with Jenna Jaffey
0:04.3	about supporting experiences and stories of LGBT-plus individuals in the realm of
0:10.1	birth and fertility. Welcome to the Evidence-Based Birth Podcast.
0:18.0	My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a nurse with my PhD and the founder of Evidence-Based Birth.
0:23.0	Join me each week as we work together to get
0:26.4	evidence-based information into the hands of families
0:29.4	and professionals around the world.
0:31.8	As a reminder, this information is not medical advice.
0:35.0	See EB Birth.com slash disclaimer for more details.
0:40.0	Hi everyone and welcome to today's episode of the Evidence-based Birth
0:44.6	podcast my name is Rebecca Decker pronouns she her and I'll be your host for
0:48.3	today's episode. Today I'm so excited to talk with Jenna Jaffy, an LGBT-plus activist wife and mom of two
0:57.0	kiddos via reciprocal IVF.
0:59.7	Jenna is also the founder of Connecting Rainbows and Organization that provides free legal and fertility resources to the LGBTQ-plus community.
1:09.0	Jenna, welcome to the Evidence Space Birth Podcast.
1:12.0	Thank you for having me.
1:14.0	I'd love to hear your story of what inspired you to start connecting rainbows.
1:20.4	And what it is, tell our listeners about it.
1:22.6	Yeah, it's a long one, but basically it is, as you said, a free resource center for the
1:29.6	LGBT-plus community. We have a directory of attorneys who specialize in fertility law, estate planning,
1:36.5	ways to really just help start grow and protect your family with laws that are very different
1:41.4	for our community, and then we have fertility clinics that are very different for our community and then we have fertility clinics that are, you know, gay and queer friendly and then just a bunch of resources around surrogacy and sperm donation and all of that good stuff.
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