Some Families

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What not to say to LGBTQ+ parents; Sean Szeps breaking down the stereotype of 'Dad’ Apr 26, 2021

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Sean Szeps is a proud gay dad, writer, comedian and podcast host, and joins Some Families from Austrailia. Sean and his husband are Dads to twins born via surrogacy. Sean discusses what it is like to be an LGBTQ+ parent in Sydney, how to tackle people assuming he has a wife or is the nanny, and how to manage your mental health as an LGBTQ+ parent. Sean's podcast 'The Dad Kit' breaks down the stereotypes and cultural ideas we have about fathers.

LINKS: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uakEF7zBlWQCaKPxE9daS

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Do queer people make better parents? Prof Susan Golombok has all the answers (plus the data) Apr 19, 2021

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Professor Susan Golombok joins Lotte and Stu to discuss the research and findings in her new book, 'We Are Family: what really matters for patents and children'. Susan talks about where her research started, in the 70s, where lesbian mothers were having custody of their children taken away because of their sexuality. Her research has since developed to study different types of family structures, and has been used as evidence in same-sex marriage legislation in a number of countries. Susan is Professor of Family Research and Director of the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge.

LINK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/We-Are-Family-matters-children/dp/1912854376/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=we+are+family+golombok&qid=1618563004&s=books&sr=1-1

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‘Homosapiens' Chris Sweeny starts his surrogacy journey: Who, where, why, how?! Apr 12, 2021

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We have podcast royalty Chris Sweeney co-host of Homosapiens Podcast. Chris has started on the surrogacy journey with his husband, which has been halted since lockdown 2020. Chris joins the hosts of Some Families Lotte and Stu for a good gossip PLUS Chris talks about the start of his queer parenting journey, and the fact that it takes more than “a lasagne and a bottle of wine” for LGBTQ+ people to make a baby.

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When Two Became Four: A good gossip about queer parenting with Nana and Rose Apr 05, 2021

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Nana Duncan and Rose Frimpong from the podcast TwoTwos, join Lotte and Stu for a podcast love in. Rose has a 9 year old daughter, who she conceived with a friend and Nana is starting to think about having children with her girlfriend. They discuss the stereotypical constructs of what it means to be a mum and what it means to be maternal, and why having children shouldn't stop you from going OUT out.

LINK

Just Like Us: https://www.justlikeus.org/

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Trans Dad Freddy McConnell: changing laws, changing minds, changing nappies Mar 29, 2021

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We are thrilled to have Freddy McConnell on Some Families! Freddy joins Lotte and Stu to talk about his journey to parenthood and how he felt about his body being pregnant. Freddy also talks about the on-going court case that is now being taken to the European Court of Human Rights for him and his son, and the legal challenges and discriminations trans families face. The group also discuss and break down gendered parenting terms and how stereotypes can often limit parenthood, and look at how important it is to utilise the word parent and parenting.

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Trans-racial and LGBTQ+ Adoption: with Nathan Yungerberg and guest host Leon Wenham Mar 22, 2021

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Lotte and Stu are joined by guest host, Leon Wenham. Leon, who spoke about his own adoption journey in Series 1, joins the hosts and invites a friend Nathan Yungerberg from New York, to discuss when someone of one race adopts a child that is different to their own race, aka trans-racial adoption. Nathan, who is African-American, is the product of trans-racial adoption himself as he was adopted by a white couple when he was a baby. He is now a gay single adoptive dad to two siblings from a Puerto Rican and Italian background. Nathan and our hosts discuss how important it is to consider race, when it comes to adoption, especially in a trans-racial scenario and how that can impact your parenting style, understanding race from the point of view of an adoptive parent and why having diversity on an adoption panel is so important to the adoption process.

LINKS

https://www.instagram.com/black.gay.dads.global/?hl=en

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Equality and the path to parenthood: Laura-Rose Thorogood LGBT Mummies Tribe Mar 15, 2021

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Laura-Rose Thorogood, co-founder of the LGBT Mummies Tribe, join Lotte and Stu on this week’s episode of Some Families. Laura-Rose started Mummies Tribe as a space for women and people globally to make friends and meet other families with similar experiences. Since then it has grown to an international community that aims to educate, share and celebrate LGBT+ women who want to start a family.

Laura-Rose is currently pregnant with her and her wife’s third child. She discusses their road to parenthood, being a bio and non-bio mum, the inequality and postcode lottery that people face within fertility treatments.

LINKS:

https://www.thelgbtmummiestribe.com/

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A Truly Grand Mother: Lady Phyll on Motherhood, Chosen Families and Activism Mar 08, 2021

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In this international women’s day special Lotte and Stu are joined by the fabulous Lady Phyll to discuss, motherhood, chosen families, activism and UK Black Pride. Lady Phyll is one of the founders of UK Black Pride, she has previously been a trustee at Stonewall, worked for the Mayor of London and is now the exec-director of the human rights charity Kaleidoscope Trust (a charity that campaigns for the human rights of LGBTQ+ people in countries where they face discrimination).

Lady Phyll became pregnant when she was 19 and talks about coming out while her daughter was a child and what that meant for their relationship. She has a chosen family within the black queer community. She discusses her passion for equality and rights for all minorities and how important it is to understand every point of view and generational experience.

LINKS

https://www.ukblackpride.org.uk/

https://kaleidoscopetrust.com/

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Reading is fundamental: The best books about LGBTQ+ Families and why we need more of them Mar 01, 2021

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To celebrate World Book Day it’s Some Families inaugural book special! Lotte and Stu talk to different authors and illustrators about LGBTQ+ family books. Stu talks to Carolyn Robertson, author and owner of Sparklypoo Publications. Carolyn wrote Two Dads, that Will Young read on CBeebies Bedtime Stories. Lotte chats to Garry and Gareth, the illustrator and author of the new book, My Daddies, the first LGBTQ+ family book published by a major publishing house. They talk about how important it is for people to continue to write LGBTQ+ family books, just because there are some out there already, there is space for a lot more!

LINKS

My Daddies: https://amzn.to/3cEUm3o

Gareth: www.garethpeter.co.uk

Garry: www.garryparsons.co.uk

www.sparklypoo.com

https://www.facebook.com/carolyncursive

BOOKS MENTIONED

My Daddies by Gareth Peter and Garry Parsons

Two Mums and a Menage and Two Dads by Carolyn Robertson

Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love

The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad

Heather Has Two Mummies by Lesléa Newman

Princess Kevin by Michael Escoffier

Spacegirl Pukes and If I had 100 Mummies by Vanda Carter

Hello Sailor by Ingrid Godon

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“My wife and I gave birth on the same day” - The joys and challenges of being simultaneously pregnant Feb 22, 2021

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In the first episode of Season 2 of Some Families, Lotte and Stu catch up on lockdown life and parenting in the pandemic. The hosts are joined by Sandeep from Hong Kong. Sandeep and her wife fell pregnant within a few days of each other and gave birth within hours of one another to two baby boys. She talks about being pregnant at the same time as her wife, the health care system in Hong Kong and being an LGBTQ+ family.

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