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Parenting

Surrogacy laws are the next target of the anti-trans coalition
Politics

Surrogacy laws are the next target of the anti-trans coalition

Criminalizing growing queer families is yet another attack on LGBTQ2S+ rights and on bodily autonomy

By Charlotte Dalwood
Trans parents have always existed
Identity

Trans parents have always existed

OPINION: Today’s panic over transness and kids is largely driven by the overactive imaginations of people who have never met a trans person in their lives

By Katelyn Burns
Italy’s far-right government is scrubbing gay parents from children’s birth certificates
Parenting

Italy’s far-right government is scrubbing gay parents from children’s birth certificates

Milan, the last city in Italy to recognize both same-sex parents on birth certificates, has been told to stop the practice

By V.S. Wells
Home is where the heart is
Queering Family

Home is where the heart is

Queer families come in all shapes and sizes. But love is a constant, as these photos demonstrate

By Jordan Currie, Stéphanie Verge
The highs and lows of being a non-binary nanny
Queering Family

The highs and lows of being a non-binary nanny

Helping to raise someone else’s children has been life-affirming, even gender-affirming, but it’s not without complications

By Em Norton
Tracing my drag family tree
Queering Family

Tracing my drag family tree

Winnipeg queen Prairie Sky on the bonds that keep her drag children, grandchildren, cousins, nieces and aunties close

By Prairie Sky
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What you need to know about conception as a queer and trans person
Queering Family

What you need to know about conception as a queer and trans person

Author and midwife Kristin Liam Kali weighs in on the significant challenges and transformational benefits of becoming a parent 

By Ziya Jones
Our family’s guide to transitioning
Queering Family

Our family’s guide to transitioning

Telling my mother I was trans was the hardest part about coming out as a teen, but she ended up being my greatest support. Now we want to help families like ours 

By Tudor Robins & Evan Robins
Raising kids in a gender-open way sounds great. But how does it work in practice?
Queering Family

Raising kids in a gender-open way sounds great. But how does it work in practice?

Three families—including the parents of the once-controversial Baby Storm—share their stories

By Tobin Ng
Queer and trans families are intentional. They take the shape of what you and your loved ones need most
Queering Family

Queer and trans families are intentional. They take the shape of what you and your loved ones need most

In the nine-part series Queering Family, Xtra guest editor Stéphanie Verge introduces us to people who are redefining what it means to build and sustain a family

By Stéphanie Verge
Oklahoma judge revokes a lesbian mom’s parental rights
Parenting

Oklahoma judge revokes a lesbian mom’s parental rights

The ruling could have wide-reaching reverberations in LGBTQ2S+ parenting, experts say

By V.S. Wells
This Texas ‘mama bear’ is fighting hateful policies to protect trans kids across the U.S. 
Activism

This Texas ‘mama bear’ is fighting hateful policies to protect trans kids across the U.S. 

Amber Briggle is suing Governor Greg Abbott to protect her son and others

By Cam Smith
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Candace Cameron Bure’s homophobia hurts queer families like mine
TV & Film

Candace Cameron Bure’s homophobia hurts queer families like mine

OPINION: Queer kids and parents deserve to have their realities respected by the people they look up to

By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk
Nova Scotia lesbian couple fight for the right for both to be registered as parents on child’s birth certificate
Identity

Nova Scotia lesbian couple fight for the right for both to be registered as parents on child’s birth certificate

A lesbian couple from Wolfville, Nova Scotia, is speaking out about being unable to register both their names to their daughter’s birth certificate

By Ursula Muñoz S.
Motherhood is hell in the Mexican horror film ‘Huesera’
TV & Film

Motherhood is hell in the Mexican horror film ‘Huesera’

REVIEW: The crushing weight of familial pressures on women and queer people make for juicy horror flick fare

By Sara Clements
This Ontario mom is throwing a gender reveal for her trans daughter
Identity

This Ontario mom is throwing a gender reveal for her trans daughter

Eight-year-old Ella is celebrating her new name and transition with family this weekend

By Maddy Mahoney
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ captures the multitudes of all of us
TV & Film

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ captures the multitudes of all of us

REVIEW: Michelle Yeoh stars in a delightfully dick-filled and tender exploration of queer family dynamics

By Mel Woods
Why trans family visibility matters
Culture

Why trans family visibility matters

ANALYSIS: Three parents talk about what it means to see celebrity families like theirs, from Cher to Dwyane Wade

By V.S. Wells
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