Surrogacy, Tom Daley and husband Dustin Lance Black parents for the second time

Tom Daley, one of the greatest divers ever, 3 world gold medals and an Olympic one and Dustin Lance Black, Oscar-winning screenwriter for the film Milk are one of the most famous gay couples in the world. So it could not go unnoticed in a period in which surrogacy is at the center of a worldwide debate the fact that they have made the birth of their second child Phoenix Rose Black-Daley public on social networks, commenting it with these words: And now there are four of us. Our second son, Phoenix Rose Black-Daley arrived at 3:34pm on March 28, 2023. We are so happy.

Being one (Daley) British citizen and the other (Black) American, they too had to adjust to the different existing legislation in the two countries and opt to rely on American surrogacy. After all, as they had explained a few years ago at the time of the birth of their first child: We have examined the issue in the United Kingdom and in the United States. In the UK it is much more complicated because surrogates are not so well protected legally and prospective parents are not legally protected so it’s just not safe, there are many hurdles to overcome. In the United States, on the other hand, everything is regulated in order to guarantee everyone’s safety and, still in the States, the surrogacy process is much simpler.

Daley and Black have been a couple since 2014, got married in 2017 and have been parents since 2018 when born Robert Ray, their first child. Among other things, Daley is one of the few high-level sportsmen to have come out (in 2013) when he was still active. What makes us think, however, is the fact that they too, like many other couples who have had to resort to surrogacy, complain about two aspects of European legislation: the lesser protection of children born from surrogacy and the lack of certain rules that allow this type of motherhood .