A Donor Conceived Adult
Tiffany Gardner, an adult DCP
Tag: donation
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Problematic Donor Recruitment Tactics
The above image is how the fertility industry attracts donors, and it exemplifies all that is wrong with monetizing these “donations.” Need money for a shopping spree? Sell your biological children to strangers! You don’t even have to allow your children to know your name or future medical history! You’ll have that new purse, six-pack
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The Right to Know Our Genetic Identity
Today we raise awareness about the right to Genetic Identity, which has been recognized by the United Nations. Anonymous sperm and egg donation prohibit a person from having lifelong medical history updates, knowing their ancestry, and understanding exactly what parts of them are due to nature versus nurture. Anonymity leads to burning questions that are
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Missed Connections
That moment when you stumble upon an online photo of your nephew—the infant son of a half brother who has no interest in knowing you and who had an active role in destroying your relationship with your biological father—and realize that not only does your youngest son look just like your half brother, but your
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Fear of Abandonment
When you fear the abandonment of another, the probability of you abandoning yourself goes up. Vienna Pharaon This one resonated. When I found my biological father and we connected, I did everything in my power to be perfect. I was sincere in my efforts at bonding with him and his wife, but I did my
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Curiosity is Not Dictated by the Reasons for Absence
You can’t be a sperm donor without also being a biological father. We Are Donor Conceived via Instagram My first father died when I was four. I barely knew him. But would anyone have told me never to wonder about him? That I shouldn’t care to know more? That he was not my father because
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Profiteers of Procreation
A “donor” who gets paid is not donating. This is something about the fertility industry and the root of our origins that upsets many donor conceived people. The language and rhetoric sound nice and kind and lovely. But strip it down to the actual bare bones minimum function and purpose and things get more complicated.
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