Queer Pregnancy

Information and resources on lesbian pregnancy, LGBTQ+ people trying to conceive, dealing with miscarriage, IUI, IVF and more.

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Baby Steps #5: Fixing the Window

“If I’d made it this far into the pregnancy without being forced to face the reality that has inspired many…

Riese

Jan 22, 2025

QUEER PREGNANCY

Baby Steps #3: Allegedly Essential Baby Products, Looking for Gays On The Baby App and Surveillance Anxiety

Of the many allegedly essential items we must procure for our baby — how many…

Riese

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Dec 17, 2024

QUEER PREGNANCY

Baby Steps #2: Telling Chosen Family, Bonding With Heterosexuals and a Lot of Dog Feelings

When do you start telling people that you’re pregnant and how should you do it?…

Riese

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Dec 3, 2024

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Baby Steps #1: How We Got Gay Pregnant

My wife and I are having a baby and this is the first edition of…

Riese

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Nov 19, 2024

Brittney and Cherelle Griner as well as images of an ultrasound of their future baby

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Brittney and Cherelle Griner Are Having a Baby!

CUTENESS ALERT! Baby Griner is due in July.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 13, 2024

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Baby Steps #3: Allegedly Essential Baby Products, Looking for Gays On The Baby App and Surveillance Anxiety

Of the many allegedly essential items we must procure for our baby — how many are actually essential and why do I feel so weird about surveillance products? Also: trying…

Riese —

Dec 17, 2024

queer pregnancy

Baby Steps #2: Telling Chosen Family, Bonding With Heterosexuals and a Lot of Dog Feelings

When do you start telling people that you’re pregnant and how should you do it? Is pregnancy the great equalizer when it comes to the straight family gaze? Do unborn…

Riese —

Dec 3, 2024

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Baby Steps #1: How We Got Gay Pregnant

My wife and I are having a baby and this is the first edition of Baby Steps, a column about the gestation and eventual birth of this human child who…

Riese —

Nov 19, 2024

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Baby Steps #5: Fixing the Window

“If I’d made it this far into the pregnancy without being forced to face the reality that has inspired many of my generation to forego reproduction altogether, I could do…

Riese —

Jan 22, 2025

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Baby Steps #3: Allegedly Essential Baby Products, Looking for Gays On The Baby App and Surveillance Anxiety

Of the many allegedly essential items we must procure for our baby — how many are actually essential and why do I feel so weird about surveillance products? Also: trying…

Riese —

Dec 17, 2024

baby steps

queer pregnancy

Baby Steps #2: Telling Chosen Family, Bonding With Heterosexuals and a Lot of Dog Feelings

When do you start telling people that you’re pregnant and how should you do it? Is pregnancy the great equalizer when it comes to the straight family gaze? Do unborn…

Riese —

Dec 3, 2024

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Baby Steps #1: How We Got Gay Pregnant

My wife and I are having a baby and this is the first edition of Baby Steps, a column about the gestation and eventual birth of this human child who…

Riese —

Nov 19, 2024

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Brittney and Cherelle Griner Are Having a Baby!

CUTENESS ALERT! Baby Griner is due in July.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Apr 13, 2024

Queer Mom Chronicles

Two queer moms with their son, collaged together with solid color pink elements.

queer pregnancy

Queer Mom Chronicles: Blending Our Family

Even though I often refer to him as my son, my wife is just as much of a parent to him as I am, and he considers her his mom.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Feb 12, 2024

abstract hands interlocked and colored in swirly tie-dye patterns

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I’m Queer, Single, Uncertain About Kids, and Freezing My Eggs

We can’t have it all at the same time. Feeling grief doesn’t mean you made a wrong decision. It means you made a decision.

Julia Smith-Eppsteiner —

Sep 7, 2023

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EXCERPT: In “Thin Skin,” Jenn Shapland Considers What It Means to Live a Childfree Queer Life

In an excerpt from her new essay collection Thin Skin, Jenn Shapland examines childfreedom.

Jenn Shapland —

Aug 15, 2023

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Baby Steps #5: Fixing the Window

"If I’d made it this far into the pregnancy without being forced to face the reality that has inspired many of my generation to forego reproduction altogether, I could do so no longer."

Riese

queer pregnancy

baby steps

Baby Steps #3: Allegedly Essential Baby Products, Looking for Gays On The Baby App and Surveillance Anxiety

Of the many allegedly essential items we must procure for our baby — how many are actually essential and why do I feel so weird about surveillance products? Also: trying…

Riese —

Dec 17, 2024

baby steps

Baby Steps #2: Telling Chosen Family, Bonding With Heterosexuals and a Lot of Dog Feelings

When do you start telling people that you’re pregnant and how should you do it? Is pregnancy the great equalizer when it comes to the straight family gaze? Do unborn…

Riese —

Dec 3, 2024

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baby-making

Baby Steps #1: How We Got Gay Pregnant

My wife and I are having a baby and this is the first edition of Baby Steps, a column about the gestation and eventual birth of this human child who…

Riese —

Nov 19, 2024

brittney griner

wnba

Brittney and Cherelle Griner Are Having a Baby!

CUTENESS ALERT! Baby Griner is due in July.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Apr 13, 2024

SURPRISE ME WITH AN ARCHIVE ARTICLE

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Baby Steps #5: Fixing the Window

QUEER PREGNANCY

Baby Steps #3: Allegedly Essential Baby Products, Looking for Gays On The Baby App and Surveillance Anxiety

QUEER PREGNANCY

Baby Steps #2: Telling Chosen Family, Bonding With Heterosexuals and a Lot of Dog Feelings

AF+

Baby Steps #1: How We Got Gay Pregnant

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Brittney and Cherelle Griner Are Having a Baby!

queer pregnancy

Baby Steps #3: Allegedly Essential Baby Products, Looking for Gays On The Baby App and Surveillance Anxiety

queer pregnancy

Baby Steps #2: Telling Chosen Family, Bonding With Heterosexuals and a Lot of Dog Feelings

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Baby Steps #1: How We Got Gay Pregnant

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