The Queer Family Podcast
Episode Archive
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ADOPTION
Season 11
E1: Immaculate Misconception (blended family; foster care; donor conception in 80's)
E11: Always Be My Baby (transgender; birth mother)
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Season 12
E2: The Road to Family Equality with Jaymes Black (coming out; LGBTQ advocacy; twins)
E8: The Real Dads of New York: The Stereotype Busters (foster to adopt; Jamaican; autistic)
E12: Flipping The Script on Foster Adoption (mental health; Filipino)
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Season 14
E5: Two Dads, Two Daughters: Adoption Journeys & Kids Books (parenting; children's books; media)
E9: The Fortunate Dads Adopt (twins; bonding; finding support)
BREASTFEEDING AND CHEST FEEDING
Season 14
E4: Feeding Your Baby As An LGBTQ+ Parent (dysphoric milk ejection reflex; stillbirth; induced lactation)
COMING OUT
Season 12
E5: Out & Proud w/ The Mazelins
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Season 13
E11: Coming Out Later In Life w/ Cara Cochran
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Season 15
E19: It's Never Too Late To Come Out: Our Dad's Journey to Queerness
DISABILITY AWARENESS
Season 15
E6: From Stigma to Celebration: Embracing Disability on the Journey to Parenthood (endometriosis; epilepsy; accessibility)
DONOR CONCEPTION
Season 14
E5 Part 1: Diving Deep Into Donor Conception w/ Mark Leondires & Lisa Shuman
E5 Part 2: Diving Deep Into Donor Conception w/ Mark Leondires & Lisa Shuman
E10: A Donor Conceived Gay Mom Finds Her "Bio Dad" (donor conceived siblings; egg donor; donor conceived community)
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Season 15
GENDER SPECTRUM
Season 11
E14: Baby Making For Everybody
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Season 13
E2: Celebrating What DeSantis Fears
E3: Embracing Her Daughters Gender
E12: Gender, Sexuality, and God's Will (transgender child; religious trauma; internalized homophobia)
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LESBIAN FAMILIES
Season 11:
E3: Major Mamas (BIPOC;
E6: The Two Mom Browns (BIPOC;
E15: Incognito Gaybe-Making In Thailand (BIPOC
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Season 12
E6: Love Visibility and Activism w/ Whitney and Megan
E11: Claire Gets Pregnant w/ Claire Wasserman
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Season 13
E1: The Unexpected Journey to Pregnancy
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Season 12
E9: Jewish, Queer, and Fabulous with The Sharon Moms
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Season 14
E1: Mia Cooley Is Black, Queer, and Proud (BIPOC; known donor; fertility)
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Season 15
E1: Diverging From The Norm w/ MyLin and SK Stokes Kennedy (BIPOC; neurodiversity; known donor)
E11: Louisiana Lesbian Couples Fight for Paternal Rights in Landmark Case
HAVING MULTIPLES
LGBTQIA+ ALLY'S
LOVE AND LOSS
Season 11
E13: Winter Storm Grayson
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Season 14
E7: Finding Strength in Tragedy (grief; egg freezing; stillbirth)
PARENTING
Season 11
E4: Shit No One Tells You About Divorce
E16: Bonus Mom
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Season 12
E3: Becoming NYC Gay Dad w/ Jose Rolon ​
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RECIPROCAL IVF
SURROGACY
TRANSGENDER PRIDE
Season 13
E5: A Healing Trans Pregnancy (
E7: Can Trans Men Freeze Their Eggs?
E8: My Flaming Trans-Lesbian Dad
E9: Queer Love, Transition, and Family Building
E10: Breaking Biases: A Queer Parenthood Journey through Transition, Induced Lactation, and BMI Biases (PCOS; gender affirming care; hormone therapy)
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Season 14
E3: Healthy Queer Parenting Amidst Anti-LGBTQ Laws (
E8: A Beautifully Complicated Transition w/ Emme Reynolds (co-parenting; hormones; non-binary)
E11: Navigating Transitions & Coming Out Together (reciprocal IVF; gender; family dynamics)
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Season 15
E3: Transitioning At 67: It's Never Too Late To Be Yourself (self-discovery; transgender rights; trauma)
E8: Transgender Author and Bonus Parent: A Journey Of Identity and Family (non-binary; blended family; labels)
Season 12
E4: From Surrogate To Advocate w/ Kayde Mason
E7: The Broadway Husbands Do Surrogacy
E10: When Serendipity Meets Surrogacy w/ The McHusbands (twins; egg donor; sister as surrogate)
E12: Spreading Love and Light w/ The Vaughn Trainors (adoption to surrogacy; NICU; twin daughters)
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Season 13
E6: Two Daddy's Too Many Options w/ Michael and Matt
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Season 14
E2: Will Our BFF Be Our Surrogate (United Kingdom Surrogacy; Muslim, Christian; psych evaluation)
E4: Surrogacy Shenanigans w/ "The Gaytriarchs" Dads (egg donors; open donor; genetic sibilings)
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Season 15
E2: Single Gay Dad By Choice To Children's Book Author (BIPOC, women's empowerment; embryo transfer)
E14: A Lesbian Surrogacy Story (body image; mental health; gestational carrier)
E12: Gay Secret Service Agent Shares Surrogacy Journey and Challenges (egg donor; genetic testing; finances)
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