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literature

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…

Casey —

Feb 16, 2021

gay families

grown-ups

parenting & family

We’re Stressed the F*ck Out: Practical Tips for Queer Parents in the Pandemic

Parenting during the pandemic is a wild ride, so consider this our queer parenting circle, a safe place to share the good and the bad!

KaeLyn —

May 16, 2020

AAPI Heritage Month

Asian American

identity

Four Transracial Asian Adoptees on Body, Place, Family, and Race

I believe my queerness makes my Asian-ness and my adoptee-ness stronger. I am more myself when I hold all these truths together than when I try to compartmentalize them.

KaeLyn —

May 5, 2020

gay families

parenthood

parenting & family

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

gay families

parenthood

parenting & family

Raising Baby T. Rex: What Lies Between Us

“Do you feel like we’re drifting apart?” I asked.

KaeLyn —

Nov 2, 2019

gay families

parenthood

parenting & family

Raising Baby T. Rex: The Art of Having A Good Time

Everything my toddler taught me about prioritizing play.

KaeLyn —

Oct 5, 2019

gay families

parenthood

parenting & family

Raising Baby T. Rex: That All-Consuming Love

I didn’t understand unconditional love until I met Remi.

KaeLyn —

May 18, 2019

gay families

native american

issues

My Diné Child Will Hunt, Bead and Everything in Between

“You girls are the talk of the ice-fishing derby!” I get that a lot. When we’re out hunting or fishing, my wife and I are frequently the only women (much…

Nellis —

May 13, 2019

gay families

parenthood

parenting & family

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…

KaeLyn —

Apr 20, 2019

gay families

parenthood

parenting & family

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…

KaeLyn —

Mar 23, 2019

queer families

relationships

What I’m Saying Is You’re Stuck With Me

February 7th was our 14th dating anniversary and our 8th marriage anniversary. The truth is, I didn’t see myself married, in a house we own, with a child I carried,…

KaeLyn —

Feb 14, 2019

gay families

Lists/Top 10s

book lists

What to Read When You’re Queer and Expecting: 6 Parenting Books That Smash The Patriarchy

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.

KaeLyn —

Jan 29, 2019