Raised by Two Moms: Zach Wahls on LGBTQ Families, Advocacy & Running for Senate
What happens when a kid from a queer family chooses to stand up and defend his family in front of lawmakers? Zach Wahls—author, advocate, an...
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If These Ovaries Could Talk
Two lesbians chat about making babies and non-traditional families. Jaimie and Robin go in-depth with weekly guests about their hopes, fears and setbacks when making a baby with love and sci...
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From Unexpected Pregnancy to Known Donor RIVF: A Queer Family Building & IVF Journey
Kaya Colin—therapist, couples coach, and parent of two—shares a deeply layered journey through identity, belonging, and queer family buildin...
Two Dads, Three Years of Adoption, and a Surrogacy Miracle
What happens when the path you thought you were on… just doesn’t work out? This week, we’re talking to Phil and Jonathan—two dads who spent...
Queer Parenting & LGBTQ Families: The “Do We Want Kids?” Conversation
Dianni Hall—queer Latina, former full-time traveler, and Jaimie’s new assistant producer on The Queer Family Podcast(!) —joins us for a conv...
Queer Family Life, IVF & LGBTQ+ Parenting—And Why It All Feels So Hard Right Now
Robin Maril—law professor, former Human Rights Campaign attorney, and host of A Queer Guide to Saving Democracy —joins us for a conversation...
A Very Real Family Update
This week’s episode is a little different—and very real. When a scheduled guest wasn’t ready to share their story, Jaimie and her wife Anne...
Foster to Adopt as a Gay Dad: Jameel Mayers’ Path to Parenthood
Jaimie sits down with fellow podcaster Jameel Mayers, host of Fathernetics , to talk about his journey to fatherhood through the foster-to-a...
Surrogacy for Gay Dads: Cost, Ethics & Building a Family
Jaimie sits down with Daniel Berezowsky to talk about his and his husband’s journey to parenthood through surrogacy — and how their work in...
Leaving the American Dream: Raising a Trans Daughter and Starting Over in Spain
What happens when the life you built no longer fits who you are — or the world no longer feels safe for your family? In this episode, Jaimie...
Surrogacy, Parentage Orders, and the Legal Side of Queer Family Building
What does it really take to build a family through surrogacy as a same sex couple? In this episode, Jaimie sits down with attorney and dad A...
"We Bought Sperm 4 Months In”: A Trans Dad + Cis Mom’s Donor Conception Story
Robert and Shannon are “two regular degular schmegular queers” who went from friends… to dating… to buying sperm in just a few months (yes,...
Lesbian IVF Journey: From Infertility to Double Donor Twins
Building a family didn’t happen the way same sex parents Sarah and Beth originally imagined. What began as a straightforward plan unfolded i...
Come Out. Make Art. Repeat. | Coming Out Later in Life + Raising a Trans Teen
Jaimie sits down with Hilde Festerling —queer mom, children’s writer, and the creator of the all-ages “barnyard gothic” audio drama podcast...
Seven Kids, One Lesbian, and a Graduation Gift of Sperm
Lex Beach is a gay mom of seven kids (ages 8–23), and her LGBTQ family-building story truly covers the waterfront: donor sperm, IUIs, donor...
BONUS EPISODE: Love, Take Two: A Very Special Announcement (with Jose Rolón / @nycgaydad)
We were supposed to be dark this week… but instead, we popped in with a very special bonus episode . In this short, unscripted, slightly cha...
ARCHIVE: Marie Newman on LGBTQ+ Rights, Trans Advocacy & Fighting Anti-Trans Laws
I’m putting this archived conversation back into the world because, like many of you, I’m feeling overwhelmed, angry, and honestly a bit hel...
Trans Dad Shares Journey of Self-Discovery and Parenthood
ARCHIVE (Recorded in 2024): Meet Shawndeez, a non-binary trans dad who shares their journey towards self-discovery and parenthood. Shawndeez...
ARCHIVAL: Children’s Equality in Ireland with Ranae von Meding
This episode was recorded in 2020 and originally released under the show’s former name, If These Ovaries Could Talk . While Ranae von Meding...
ARCHIVAL: Shipping Fresh Sperm Can Work!
This episode originally aired back when the show was called If These Ovaries Could Talk , hosted by Jaimie Kelton and Robin Hopkins — before...
ARCHIVAL: What Does Pride Mean to You?
As we head into a new year, we’re revisiting a very special episode — and carrying those Pride vibes forward with us . This episode original...