The Queer Family Podcast – LGBTQ Families & Queer Parenting Stories

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 some time to re-acclimate yourselves with Tiq from S3, E34. Writer, speaker, activist, and model, Tiq Milan joins us to talk about losing the lesbian community when he transitioned, his dear sweet aunti...

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 some time to re-acclimate yourselves with Romaine from S63, E3. Romaine, of DNR Show fame, joins to talk about her daughter who came out as bi at 11, choosing an anonymous donor and beating the pants of...

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 some time to re-acclimate yourselves with Brandi and Lawrence from S6, E7. Influencers Brandi and Lawrence were best friends and coworkers. They both wanted a kid, and over a Sunday brunch shift, they d...

The show all about family; but with gay! Queer mom, Jaimie Kelton, humorously goes in-depth with weekly LGBTQIA+ guests about their families; how they made them, and how they show up in a world that wasn't necessarily designed for them. The mission is to normalize, elevate and celebrate queer families, while confirming that we're just like other parents, trying not to yell at our kids when...

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 some time to re-acclimate yourselves with Katherine and Nick from S4, E2. Nick lived as a woman. Birthed four babies. Met Katherine. Fell in love. Transitioned. Now they’re just another beautiful family...

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 some time to re-acclimate yourselves with Tiff and Carissa from S3, E2. These fans of ITOCT reached out because they wanted to hear an episode about interracial couples having babies. So naturally, we i...

[KIDS AND FAMILY] If These Ovaries Could Talk | S10 Ep 15 Jaimie sits down with her wife Anne to re-visit some of her favorite moments from Season 10 and to talk about some of the changes in store for Season 11. If you like the episode, make sure to leave us a review and support the If These Ovaries Could Talk Patreon for as low as $2/month! “In 5 years we’ve recorded over 190 episodes and garnere...

[KIDS AND FAMILY] If These Ovaries Could Talk | S10 Ep 14 Brooke and her wife, Caitlin, conceived their twins in Australia despite a “socially infertile” diagnosis, sperm donor shortage, and an extremely harsh Covid lockdown. If you like the episode, make sure to leave us a review and support the If These Ovaries Could Talk Patreon for as low as $2/month! “We were socially infertile and not medica...

[KIDS AND FAMILY] If These Ovaries Could Talk | S10 Ep 13 Lindz Amer, creator of Queer Kid Stuff , an edutainment company that brings LGBTQ+ and social justice media to kids and families, joins us to talk about gender, what it means to be queer and what it means to be an ally. If you like the episode, make sure to leave us a review and support the If These Ovaries Could Talk Patreon for as low as...

If These Ovaries Could Talk | S10 Ep 12 TikTok influencers Carley and Mercedes give us the inside scoop on how their relationship blew TikTok up with steamy lesbian romance, the possibility of an upcoming proposal, and if queer baby-making lies in their future.   Order the #ITOCT book Amazon , IndieBound , Audible . ovariestalk@gmail.com IG/Twitter/FB/TikTok/YouTube: @ovariestalk   Edited by EditA...

If These Ovaries Could Talk | S10 Ep 11 Kierra Johnson, Executive Director of The LGBTQ Task Force talks about where we stand after the 2022 midterms. We also hear about her coming out story, marriage, pregnancies, divorce, becoming a single queer mother by choice post-divorce, and her new blended family. Order the #ITOCT book Amazon , IndieBound , Audible . ovariestalk@gmail.com IG/Twitter/FB/Tik...

  If These Ovaries Could Talk | S10 BONUS EPISODE! Get to know your favorite queer hosts a little better in this special DNR Takeover episode as they shoot the shiz on current events, Derek and Romaine “stealing” their podcast award, celebrity crushes and so much more.   Order the #ITOCT book Amazon , IndieBound , Audible . ovariestalk@gmail.com IG/Twitter/FB/TikTok/YouTube: @ovariestalk   Edited...

If These Ovaries Could Talk | S10. Ep 10: PART 2: We continue with Zee’s journey! Watching their wife’s pregnancy sparked a new desire in Zee to experience pregnancy as well. The pregnancy and premature birth led to an intense spiritual awakening that turned Zee into the spiritual healer they are today.   Order the #ITOCT book Amazon , IndieBound , Audible . ovariestalk@gmail.com IG/Twitter/FB/Tik...

If These Ovaries Could Talk | S10. Ep 9: PART 1: Zee is a Two-Spirit Spiritual Healer who co-parent’s four children with their ex. Their family building journey runs the gamut of queer baby making: including fostering, foster-adoption, IVF and reciprocal IVF.   Order the #ITOCT book Amazon , IndieBound , Audible . ovariestalk@gmail.com IG/Twitter/FB/TikTok/YouTube: @ovariestalk   Edited by EditAud...

If These Ovaries Could Talk | S10. Ep 8: Michael is a gay physician and expert in public health who was on the front lines during the HIV/AIDS epidemic. He and his husband have two kids via surrogacy after a rollercoaster of a journey, including multiple gestational carriers and egg donors. Order the #ITOCT book Amazon , IndieBound , Audible . ovariestalk@gmail.com IG/Twitter/FB/TikTok: @ovariesta...

If These Ovaries Could Talk | S10. Ep 7: Gabbie became a single, gay mother by choice with a known donor after leaving the navy. Now she’s married to Callie, and they’re a happily blended family of three. The couple also recently produced and directed a queer romcom together titled “The Last Conception”. Order the #ITOCT book Amazon , IndieBound , Audible . ovariestalk@gmail.com IG/Twitter/FB/TikT...

  If These Ovaries Could Talk | S10. Ep 6: Josie is a queer, non-binary, Latinx fertility acupuncturist who’s journey of coming out and ending a 10 year cis-hetero relationship led them to found Intersectional Fertility ; a company that focuses on re-centering queer, trans, and non-binary folks in reproductive healthcare and beyond. Order the #ITOCT book Amazon , IndieBound , Audible . ovariestalk...

If These Ovaries Could Talk | S10. Ep 5: Carrie is a lesbian mother who loved being pregnant, so she became a gestational carrier for another lesbian family. She loved THAT so much that she founded her own gestational surrogacy agency and dedicates her time now to mentoring other surrogates on the process.   Order the #ITOCT book Amazon , IndieBound , Audible . ovariestalk@gmail.com IG/Twitter/FB/...

If These Ovaries Could Talk | S10. Ep 4: Jessi and her wife Frances got pregnant with twins very quickly, but sadly, things didn’t go as planned. Jessi also wrote the book, “The Family Outing,” which tells the story of how her whole family eventually found their way out of the closet and what happened when they did. Order the #ITOCT book Amazon , IndieBound , Audible . ovariestalk@gmail.com IG/Twi...

If These Ovaries Could Talk | S10. Ep 3: Desi and Katy met when flip phones were still a thing and gay marriage was just a dream. Now, after 20+ years together, they’ve got a four year old kid and a classic lesbian family-building story; fraught with donor decisions, turkey basters and fertility clinics.   Order the #ITOCT book Amazon , IndieBound , Audible . ovariestalk@gmail.com IG/Twitter/FB/Ti...

Ben and his husband Joao went to a Mexican surrogacy agency to create their family in the hopes of saving a bit of money on the process. However, after a successful pregnancy and birth, they found themselves in a nightmarish legal quagmire, stuck win Mexico and living in fear of being deported without their newborn.   Order the #ITOCT book Amazon , IndieBound , Audible . ovariestalk@gmail.com IG/T...

If These Ovaries Could Talk | S10. Ep 1: Cade Russo-Young is a self proclaimed second generation dyke whose family was the subject of the hit HBO documentary “Nuclear Family.” Cade gives her raw and honest perspective on what it was like when her sister’s known donor sued their family for custody. She and her husband Max also talk about their family-building journey, which ultimately led to Max be...

BONUS: In this final bonus episode of Season 9, Jaimie and E~ further explore their lesbian u-hauled relationship, get excited about the upgrades they’re making for the new season and get a tad bit angry about the state of the world in regards to LGBTQ folks and bodies with uterus’s. Order the #ITOCT book Amazon , IndieBound , Audible . ovariestalk@gmail.com IG/Twitter/FB/TikTok: @ovariestalk   Ed...

  If These Ovaries Could Talk | BONUS: In true queer style, Jaimie and E u-hauled their co-hosting relationship. Now they’re having fun working out the kinks and getting to know each other in these candid bonus episodes.     Order the #ITOCT book Amazon , IndieBound , Audible . ovariestalk@gmail.com IG/Twitter/FB/TikTok: @ovariestalk   Edited by EditAudio press Brett Henne theme song: Songfinch &a...

If These Ovaries Could Talk | BONUS: A special takeover of The Derek and Romaine Show. Jaimie, E~ and special guest J.B. (Producer of The D&R Show), shoot the breeze over all kinds of queer-related topics in this laughter-inducing episode.   Order the #ITOCT book Amazon , IndieBound , Audible . ovariestalk@gmail.com IG/Twitter/FB/TikTok: @ovariestalk   Edited by EditAudio press Brett Henne the...