we are adults now

baby-making

grown-ups

queer pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Embracing Queer Family and Adorable Dino Couture (35 Weeks)

I asked Waffle to curate a gallery of favorites from our very expansive dino-themed baby wardrobe. I didn’t have to ask twice.

KaeLyn —

Jul 18, 2016

baby-making

fatness

queer pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Loving My Fat Mama Self and Itchy All Over (33 Weeks)

Extreme itchy scratchies, body-positive parenting, fat pregnant femme feelings, nesting, dill pickles, Korean pancakes and more as I fly past the eight-month mark.

KaeLyn —

Jul 4, 2016

baby-making

family

queer pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Crying Over My Multigrain Waffles and Whimsical Onesies (31 Weeks)

I started the 31st week of my pregnancy crying over the kitchen sink as I crammed my gestational diabetes breakfast into my mouth. It wasn’t the pregnancy hormones this time.…

KaeLyn —

Jun 20, 2016

baby-making

family

queer pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Pregnant Adoptee Feelings and Dino Decal Decisions (29 Weeks)

Being an adoptee has made being pregnant all that much more strange and interesting.

KaeLyn —

Jun 6, 2016

baby-making

gay families

queer pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Sipping My Way Into the Third Trimester (27 Weeks)

“Sometimes I turn to Waffle and randomly exclaim, ‘This is happening!’ I should probably stop doing that as we get closer to, like, the possibility of me going into actual…

KaeLyn —

May 23, 2016

baby-making

gay families

queer pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: “Mommy” Feelings and Dinosaur Mobiles (25 Weeks)

There is no chance I’m going to evade the Cult of Mommy-ness. My undercut can’t save me.

KaeLyn —

May 9, 2016

baby-making

gay families

queer pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Crying Over MasterChef Junior and Halfway There (23 Weeks)

I’m not a crier. I really resist the idea that hormones affect me, but pregnancy hormones affect me. OMG.

KaeLyn —

Apr 25, 2016

baby-making

greatest hits

queer pregnancy

Gayby Maybe? The Epic Queer Parenting Roundtable!

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

KaeLyn —

Dec 7, 2015

grown-ups

personal essay

first person

I’m Single, I’m 36, and I Think That’s Fine

“Becoming secure with being alone has relieved the frantic pressure to believe that every new person I meet might be the next person with whom I enter into a significant…

Meaghan O’Malley —

Oct 26, 2015

apps

online dating

first person

I Don’t Know How To Make Friends: The Tinder Blues

Tinder is not a very good place for making friends.

Kate —

Sep 17, 2015

canada

gay marriage

love + sex

Love & Canada: Whatever Happens, This Wedding Is Happening

“This week has involved a lot of needing to let go of all the things I can’t have total control over and I’m not good at that and I don’t…

Ryan Yates —

Sep 4, 2015

canada

gay marriage

love + sex

Love & Canada: How Is This Wedding In A Week?!?

“Fuck flowers. Fuck everything. We’re ordering about a hundred LED twinkling lights and I’m gonna stick gold washi tape on ’em and sprinkle them everywhere and call it a night.”

Ryan Yates —

Aug 28, 2015