“…People in both countries reported different methods for making parenting viable. Same-sex parenting could be planned and/or experienced through: adoption Araldi & Serralta, 2019;Carneiro et al, 2018;Costa & Bidell, 2017;Lira et al, 2015;Matos et al, 2019;Tombolato et al, 2018;Vitule et al, 2015); assisted reproduction techniques, such as artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization (common for lesbian couples), and in vitro fertilization with a surrogate uterus (common among gay couples) (Costa & Bidell, 2017;Costa, Tasker et al, 2019;Lira et al, 2015;Machin & Couto, 2014;Meletti & Scorsolini-Comin, 2015;Pontes et al, 2015Pontes et al, , 2017Vitule et al, 2015); coparenting agreements or to make the parental project viable (Lira et al, 2016a; Research, Society and Development, v. 11, n. 16, e357111638227, 2022 (CC BY 4.0) | ISSN 2525-3409 | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v11i16.38227 Matos et al, 2019;Medeiros, 2006;Rodriguez & Paiva, 2009;. Thus, the choice of each family depends on a series of contextual and biopsychosocial factors present in the lives of individuals.…”