Ben, I’m a gay man who disagrees with surrogacy for various reasons: 1) moral/ethical concerns about breaking the bond between birth mother and child, 2) socialist/feminist arguments against men’s exploitation of women’s reproductive labor, and 3) disagreements with the idea... https://twitter.com/benjamincohen/status/1309766306120466432

...that people have a “right to reproduce”, they just simply have the ability to do so or not. When I accepted my homosexuality, I was very aware of the limitations of my male sex and the reality that my potential partners would be male. In fact, I welcomed childlessness...

... because I did not want the heteronormative expectation of a child, as would be the case if my potential partners were female. I don’t believe that gay men, or any men for that matter, have the right to use women’s bodies simply as a means to an end, and to take away the...

...child custody rights of birth mothers as is the case of “altruistic” and “volunteer” surrogates under contract. It brings up a whole plethora of moral, ethical, and political issues regarding the exploitation of women’s bodies and their reproductive labor.

I pose a serious question to you: In your view, does me believing everything I just mentioned in this thread make me homophobic? I’ll patiently wait for your answer. Thanks.