The Queer Family Podcast
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The Queer Family Podcast
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, while c...
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Anish & Miguel: A Surrogacy Masterclass from Berlin
Anish & Miguel are two dads in Berlin who recently welcomed their son, Alexander, through agency-based surrogacy. And listen — some of us (cough… Jaim...
Two Moms, One Donor: Sam & Laura Abbey on IVF, Extra Sperm & Raising Their Donor-Conceived Boys
Sam & Laura Abbey are BACK, y’all. The last time they were on the show it was still called If These Ovaries Could Talk, they only had one kid, and the...
Ash on Queer Birth Justice, Pregnancy & Palestine
Midwife, parent, nurse, educator, and proud Palestinian Ash joins Jaimie for a powerful, expansive conversation that connects queer birth work, libera...
Queer Parenting and Interracial Family Life: Navigating Donor Conception and LGBTQ Family Challenges
Jaimie chats with Yanica & Leah, the interracial two-mom family behind @thefaustinfam, about building a queer family with intention. They discuss thei...
Kirsty Loehr: From Reciprocal IVF to Blended Family and Writing Our History
Author and educator Kirsty Loehr joins Jaimie to share her beautifully messy story of queer family building — from reciprocal IVF with her ex-wife to...
No Accidents Here: Alon Rivel on Intentional Gay Parenting
Alon Rivel joins Jaimie for a brutally honest, funny, and heartfelt conversation about what it really takes—emotionally, financially, and spiritually—...
Mark & Eoin: Two Irish Dads, Two Daughters, and a Fight for Change
Meet Mark and Eoin, two Irish dads proving that queer family building is both an act of love and of advocacy. Their path to fatherhood took them from...
From Cult Upbringing to Queer Co-Parenting
What happens when you grow up in an evangelical cult, spend years closeted, marry to appease your family, and still find your way to queerness, healin...
Breaking the Binary: Maya Gonzalez and the Gender Wheel
In this mind-expanding conversation, Jaimie sits down with Maya Gonzalez — genderqueer artist, author, publisher, educator, parent, and creator of The...
The Bio/Non-Bio Myth: Why Love, Not DNA, Makes a Family
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Kevin and Alim—longtime partners, dads of two, and global citizens—share how they built their family through Cana...
Screens, Teens, and Privilege: Positive Discipline and Tech Limits with Casey O’Roarty
Screens are everywhere — but how do we keep them from taking over our kids’ lives? In this special ally episode, Jaimie sits down with Casey O’Roarty,...
Two Dads, One Mom, Zero Apologies | Therapist Ann Russo on Religious Trauma, Chosen Family & Queer Joy
Queer therapist and “kid of queer parents” Ann Russo joins Jaimie to show what ordinary, extraordinary queer family looks like. Raised in the ’80s by...
Jesse Callans: Transitioning While Parenting Four Kids + Writing Ollie in Between
Transmasc author and parent Jesse Callans joins Jaimie to flip the parenting script. Jesse shares how he pressed pause on transition to build a family...
What the New LGBTQ+ Study Really Says—And Why It Matters for Queer Families With Orion Rummler (The 19th) & Pew’s Rachel Minkin
We went in-studio (!) with journalist Orion Rummler (The 19th) and Rachel Minkin (Pew Research Center, and a gay mom) to unpack Pew’s major 2025 study...
José Rolón (NYC Gay Dad) and Luce Remy (Family Equality): Why LGBTQ+ Family Policy Helps Everyone
In this Season 20 opener, Jaimie sits down in person (for the first time in years!) with two powerhouse voices in the LGBTQIA+ family-building world:...
Bonus Replay: Redefining Parenthood: A Queer Guide to Modern Parenting
🎉 Bonus Episode Alert! 🎉 Season 20 officially drops on September 1st, but while you wait, we’ve got one last bonus for you. This heartfelt and thoug...
BONUS REPLAY: A Beautifully Complicated Transition with Emme Reynolds
As we gear up for the launch of Season 20 this September, we're sharing some favorite past episodes that continue to resonate—because queer family-bui...
Bonus: Cruising Podcast Swap — Les Pierres, Love, and Queer Family in the Deep South
While we gear up for Season 20 (September 1st!), I’m sharing something special — an episode swap with the fabulous podcast Cruising. They’re featuring...
BONUS REPLAY: Flipping the Script on Foster Adoption
🎉 BONUS REPLAY: Flipping the Script on Foster Adoption
As we gear up for the launch of Season 20 this September (!!!), I’m revisiting some of m...
BONUS! Navigating the Fertility Journey as a Queer Couple, with Jaimie Kelton
🎉 BONUS EPISODE DROP! 🎉
As I get ready to launch Season 20 of The Queer Family Podcast this September(!), I’m sharing a few guest appearances...
Upstanders vs. Bystanders: Embracing Allyship for LGBTQ Families Everywhere with Jaimie Kelton
🎉 Bonus Episode Drop! 🎉
While we gear up for Season 20 of The Queer Family Podcast, we're sharing this powerful conversation Jaimie had as a g...
Celebrating Queer Families & Normalizing Representation with Jaimie from the Queer Family Podcast
🎉 Bonus Episode Drop! 🎉
While Jaimie gears up for Season 20 of The Queer Family Podcast—launching this August!—she's sharing this bonus episod...
From IVF to Foster Care to Film: Haven & Koy's Journey
Haven and Koy's journey to parenthood included IVF, IUIs, anonymous and known donors, multiple moves, and ultimately foster care—where they met and ad...
Induced Lactation 101: Queer, Trans, and Chestfeeding Realness
Can cis men be lactation consultants? Can trans folks chestfeed? Can someone who had top surgery still make milk? YES, YES, and YES. In this eye-openi...
Life Is Lifing for the Kelwoods: A Queer Family Update + a Queer Family Gift
Jaimie and her wife Anne share a heartfelt update on Anne's breast cancer journey, including the challenges of chemotherapy, unexpected back surgery,...
Peggy Gillespie Is the Anti-DeSantis, Anti-Trump, Pro-Love Hero We Need
Peggy Gillespie returns to The Queer Family Podcast with even more stories, accolades, and queer advocacy badassery.
Peggy Gillespie, co-founder...
Intentional Parenting, Donor Decisions, and Fighting for LGBTQ+ Families with Darra Gordon
Darra Gordon, the new CEO of Family Equality, joins host Jaimie to share her wild, beautiful, and intentional journey to queer parenthood—while simult...
Queer Joy as Resistance: Kyle Casey Chu (aka Panda Dulce) on Drag, Books, and Building a Better World
Kyle Casey Chu (@pandadulce) is a drag performer, author, filmmaker, and one of the founding queens of Drag Story Hour—and in this powerful Pride Extr...
Queer Dads, an Adoption Journey, and the Movie It Inspired: I Don’t Understand You
Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig are husbands, dads, filmmakers—and now the creators of a new dark comedy based on their real journey to queer paren...
Intentional Parenting: Lessons from Single Gay Dad Darren Graham
Darren Graham (@therealdarrengraham), a single gay dad by choice and content creator, shares his beautiful and powerful journey to fatherhood. Origina...
Gays With Kids Founder Brian Rosenberg: From HIV Diagnosis to Proud Dad of 3
It’s Pride Extravaganza, y’all! 🌈
To kick off this month-long celebration of queer family goodness, Jaimie sits down with Brian Rosenberg, long...
Bonus Replay | Out And Proud With The Mazelins
This joyful, visibility-filled throwback deserves another listen.
Originally aired during our 2023 Pride Extravaganza, this episode features Bri...
Bonus Replay | Celebrating What DeSantis Fears (w/ Peggy Gillespie)
This Pride Month warm-up replay is a must-listen.
Peggy Gillespie—author, queer parent, and co-director of Family Diversity Projects—has been ce...
Nonbinary Pregnancy, Known Donor Family Building, and Fighting Cancer Together | Casey & Sarah
Casey and Sarah share their beautiful, uniquely queer family-building journey—featuring a known donor (Sarah’s brother!), a nonbinary pregnancy, chest...
The Donor Mix-Up That Made A Family
Kim and Katie walk us through their ultra-intentional path to queer family building: from meeting online and moving in together lesbian-fast, to getti...
Known Donor, Known Love: Kait, Sophie & Oliver’s Story
What happens when your best friend offers to help you make a baby?
Jaimie sits down with Kait and Sophie—two queer folks trying to build their f...
Building a Family with Reciprocal IVF (at the Same Time!)
Two mamas. Two wombs. One donor. In this episode, Ana and Becky share their epic journey of building a family through simultaneous reciprocal IVF—yes,...
T4T and Totally in Love: Jacob and Riley's Queer Family Journey
Jaimie sits down with Jacob and Riley, a T4T (trans-for-trans) couple redefining what it means to be a modern family. From co-parenting with Jacob’s p...
From Foster to Forever: A Gay Dad's Journey Through UK Adoption
Jaimie sits down with Liam—a Scottish-born, England-based gay dad—who shares the winding road he and his husband took to adopt their daughter through...
Queer Parenting, Social Media & Fighting LGBTQ+ Hate
Caitlyn, one half of @2ladiesand2babies on social media joins Jaimie to talk all things queer parenting, social media, and the ongoing fight for LGBTQ...