When husbands Matthew Eledge, 32, and Elliot Dougherty, 29, were searching for a surrogate to carry their child, Eledge’s mother, Cecile Eledge, offered to do so. Meanwhile, Dougherty’s 25-year-old sister, Lea Yribe, offered to donate her eggs, which were fertilized with Matthew Eledge’s sperm.
The couple welcomed the help of family in light of antigay discrimination Matthew Eledge had faced at his job. In 2015, he was fired from his job as an English teacher at a private Catholic school in Omaha after he informed school officials that he intended to marry Dougherty.
Read the Entire Story, www.advocate.com/people/2019/3/29/61-year-old-mom-gives-birth-her-gay-sons-child-surrogacy
Resources: Advocate