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Always the Daddy, Never the Dad

It might seem ridiculous to you, reader, to hear a man compare queer kink to biological fatherhood, but I’m trepidatiously taking the stand in defense of duality.

Milo Longenecker —

Aug 22, 2024

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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.

Shelly Jay Shore —

Sep 19, 2022

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Queer Co-parenting Helped Me Unlearn Everything TV Taught Me About Family

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

Kate —

Aug 8, 2022

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Photo 1: a Black woman in a navy blue mask leaning into a little boy in a mask wearing a striped shirt holding a puppy with a white woman in a mask standing behind. Photo 2: a Black woman in glasses holding a small puppy, a white woman in glasses, a young boy in a black tee shirt. Photo 3: a Black woman in a navy blue mask leaning into a little boy in a mask wearing a striped shirt holding a puppy with a white woman in a mask standing behind.

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Are All the Queer Moms Hanging Out Without Me?

As we start to shift the narrative about raw honesty online about motherhood, I wish that queer moms opened up more about how hard it is to create their inner…

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Jun 30, 2022

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A+ Roundtable: Do We Have Kids? Do We Want to Have Kids?

“I don’t know, y’all, being a parent is so scary, and sweet and weird and hilarious and exhausting and ugly and lonely and suffocating and perfect.”

the team —

May 5, 2022

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I Wish I’d Medically Transitioned Before Giving Birth

Less than a year after giving birth, I decided to medically transition. I wish I’d done it sooner.

Sage Agee —

Mar 24, 2022

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Foolish Child #103: After School Pick Up

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Foolish Child #103: After School Pick Up

I get why you told that woman to kick rocks when she implied you weren’t being a proper parent by not forcing your kid to hang out with her kid…

Dickens —

Sep 8, 2021

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Nursing as a Nonbinary Person Was Hard; Getting Back to my Binder Was Harder

My intention was always to go back to my binders as soon as I was done nursing my son. But the longer I waited, and the longer they sat there…

Shelly Jay Shore —

Jun 29, 2021

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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.

KaeLyn —

Jun 22, 2021

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You Need Help: How Do I Explain Our Sperm Donor to a Five-Year-Old?

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You Need Help: How Do I Explain Our Sperm Donor to a Five-Year-Old?

This is going to go great, I swear! Here are six tips to get you started.

KaeLyn —

May 5, 2020

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Raising Baby T. Rex: Marsha Pizza Johnson and Queer Family Matters

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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.

KaeLyn —

Feb 22, 2020

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Raising Baby T. Rex: How Being a Mom Changed My Mind About Abortion

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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.

KaeLyn —

Jan 25, 2020