LGBT law and legal advice
As solicitors who support the LGBT+ community, we regularly publish content on LGBT law and legal advice including LGBT fertility issues, LGBT conception, LGBT family disputes and LGBT adoption rights.
Read up on our published articles, read other people’s stories and experiences and browse other pieces around this subject below.
There is so much more still to do for LGBT+ parents – Article published in Bionews
Natalie has written a comment piece in this week’s Bionews about the UK Government's plans to update the fertility screening laws, which will bring positive impact on some LGBT+ intended parents, such as female same-sex couples and HIV-positive individuals seeking to...
UK government to remove block on HIV+ intended parents conceiving through UK surrogacy
We are thrilled to see the government’s announcement in Parliament yesterday that it will remove the bar on HIV+ intended parents conceiving through UK surrogacy, which follows a five year campaign brilliantly led by the National AIDS Trust, something we at NGA Law and Brilliant Beginnings have been proud to support.
British Fertility Society proposals for reform of UK fertility law
The British Fertility Society has now published its proposals on how it thinks UK fertility law need to be modernised.
Fertility Network UK to run 6-week course on LGBTQ+ Pathways to Parenthood
NGA Law is delighted to be part of an educational course being run for intended LGBT+ parents by national fertility charity Fertility Network UK. Run online on Thursday evenings in August and September, the course offers free digital access to expert opinion and...
Natalie Gamble at The Fertility Show
The Law Commission has published their final recommendations for UK surrogacy law reform. Here are the key findings and our response.
Training for Resolution (national association of family lawyers) on LGBT law and modern families
In her role as chair of the UK and Ireland LGBT Family Law Institute, Natalie Gamble was delighted to be invited to give some training to Resolution (the association of English family lawyers) recently, together with fellow FLI member Andrew Spearman from Laytons LLP....
Celebrating Pride with a look back at UK legal milestones for LGBT+ families.
To celebrate Pride, we look back at some of the UK’s major legal milestones for LGBT+ families over the past 15 years. It’s amazing to think that only 15 years ago LGBT partnerships, parenthood and non-cisgender identity were all completely invisible in the eyes of UK...
NGA speaks at British HIV Association national conference
Natalie was delighted to speak to the British HIV Association's national conference in London. She shared the unique challenges faced by HIV+ parents who need to conceive through fertility treatment, and particularly those who need the help of a surrogate. Currently...
Legal issues for transgender parents – Article published in Fertility Network UK magazine
Natalie has written an article for transgender parents conceiving children, published in the Fertility Network UK magazine. It covers legal rights in relation to eggs and sperm in storage, as well as legal parenthood, with two case studies showing how the law works in...
Transgender parents and UK fertility law
There is growing awareness in the UK of the fertility needs of transgender people. Hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery often affect fertility and so, like cancer patients having chemotherapy, a transgender man or woman going through a gender transition...
Considering surrogacy and need more support?
Our sibling organisation, Brilliant Beginnings, is a non-profit surrogacy agency, founded by the NGA Law directors in 2013 to support safe ethical surrogacy.
Brilliant Beginnings offers personal advice consultations as well as managed surrogacy pathways in the UK and USA which include full legal support from NGA Law.
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