The Queer Family Podcast – LGBTQ Families & Queer Parenting Stories

The Queer Family Podcast Pride Extravaganza! | S12 Ep 4 | Meet Kayde Mason, a mother of three, whose experiences as an egg donor and gestational surrogate led her to become a passionate surrogacy professional and advocate. Kayde shares her inspiring story, highlighting her transformative journey from being a surrogate for her gay friends to becoming an advocate and educator for surrogacy, with a s...

The Queer Family Podcast Pride Extravaganza! | S12 Ep 3 | Today we’re diving into the remarkable story of José Rolón, aka NYC Gay Dad . To expand their family, José and his husband, Tim, opted for surrogacy with egg donation. After a tragic event during their second pregnancy threatened to derail their dreams, José showed immense strength and resilience, and with a little help from his chosen fami...

The Queer Family Podcast Pride Extravaganza! | S12 Ep 2 | We’re kicking off Pride 2023 with Stacey Stevenson, the remarkable CEO of Family Equality! Stacey's journey is a testament to resilience and determination, including navigating through a difficult coming out process that led to dropping out of high school, battling diversity and bias as they built their family through adoption, and the...

The Queer Family Podcast Pride Extravaganza!| S12 Ep 1 | Dana (AKA Mombian) and her wife Helen join us to discuss their road to motherhood via RIVF, why Dana created her Award Winning LGBTQ parenting blog, Mombian, and what it's like as empty nesters when the kid leaves home. If you like the episode, make sure to leave us a review and support The Queer Family Podcast on Patreon for as low as $...

The Queer Family Podcast | S11 Ep 16 | Blu Nyle is an artist, author, healer, newlywed, and bonus mom in a new traditional family that was created by queer BFFs and former TQFP guests, Brandi J. Andrews and Lawrence Carol. Blu talks about learning how to "family,” approaching co-parenting from a place of healing and finding the many blessings that come from stepping in as a bonus mom.   Jaimie...

The Queer Family Podcast | S11 Ep 15 | Kathryn (Kit) shares how she and her wife Nicole created their family against all odds in South East Asia. Flights from Thailand to Cambodia, hotel stays, and keeping their queer identities incognito are all a part of their international baby-making journey.   Guest co-host, Chan, founder of Lesbian Moms Club, helps Jaimie introduce the episode. Chan tells us...

BONUS! I’ve got a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT that I’ve been dying to share AND I’m playing an episode from another podcast I think you’ll really like. It’s called Queer News and this episode is called Change The Pattern with host Anna DeShawn. Y’all are gonna love this podcast. Give it a listen! This is a special edition episode from the Queer News podcast. Now you may be asking why the South? The South com...

The Queer Family Podcast | S11 Ep 14 | Marea and Ray are queer parents, home-birth midwives, and friends, who wrote a book together about how to get pregnant if you're queer or single. They also both used known donors for their births. Guest co-host, Tom Coppola is back to help Jaimie introduce the episode and talk a little more about his experience as a known donor to three kiddos. If you lik...

The Queer Family Podcast | S11 Ep 13 | Five years ago, Lauren tragically lost her wife and child in a car accident. Through her grief and healing, she reconnected with an old friend, AnneMarie. They worked through the loss side by side and ended up falling in love. Now they're married and have 2 beautiful children together. Guest co-host, Tiq Milan is back to help Jaimie introduce the episode...

The Queer Family Podcast | S11 Ep 12 | Anonymous donor, RIVF, and donated embryos, oh my! After multiple attempts to make a baby, Carey and Angie decided to use donated embryos from a Facebook Group. Guest co-hosts, Amanda and Gab from S5 E29 join Jaimie to introduce the episode and update us on what’s been happening since they “fought the power” in their original episode. If you like the episode,...

The Queer Family Podcast | S11 Ep 11 | Jack is a trans person (he/they) and birth mother to a ten-year-old child who was adopted by a gay male couple in 2005. Their experience with the accidental pregnancy and subsequent adoption journey shifted their life forever. Jaimie’s wife Anne joins as guest co-host to help introduce the interview. If you like the episode, make sure to leave us a review and...

The Queer Family Podcast | S11 Ep 10 | Sophia’s dad came out as a gay man when she was 16. She talks about what it was like going from a traditional family to a gay family and then losing the connection to the queer community after her father died tragically by suicide. Guest co-host Shephathia joins Jaimie to introduce the episode and share her experience of being connected to the queer community...

The Queer Family Podcast | S11 Ep 9 | What happens when you try every path imaginable to create a family, but it just doesn’t work out? Rebecca and Sallyann share their story and explain how the process of writing their book, Uncertain Fruit , helped them make meaning out of loss. Guest co-host Liam from S9, Ep 21 joins Jaimie to introduce the episode and give us an update on his life. If you like...

The Queer Family Podcast | S11 Ep 8 | Marie and Jill proposed on the SAME day in typical lesbian fashion. They tell us about the emotional toll of trying to get pregnant, their "silent" miscarriage, and their desire to raise awareness about this experience. Guest co-hosts Angela and Jess from S5 and S9 join Jaimie to introduce the episode and give an update on the long process of trying to...

The Queer Family Podcast | S11 Ep 7 | Jenn and Gail are queer moms, friends AND co-editors of a collection of stories and interviews about queer moms parenting sons without fathers. They tell us about their journeys to motherhood, the decision-making that goes into creating our families, and what nurturing healthy masculinity looks like. Guest co-host Tiq Milan from S3 and S10 joins Jamie to intro...

The Queer Family Podcast | S11 Ep 6 | Lauren and Amanda are interracial lesbian moms raising bi-racial, donor-conceived boys. They are also Instagram famous for documenting their Reciprocal IVF journey and sharing their babywearing, co-sleeping, cloth diaper-wearing, and attachment-based mom-lives on the app. Guest co-host Tom Coppola from S1 joins Jaimie to introduce the episode and update us on...

The Queer Family Podcast | S11 Ep 5 | Dr. Gwen Bass comes back with her current partner Liz to discuss how they make their large blended family work. Guest co-host's Nick and Katherine from S4 join Jaimie to introduce the episode and update us on how THEIR blended family has been doing since we last spoke. If you like the episode, make sure to leave us a review and support The Queer Family Pod...

The Queer Family Podcast | S11 Ep 4 | Queer mom Dawn Dais wrote a book called "Shit No-One Tells You About Divorce" because she did just that; got divorced and learned to navigate co-parenting with her ex-wife. The family also found their anonymous sperm donor and now shares a great friendship with him and his family. Guest co-host Zee from S10 joins Jaimie to introduce the episode and upd...

The Queer Family Podcast | S11 Ep 3 | Thanks to the Mosie Baby Kit and a nephew's sperm, Ashley and Jonelle both share DNA with their beautiful baby girl. They talk about being an interracial couple and their new brand, Major Motivation. Guest co-host's Tiffany and Carissa from S3 E2 join Jaimie to introduce the episode and update us on what they've been doing since we chronicled their...

The Queer Family Podcast | S11 Ep 2 | Social worker/therapist Emma is joined by her teenage daughter Delia to talk about their blended family, what it's like having 2 moms, and the birds and the bees talk when you have queer parents. If you like the episode, make sure to leave us a review and support The Queer Family Podcast on Patreon for as low as $2/month! “Let’s talk about how babies are m...

The Queer Family Podcast | S11 Ep 1 | Dr. Gwen Bass, author of “Immaculate Misconception,” was born by “secret” artificial insemination in the ’80s to gay parents. A DNA test in Gwen's 30's confirmed the existence of multiple siblings and a shocking realization that the doctor inseminated multiple folks with the same donor. Gwen is also a queer mom with 4 kiddos in a blended family that ca...

The Queer Family Podcast | BONUS | As we gear up for our Season 11 launch on 2/6, we will be releasing daily bonus eps to showcase the contributors who will be helping with the rebranded show! Take time to re-acclimate yourself with Angela and Jess from S5, E13. Listener faves, Angela and Jess share about putting 9k worth of sperm on their credit card, Hellp Syndrome, gallstones and having a baby...

The Queer Family Podcast | BONUS | BONUS: As we gear up for our Season 11 launch on 2/6, we will be releasing daily bonus eps to showcase the contributors who will be helping with the rebranded show! Take time to re-acclimate yourself with Joanne and Lara from S9, E21. Liam talks about their large, blended family, transitioning from “she” to “they” and starting testosterone, and their new book, “Q...

The Queer Family Podcast | BONUS | As we gear up for our Season 11 launch on 2/6, we will be releasing daily bonus eps to showcase the contributors who will be helping with the rebranded show! Take time to re-acclimate yourself with Joanne and Lara from S3, E9. Lara and Joanne decided they didn’t need IVF or frozen sperm to make a baby. Instead, their plan was to just do it, the old-fashioned way,...

| BONUS | As we gear up for our Season 11 launch on 2/6, we will be releasing daily bonus eps to showcase the contributors who will be helping with the rebranded show! Take some time to re-acclimate yourselves with Amanda and Gab from S5, E29. Amanda and Gab experienced very serious micro-aggressions at the clinic where they were trying to make a family. Instead of suing, they worked hand in hand...