David Dodge is a writer, researcher, and LGBTQ advocate with a special interest in non-traditional families, politics, arts and culture, and travel. He is a regular contributor to The New York Times, and has also written for HuffPost Queer Voices, The Advocate, Travel + Leisure, The Glass Magazine, and more. In 2014, he chronicled the start of his journey as a known sperm donor in "The Sperm Donor Diary," in a series of posts for The New York Times’ Motherlode Blog. David is the Executive Editor of Gay With Kids. He is based in New York City.

Listen to David as he discusses with Ellen and Jenn:

• His Harvard background and what led him to writing in the infertility world.

• His experience as a Mormon gay man from Utah.

• Becoming a sperm donor for his friends.

• The continued relationship he has with the children from his donation.

• His thoughts on kids of his own.

• Some advice on being a sperm donor – get a lawyer!

• His thoughts on anonymous vs known donations.

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