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Gay Fathers--Twin Sons follows the story of a gay male couple fighting to raise their Canadian-born twins in the United States. Each partner had fathered one twin via egg donation and surrogacy, but only one parent was a US citizen, leaving one child without a biological American parent. And, thus, the fight for citizenship began.

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This book is both a heart-warming and heart-breaking tale. It's a story of ordinary people overcoming extraordinary obstacles. You cannot read it without rethinking the fundamental issues underlying family life. Using her great breath of scholarly knowledge (Psychology, Evolution, Child Development, Genetics, etc.) Nancy Segal weaves scientific ideas and personal experiences into a flawless tapestry that affords the reader a profound educational experience.--Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr., PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota You would think having twins would be a glorious gift for parents, which it is if you're heterosexual. If you're a gay couple it's another story entirely, one told by the preeminent twins researcher and masterful storyteller Nancy Segal. Gay Fathers, Twin Sons is at once gripping, infuriating, heartbreaking, and uplifting. For all the moral progress we've made over the centuries it's hard to believe same-sex couples still struggle to be treated equally under the law. A brilliant read.--Michael Shermer, Publisher of Skeptic magazine, author of The Moral Arc and Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational

This story highlights the heroics of two men who sacrificed their privacy to make a difference for their children and others to follow. Segal cogently focuses on the terrifying reality that not all families are treated equally under our law. This tale follows the lives of two men and their twin sons as they seek a fair and legal path to U.S. citizenship. As the book progresses, Segal's treatment of the personal and legal paths that the men traversed makes us consider issues that get to the very bedrock of basic freedoms - who we can love and who we are allowed to nurture.--Lisabeth Fisher DiLalla, PhD, Professor of Behavioral Sciences, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Director of the Southern Illinois Twins/Triplets and Siblings Study (SITSS) This book is both a heart-warming and heart-breaking tale. It's a story of ordinary people overcoming extraordinary obstacles. You cannot read it without rethinking the fundamental issues underlying family life. Using her great breath of scholarly knowledge (Psychology, Evolution, Child Development, Genetics, etc.) Nancy Segal weaves scientific ideas and personal experiences into a flawless tapestry that affords the reader a profound educational experience.--Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr., PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota You would think having twins would be a glorious gift for parents, which it is if you're heterosexual. If you're a gay couple it's another story entirely, one told by the preeminent twins researcher and masterful storyteller Nancy Segal. Gay Fathers, Twin Sons is at once gripping, infuriating, heartbreaking, and uplifting. For all the moral progress we've made over the centuries it's hard to believe same-sex couples still struggle to be treated equally under the law. A brilliant read.--Michael Shermer, Publisher of Skeptic magazine, author of The Moral Arc and Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational

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Nancy L. Segal, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at California State University, Fullerton and Director of the Twin Studies Center. She has authored over 250 scientific articles and six books on twins and twin development. Segal’s 2012 book, Born Together-Reared Apart: The Landmark Minnesota Twin Study, won the 2013 William James Book Award from the American Psychological Association. Her other books include Deliberately Divided (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021), Twin Mythconceptions: False Beliefs, Fables and Facts About Twins (2017), Someone Else’s Twin: The True Story of Babies Switched at Birth (2011), Indivisible by Two: Lives of Extraordinary Twins (2007) and Entwined Lives: Twins and What They Tell Us About Human Behavior (2000). Her most recent book, Accidental Brothers (2018), follows the incredible life histories of two sets of identical male twins in Colombia who were inadvertently switched at birth. She has appeared on the Today Show,CBS This Morning, Good Morning America and the Oprah Winfrey Show, and been featured in the New York Times, Wall StreetJournal and Atlantic Monthly.Segal has also served as a consultant and expert witness for the media, the law and the arts. Born in Boston and raised in New York City, she lives in southern California.

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