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Parenting

With queer co-parenting,  the more is definitely the merrier
The Xtra Long Read

With queer co-parenting, the more is definitely the merrier

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

By Zena Sharman
‘What will you do if your kids grow up to be straight?’
Books

‘What will you do if your kids grow up to be straight?’

In her new memoir, author Jane Byers jostles with the realities of queer parenting while adopting her twins

By Jane Byers
What it’s like to nurse when you’re non-binary
Love & Sex

What it’s like to nurse when you’re non-binary

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

By andrea bennett
Pandemic parenting in a two-mom family means twice the maternal guilt
Parenting

Pandemic parenting in a two-mom family means twice the maternal guilt

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

By Sarah Liss
I’m a trans man with a straight cis husband. We’re ready to start a family
Parenting

I’m a trans man with a straight cis husband. We’re ready to start a family

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.

By Andy Bandyopadhyay
When miscarriage happens to LGBTQ2 parents
Health

When miscarriage happens to LGBTQ2 parents

When it comes to miscarriage, LGBTQ2 people have been left out and erased from conversations about loss—and reproductive health altogether

By Jessica Zucker
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Queer summer camp at home
Your Communities in Action

Queer summer camp at home

The Ten Oaks Project crafts love and support for LGBTQ2 kids and families

By Krishna Rau
How doulas can help LGBTQ2 parents navigate childbirth
Parenting

How doulas can help LGBTQ2 parents navigate childbirth

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

By Keren Landman
My wife and I are new parents—and I’m miserable and exhausted. How can I stop feeling like a terrible parent?
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

My wife and I are new parents—and I’m miserable and exhausted. How can I stop feeling like a terrible parent?

By Kai Cheng Thom
The world is burning. Should I bring a baby into it?
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

The world is burning. Should I bring a baby into it?

By Kai Cheng Thom
I’m a non-binary parent. There still isn’t space for me
Parenting

I’m a non-binary parent. There still isn’t space for me

I don’t fit the labels of ‘mom’ or ‘dad.’ It’s time society tackled the gendered expectations of parenthood

By andrea bennett
How memoirs by femmes became a second mother to me
Personal Essay

How memoirs by femmes became a second mother to me

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

By Andi Schwartz
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I’m married to a man — and queerer than ever
Parenting

I’m married to a man — and queerer than ever

My sexual orientation is more than just who shares my bed

By Brianna Sharpe
New draft of Assisted Human Reproduction Act continues anti-gay discrimination
Health

New draft of Assisted Human Reproduction Act continues anti-gay discrimination

Sperm donors must refrain from having sex with men for six months prior

By Rob Salerno
What still needs to change in BC’s adoption process
Power

What still needs to change in BC’s adoption process

‘There’s not enough resources behind getting those kids actually to the parents,’ says Spencer Chandra Herbert

By James Goldie
LGBT Canadians now eligible for current and retroactive tax break on reproductive treatments
Power

LGBT Canadians now eligible for current and retroactive tax break on reproductive treatments

People who had fertility treatments as far back as 2007 can ask for a re-assessment by the end of 2017

By Dylan C Robertson
Will my Latin American mother cry tears of joy at my queer wedding?
Love & Sex

Will my Latin American mother cry tears of joy at my queer wedding?

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

By Ludmila Leiva
A year in review 2016: The year that LGBT couples in Ontario became equal parents
Opinion

A year in review 2016: The year that LGBT couples in Ontario became equal parents

The All Families Are Equal Act was well-fought, but it isn’t over for Wynne’s Liberals

By Arshy Mann
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