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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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #41
“I just learned the word “Swiftgron”!!!! ?! Taylor Swift + Diana Agron as a maybe couple at some point ??!”
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“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 201: Mommi Culture
Honey, we’re home!!!! “Wait, Is This a Date?” is back and we’re talking all things mommi culture! And all things dating as an actual mom!
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As a Nonbinary Abortion Activist, Planning a Pregnancy Is Complicated — And Hopeful
Just after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, my doctor asks if I’m excited to have another baby.
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Raising Baby T. Rex: Having It All Is a Big, Heteronormative Lie
What I’ve learned is that parents and moms especially, even cool radical-minded queer moms, even boss-lady moms with lots of confidence in their own abilities, really can’t escape the “working mom” BS.
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Raising Baby T. Rex: Dinos Resist! A Guide to Raising a Little Activist
“What I’m saying is, if you’re sitting in the legislative chamber trying to hear the floor debate and someone’s kid starts crying or yelling “Baby Shark!” please be kind to them.”
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8 Books Featuring Big Queer Families, Found and Otherwise
“Stories about huge families full of love, whether nuclear or chosen or just-for-school, were the comfort food of my childhood, and I’m trying to find something similar for my queer adulthood. Is there such a thing?”
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Raising Baby T. Rex: Potty Training, Patience and Pride
It’s literally a social science experiment every day and we don’t have any control. That’s how it is with toddlers, I guess…
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My Word of the Year Was “Closer”
For as long as I can remember, I’ve held a silent tradition of closing out each year with a word.
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June 2021: Here’s What’s New and Gay and Streaming on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and HBO Max
We’ve got a queer Muslim punk rocker, new episodes of Feel Good and Genera+ion, FINALLY a Sapphic storyline on Elite and so much more streaming in Pride month.
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Short Fiction Playlist: Five Queer Stories That Find Humor in Sad Places
A road trip, a strip mall, a breakup, a painting, and a pregnancy bump — read these five queer short stories where humor sits inside of sadness.
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Bears, Ranked By Lesbianism
Cocaine Bear has finally hit theaters. Apparently he only terrorizes straight people? But we couldn’t pass up an opportunity to be part of such an important cultural conversation. And so, we have ranked fictional bears by lesbianism.
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8 Coping Hacks For the Neurodiverse Baddies
Needless to say, I own a few slimes.
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Queer Crip Love Fest: Parenting at the Intersections
“Before becoming a parent, I looked at parenting through rose-colored glasses — with an able-bodied person’s perspective. It was drilled into my head by other people, well-meaning as they were, that I probably shouldn’t have children.”
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Meet The Owners of Herz, a Lesbian-Owned Bar in Alabama
Herz might just be the queer miracle of Mobile.
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23 Black Queer and Trans Femmes to Follow on Instagram This Black History Month
Honey, these glorious embodiments of black femme magic are about to sweep you off your feet.
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Into the A+ Advice Box #63: What If Other People Think You’re “A Lot”?
How do you stop comparing yourself to your girlfriend’s nesting partner, have big life conversations with your partner, deal with feeling your friends don’t love you as much as you love them, and more?
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Raising Baby T. Rex: Airplanes, A-Camp and Abdominal Pain
Even though I didn’t get to experience A-Camp in the traditionally transformative way, I got an even deeper peek into the ways that this community is both very real and deeply caring.
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The Comment Awards Are Suited and Booted
“Tag yourself — I’m ‘not sure who is supposed to make the first move.'”