Results for: queer parenting
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Queer Mom Chronicles: How I’m Approaching the “Sex Talk”
“Mom, why do people have s-e-x?” my son asks, stopping me dead in my tracks.
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Queer Mom Chronicles: Why Is It So Hard for Us To Take Time for Ourselves?
There have been many times when I’ve said that I’m going to make a stronger effort to take time for myself and that lasts for a couple weeks before I fall right back into the routine of ignoring my needs.
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Queer Mom Chronicles: Christmas With a Tween
My mother warned me that it goes by fast, but f*ck. The constant back and forth of being the mom of a tween is breaking my heart.
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What To Expect When Your Friends Are Expecting (as a Childfree Queer)
As my community transforms, I’ve developed a curiosity on how to transmute isolation into connection.
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Things They Don’t Tell You About Becoming a Non-Carrying, Queer Mom
Insights from a non-carrying toddler mom, because I don’t think they make a two-moms edition of “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”.
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“Just Treat Me Like Any Other Mother”: What Queer-Affirming Doulas Can Provide New LGBT Parents
For queer couples already facing marginalization in their lives and relationship before making the decision to become pregnant, the presence of a doula can be profound.
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You Need Help: My Sister Loves Me, the Sinner, but Hates the Sin
I’ve been willing to put this aside and accept the love she’s willing to give me. But it’s all come to a head now that my health insurance finally approved my top surgery.
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Be the Queer Aunt You Wish to See in The World
My relationship with my nibling made me understand how important it is to continue living my queer life out loud.
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Queer Mom Chronicles: Why Is Bedtime Such a Battle?
If you’re a parent, you know how hard it is to get a kid to go to sleep when they don’t want to. I truly wish I could tell you it gets easier, but I don’t like to lie.
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Practical Magic: How to Cut Ties With Your Family
If you have family you don’t want to associate with anymore, whatever your reasoning, this guide is for you.
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Queer Mom Chronicles: Halloween Is Just Another Reminder My Kid Is Growing Up
As a parent, Halloween is always such a mess of a holiday.
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Raising Baby T. Rex: Marsha Pizza Johnson and Queer Family Matters
I want Remi to be able to write and narrate her own life. I owe her that as someone who had to reclaim my story.
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Queer Mom Chronicles: 10 Things I’ve Learned in My 10 Years of Motherhood
9. There will never not be laundry.
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You Need Help: How Do I Get Through Living With My Homophobic Parents?
You do not need to feel guilty about the ways you’re hurting.
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Raising Baby T. Rex: How Being a Mom Changed My Mind About Abortion
I was proudly pro-abortion before I was a mom. I’ve doubled down on that belief after becoming one.
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Nudity, Kink, and Safe Spaces for Kids Can All Coexist at Pride
As a gay parent, I have a lot of grievances about Pride — not one of them is about bare body parts or leather dykes and daddies.
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Raising Baby T. Rex: Mommies, Daddies, and Babies
There are no right or wrong answers in queer and trans parenting choices, just the decisions we make.
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Raising Baby T. Rex: Happy Holigays Are Here Again
Remi saved the holidays!
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Raising Baby T. Rex: My Mommy Style Profile
I wouldn’t say I’ve escaped the Cult of Mommy completely. I’ve defined it for myself.
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Raising Baby T. Rex: What Lies Between Us
“Do you feel like we’re drifting apart?” I asked.