Bevan Dufty and Rebecca Goldfader.They met seven years ago in a step aerobics step aerobics n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Aerobics performed in a choreographed routine by stepping up onto and down from a portable platform. class and became friends. Now out San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden city supervisor Bevan Dufty Bevan Dufty is an American politician and a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He represents District 8, which includes the Castro, Noe Valley, Glen Park, and Diamond Heights neighborhoods.He is the son of writer William Dufty and Maely Bartholomew. , 51, and lesbian Rebecca Goldfader, 39, are having a child together, due in October. The platonic couple is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a duplex to share in Dufty's district. How did you decide to do this? Goldfader: [We both] always wanted to have a family, so we got together and talked about the process, about coparenting--how it would look--and we did some research. We started informally--I'm an ob-gyn nurse-practitioner, so friends helped us with inseminations. It actually took us about 18 months to get pregnant. We ended up going with in vitro fertilization in vitro fertilization (vē`trō, vĭ`trō), technique for conception of a human embryo outside the mother's body. Several ova, or eggs, are removed from the mother's body and placed in special laboratory culture dishes (Petri dishes); , and we got pregnant in February. Although you're both gay, you're also an opposite-sex couple. Goldfader: We absolutely have the privilege of being recognized as parents within what could be seen as a heterosexual model, and we are aware that we might have access to privileges that some same-sex couples might not. However, Bevan and I bring to this arrangement all of who we are as gay people. Given Bevan's age, does raising a child so late in life worry you? Goldfader: The answer is yes and yes! Dufty: I was on a [business] trip to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. when I turned on MTV's My Super Sweet 76. I called Rebecca that night to check in, and I left a message saying, "Oh, my God! I'm going to be 76 years old at my daughters sweet 16!" Rebecca called me back the next day and told me I needed to do the math again. Goldfader: [Laughsl Right--he'll be 67! |
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