We are really emotional, wondering what this looks like for our future, Huffine says.
We are bringing a little girl into this world too.
But in the darkness, they are finding comfort in their community.
Shannen Fusco
A lot of people have reached out to uswhich has been really greatto even say,I love you.
Im here for you.
This is shitty, Lynch-Sparks says.
Shannen Fusco
Thats all that we can have a go at do and be hopeful.
Huffine, who describes herself as an in-the-moment thinker, found it a challenge to look beyond the immediate.
I dont even know whats going on through the end of this year.
Shannen Fusco
She wanted me to look at the whole of our life, Huffine says.
Lynch-Sparks offered her time to think on it.
I thought, okay, shell come back to me tomorrow.
Shannen Fusco
It was three weeks, Lynch-Sparks recalls.
She came back and she was like, I thought about this a lot.
And that was the start.
From there, the two underwent the gruelingIVF process, each of them freezing their eggs.
We had people that we could ask questions to, which was really important, Huffine says.
We keep saying its like Hinge, Lynch-Sparks says, but way more high-stakes.
But there was another factor involved.
The two, both now 40, froze their eggs at 37.
Where we are with age was also the defining factor.
When you make embryos the number of what you have to implant goes down, she adds.
But for the couple, loud, proud queer love is an act of resistance all on its own.
We have to celebrate, Lynch-Sparks says.
That’s all you could do.
Share queer joy, Huffine adds.
And were not hiding, no matter what the country plans to do.
The first plan of action?
The thing that we can keep doing is celebrating love.
