For most of my adult life, having a child felt scary and unappealing. But queer co-parenting helped me redefine the concept of family—and showed me new depths of love
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For most of my adult life, having a child felt scary and unappealing. But queer co-parenting helped me redefine the concept of family—and showed me new depths of love
In her new memoir, author Jane Byers jostles with the realities of queer parenting while adopting her twins
In an essay from their new collection, “Like a Boy but Not a Boy,” andrea bennett reflects on the joys and limitations of non-binary parenting
In my queer household, we’ve avoided the unequal gendered division of labour, but I still feel like a failure as a mother—and failed by a system that neglects the most vulnerable
As a bisexual trans man with a straight cis husband, the discussion of having kids is complicated by questions of surrogacy, adoption and raising kids in the U.S.
When it comes to miscarriage, LGBTQ2 people have been left out and erased from conversations about loss—and reproductive health altogether
The Ten Oaks Project crafts love and support for LGBTQ2 kids and families
Doulas can improve birth outcomes in marginalized communities. For LGBTQ2 parents, this means a trained companion to help them in the labour room and beyond
I don’t fit the labels of ‘mom’ or ‘dad.’ It’s time society tackled the gendered expectations of parenthood
If these texts offer a framework for how we might embody queer desire, then they can also model for us how we might survive abuse, how we might make it home
My sexual orientation is more than just who shares my bed
Sperm donors must refrain from having sex with men for six months prior
‘There’s not enough resources behind getting those kids actually to the parents,’ says Spencer Chandra Herbert
People who had fertility treatments as far back as 2007 can ask for a re-assessment by the end of 2017
My mother had no problem with other people’s fluid sexualities, but she had absolutely no desire for her daughter to be anything but straight
The All Families Are Equal Act was well-fought, but it isn’t over for Wynne’s Liberals