Our panel answers your questions about getting knocked up, adopting, the challenges and rewards of queer mom life, and so much more!

Unfortunately, most parenting books weren’t written with queer moms, trans dads, non-binary parents and gestational carriers, and families that look like ours in mind.

There are plenty of ways to be visible as queer parents without subjecting ourselves to the hate and vitriol of social media.

Queer parenting insists that parenting is a verb, an action and identity available to any and all adults who take on a shared responsibility.

I know I write about our experience as a two mom family, but here’s the thing: My son has a dad. And he has been sleeping on my couch on and off for the last four months.

“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.”

I am a big advocate of parent-teacher conferences, and I always make it a priority to go.

“And then she told us there was another child — a baby — at a nearby hospital. Were we interested? We said yes even though we had a thousand questions and just as many concerns (why was he in the hospital? Where were his birth parents? Who was holding him when he cried?). That baby turned out to be our son.”

Fatigue, nausea, boobs like bowling balls, mood swings, the sweetest moments you keep to yourself, and so much more. It’s the first trimester and wow it’s a roller coaster!

It’s our epic guide to some of the best places to eat, learn, walk, shop, party and be queer in Los Angeles.

This is very clearly your problem, not your girlfriend’s problem, and resolving it will be your work, not hers.

I grew up around my mom’s queer friends, and I wanted my son to have that, too.

As a parent, I can’t imagine the pain Nex’s family is going through right now.

The Indystraddlers take you on a tour through Indianapolis!

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.

New Samantha Irby! New Leah Johnson! Get excited for these upcoming LGBTQ+ and feminist book releases, and support queer authors this spring.

When you’re a queer parent writing for a largely hetero audience, it feels like you’re pleading your case to exist.

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.

This year especially I’ve striven to put the spotlight on books that haven’t gotten a lot of mainstream attention.

2020 was terrible in every way except for queer books. There were so many amazing queer books published this year! Here are 67 of the best of them.