The show all about family; but with gay! A hilarious and heartfelt dive into LGBTQ family life, parenting, and the challenges queer families face.Hosted by queer mom Jaimie Kelton, The Queer Family Podcast brings you weekly interviews with LGBTQIA+ guests exploring how they made their families and how they navigate a world that wasn’t necessarily built for them.The mission? To normalize, elevate, and celebrate queer family life—while proving we’re just like other parents... trying (and often failing) not to lose it when our kid still isn’t wearing shoes and we’re 25 minutes late.Through laughter, honesty, and representation, this show tackles inclusive parenting, family-building journeys, and the age-old question: What’s it really like to raise a family as an LGBTQ person in a world built for the straights?
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Queer Parenting, Co-Lactation & Rethinking the Nuclear Family
Épisode 311
lundi 9 novembre 2026 • Durée 50:45
What if queer families aren't the exception to the rules of parenting, but the ones showing us how to rewrite them?
Bianca, a reproductive justice strategist at Forward Together, shares her journey with a known sperm donor, co-lactation, and navigating motherhood as a non-biological parent. From the pressure to fit traditional family structures to the unequal division of parenting labor, we explore how queer families are challenging the nuclear family ideal—and why everyone stands to benefit.
We also dig into chosen family, reproductive justice, LGBTQ representation, and the power of community to redefine what family can look like.
Bianca is a strategist at Forward Together, an organization advancing reproductive justice for queer and trans people of color. She contributed her personal experience with co-lactation to the organization's New Visions anthology, which explores family, care, and reproductive justice beyond traditional definitions.
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Gay Dads, Foster Care & the Cost of Building a Family Through Surrogacy
Épisode 310
mercredi 4 novembre 2026 • Durée 46:51
For LGBTQ families, the path to parenthood often comes with a steep learning curve. And sometimes, you have to become your own expert just to navigate it. James and his husband have navigated foster care, heartbreak, and now independent surrogacy. Along the way, they've faced staggering costs, complicated legal processes, and fertility clinics that claim to be LGBTQ-inclusive but don't know how to serve LGBTQ families.
Rather than keep everything he's learned to himself, James founded First Breath Fertility Consulting, turning his own family-building challenges into education, resources, and community for others navigating the same path. Because building a queer family is hard enough. We shouldn't have to figure it all out alone.
Topics: LGBTQ parenting, gay dads, queer family building, foster care, independent surrogacy, fertility clinics, egg donation, surrogacy costs, fertility support.
🏳️🌈 About the guest(s)/ Resources Mentioned James Gaeta is the founder of First Breath Fertility Consulting, where he provides fertility doula support, family-building education, and practical guidance for intended parents, particularly LGBTQ families.
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Parenting Is a Hot Mess (Even When You're Gay) | Gaytriarchs Crossover
Saison 23 · Épisode 13
lundi 26 octobre 2026 • Durée 40:04
Parenting is messy. Queer parenting is no exception. And sometimes you just need to complain about it with your gay friends.
The hosts of Gaytriarchs, David F.M. Vaughn and Gavin Lodge, join Jaimie for a hilarious, unfiltered conversation about raising kids, surviving modern parenting, and why even LGBTQ+ spaces aren't immune to patriarchy.
Fresh off their delightfully chaotic live event with Gays With Kids, the three parents get into everything from screen-time battles and teenage independence to the impossible expectations placed on today's parents. Plus, why does everything default to male, and why are we all so terrified to let our kids do the things we did at their age?
It's a whole lot of laughs, a little righteous feminist rage, and a reminder that none of us really knows what we're doing. And maybe that's okay.
Topics: LGBTQ parenting, queer families, gay dads, lesbian moms, screen time and kids, parenting teenagers, childhood independence, modern parenting, gender stereotypes, patriarchy, misogyny, parenting expectations
🏳️🌈 About the guest(s)/ Resources Mentioned
David F.M. Vaughn and Gavin Lodge are the hosts of Gaytriarchs, a hilariously unfiltered comedy podcast about gay dads, parenting, pop culture, and the absurdities of family life.
HIV treatment and prevention have come a long way, but stigma, misinformation, and outdated beliefs continue to shape how we talk about HIV and AIDS. What should parents and families know, and how can we better prepare our children to advocate for their own health?
This week on The Queer Family Podcast, Jaimie Kelton welcomes HIV advocates Masonia Traylor, founder of Lady Burgundy, and Jerrell Hartnett of GLAAD for an eye-opening conversation about HIV awareness, sexual health education, and raising informed, empowered children.
Through their lived experiences with HIV, Masonia and Jerrell challenge common misconceptions, explain HIV testing and prevention, discuss U=U (undetectable equals untransmittable), and explore why HIV stigma continues despite decades of medical progress.
The conversation also tackles HIV criminalization, pregnancy, bodily autonomy, medical self-advocacy, and the importance of age-appropriate conversations with children. Plus, a powerful connection between HIV stigma, anti-LGBTQ bullying, and Spirit Day reminds families that supporting LGBTQ youth requires action all year long.
Because raising informed, compassionate children starts with being willing to learn alongside them.
Topics: HIV awareness, HIV stigma, HIV and AIDS, LGBTQ parenting, queer families, sexual health education, HIV testing, HIV prevention, U=U, bodily autonomy, medical self-advocacy, HIV and pregnancy, LGBTQ youth, Spirit Day, LGBTQ bullying.
🏳️🌈 About the guest(s)/ Resources Mentioned
Masonia Traylor is an Emmy-nominated producer, mother of two, HIV advocate, and founder and executive director of Lady Burgundy, a nonprofit serving women and youth across the southeastern United States through HIV prevention and intervention. Living with HIV for 16 years, Masonia has spent much of that time publicly sharing her experience and advocating for better education, resources, and support.
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Our Kids' Sperm Donor Is No Longer Anonymous. Now What?
Saison 23 · Épisode 11
lundi 12 octobre 2026 • Durée 15:40
What happens when the sperm donor you never expected to know suddenly becomes someone you could text?
Jaimie is joined by her wife, Anne, for a candid, funny, and occasionally heated conversation about a surprising new chapter in their family's donor-conception journey. What started as a simple question about their daughter's medical history led to something neither of them anticipated: their sperm donor's phone number and an open invitation to reach out.
But just because they can contact him, does that mean they should? Jaimie and Anne have different feelings about it, and their kids have opinions of their own.
Plus, the two moms take on misogyny, school dress codes, victim-blaming, and what it means to raise a daughter and a son in a world still steeped in patriarchy.
It's a little family update, a little feminist rant, and a very real look at how LGBTQ+ families continue to evolve long after the kids arrive.
Topics: Donor conception, LGBTQ families, lesbian parenting, sperm donors, donor siblings, Open ID donors, donor-conceived children, medical history, two-mom families, misogyny, school dress codes, parenting, consent
What does it take for two gay dads to build a family through foster care? Psychologist and author Dr. Kevin Nadal shares how he and his husband went from newly approved foster parents to raising three biological siblings, all adopted through New York City's foster care system.
From receiving a call about a newborn with less than a day's notice to navigating adoption during a global pandemic, Kevin opens up about the emotional realities of foster-to-adopt parenting, the importance of biological family connections, and the challenges of raising Black children in a transracial adoptive family.
He also explores the isolation of gay fatherhood, the importance of LGBTQ+ parenting communities, and why he believes his family came together exactly as it was meant to.
Topics: gay dads, LGBTQ families, foster care, foster-to-adopt, adoption, transracial adoption, biological siblings, queer parenting, gay fatherhood, LGBTQ family building
🏳️🌈 About the guest(s)/ Resources Mentioned
Dr. Kevin Nadal is a psychologist, professor, author, and father of three. His work explores the intersections of psychology, social justice, and identity, with books addressing queer psychology, microaggressions, Filipino American psychology, and Asian American psychology. His latest creative venture is Nothing but Net, a queer romance novel that combines basketball, love, and psychology.
Kevin lives in Harlem, New York, with his husband and their three children, all adopted through the New York City foster care system.
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Queer Families Deserve Better Care with B.J. Woodstein
Saison 23 · Épisode 9
lundi 28 septembre 2026 • Durée 56:39
B.J. Woodstein is a queer mom, doula, lactation consultant, author, and LGBTQ+ specialist who knows firsthand how much the right support can change a family’s experience. After difficult pregnancies, birth complications, painful breastfeeding, and healthcare providers who didn’t always understand her two-mom family, B.J. became the kind of provider she wished she’d had.
Jaimie and B.J. talk about queer family building, birth trauma, feeding, advocacy, inclusive language, and why LGBTQ+ people deserve healthcare that sees and respects who they actually are.
B.J. Woodstein is a writer, translator, former academic, LGBTQ+ specialist doula, lactation consultant, counselor, and bibliotherapist. She lives in the UK with her wife and their two children.
She also co-runs Queer Wayfinder, which offers counseling, coaching, and bibliotherapy for LGBTQ+ people.
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Making a Baby Was So Complicated, They Built an App
Saison 23 · Épisode 8
lundi 21 septembre 2026 • Durée 50:39
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Sydney and Gina knew they wanted to build a family—and they knew, as a lesbian couple, it would take planning. What they didn’t expect was a stage-three endometriosis diagnosis right as they began trying to conceive.
In this episode, they walk Jaimie through their queer fertility journey: choosing a known sperm donor, navigating the legal agreements, three failed IUIs, the emotional and financial toll of fertility treatment, and finally moving to IVF. They also talk about grieving differently as partners, advocating for yourself in the medical system, and what it means to parent without a genetic connection.
Their experience ultimately inspired them to create WeFertility, an app designed to help people manage the paperwork, appointments, finances, and endless logistics of family building.
A candid conversation about queer parenting, LGBTQ families, IVF, known donors, endometriosis, and finding something meaningful on the other side of a difficult fertility journey.
WeFertility - the app designed to help people manage the paperwork, appointments, finances, and endless logistics of family building.
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Pregnancy Is So Butch: Queer Parenthood, Identity & Letting Go
Saison 23 · Épisode 7
lundi 14 septembre 2026 • Durée 47:21
Meghan and Erika never imagined parenthood would be part of their story. Growing up without examples of queer families—and navigating neurodivergence and fears about losing themselves in parenthood—they weren't even sure they wanted children.
Then listening to this podcast helped Meghan realize there might be another possibility.
Now they're raising their three-year-old son, Nova, with another baby on the way. They share a fertility journey that included IUIs, miscarriage, IVF, and an unexpected final vial from their dibling community.
Erika also opens up about navigating pregnancy as a butch woman—and discovering that carrying a baby didn't make her feel less connected to her identity. Quite the opposite.
As Erika puts it: “I think pregnancy is so butch.”
🏳️🌈 Key Takeaways
You don’t have to have always dreamed of parenthood to become a deeply intentional parent.
Queer family building often means staying open when the path looks nothing like the one you planned.
Parenthood can crack you open—and give you the chance to break old cycles.
Pregnancy doesn’t have to be inherently feminine. Erika found it could actually deepen her connection to her butch identity.
Fertility loss can bring grief, compassion, and a new understanding of just how complex these journeys can be.
Representation matters. Sometimes seeing another queer family is what makes imagining your own possible.
🏳️🌈 About the guest(s)
Meghan and Erika are a queer couple and parents to three-year-old Nova, with their second child on the way. Erika, a proud butch woman, is currently pregnant with their second child and hopes that sharing her experience can offer representation for other butch people considering pregnancy.
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Finding the Right Donor—and Finding Our Way to Parenthood
Saison 23 · Épisode 6
lundi 7 septembre 2026 • Durée 44:00
What happens when you want to build a family—but have no idea where to start?
Kaelyn, known online as one half of @kaelynandveronica, joins Jaimie to share how she and her wife found their way to parenthood by doing what so many LGBTQ+ families do: looking to the families who had done it before them.
Kaelyn shares the emotional—and sometimes surprising—process of choosing a sperm donor, two years of fertility treatments before becoming pregnant with their daughter Rosie, and why having donor siblings has become such a meaningful part of their family's story. She also opens up about Veronica's experience as the non-biological mom, raising Rosie with an open understanding of donor conception, and how postpartum depression is shaping their conversations about having another child.
Plus, why Kaelyn says if she could have dinner with anyone, she'd choose Rosie's donor—just so she could say thank you.
🏳️🌈 Key Takeaways
There is no single “right” way to build an LGBTQ+ family.
Queer families often become roadmaps for the families coming behind them.
Biology doesn't determine the depth of a parent-child bond.
Being open about donor conception gives kids the language to understand their own stories.
Taking care of the parent matters, too—especially when considering another pregnancy after postpartum depression.
🏳️🌈 About the guest(s)
Kaelyn is a social media manager, content creator, wife to Veronica, and mom to their almost-three-year-old daughter, Rosie. Through @kaelynandveronica, she shares their life as a two-mom family, from donor conception and fertility to parenting and LGBTQ+ family life. Her work also focuses on helping others navigate family building and showing more of the many ways families can be created.
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Jerrell Hartnett is Associate Director of Education and Advocacy at GLAAD and lead author of the organization's 2026 HIV Stigma Report. Living with HIV for 13 years, Jerrell combines personal experience with research and media advocacy to challenge misinformation, increase visibility, and help reshape the public conversation about HIV.
The information shared in this episode is for educational purposes only and not a substitute for professional advice. Always consult a trusted professional for your specific situation!
The information shared in this episode is for educational purposes only and not a substitute for professional advice. Always consult a trusted professional for your specific situation!
The information shared in this episode is for educational purposes only and not a substitute for professional advice. Always consult a trusted professional for your specific situation!
The information shared in this episode is for educational purposes only and not a substitute for professional advice. Always consult a trusted professional for your specific situation!
The information shared in this episode is for educational purposes only and not a substitute for professional advice. Always consult a trusted professional for your specific situation!
The information shared in this episode is for educational purposes only and not a substitute for professional advice. Always consult a trusted professional for your specific situation!
The information shared in this episode is for educational purposes only and not a substitute for professional advice. Always consult a trusted professional for your specific situation!
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