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Children victims of homosexual parent fighting
The Daily Telegraph – November 9, 2010
Gay sperm donor in legal fight with lesbian mother
By Tim Ross
A HOMOSEXUAL sperm donor who fathered two babies by a lesbian after placing an advertisement in a magazine is engaged in a legal dispute over access to the children. The woman, who is in her forties, and her civil partner took the case to the Court of Appeal to try to overturn an earlier ruling that the children should spend almost half the year living with their father. The mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accusing the father of trying to “marginalise” her partner and “overpower” them both with his forceful personality. But the father, a wealthy man in a long-term relationship, now in his fifties, claims it is his right to see his children and that they should divide their time between him and their mother.
The case began in 1999 when the man placed an advertisement in Gay Times in the hope of finding a lesbian couple to have his children. The advert read: “Gay guy wants to be a Dad. White, handsome, solvent, 30s, professional, in happy relationship, non-scene, has everything but kids. Looking for a similar female couple who want to have kids. I require little involvement. I have a lot to offer.” After the lesbian couple answered the advert, he twice donated sperm and a boy and girl, now aged nine and seven, were born.