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The Queer Family Podcast – LGBTQ Families & Queer Parenting Stories

Jaimie Kelton – Queer Parenting & LGBTQ Families".

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

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40:22

Donor Conception, Pride & Intentional Parenting

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2026/06/11

Jaimie sits down with therapist, author, podcaster, and donor conception expert Lisa Schuman. Lisa turns the mic on Jaimie as they explore the origins of The Queer Family Podcast, the emotional realities of donor conception, the fears many queer parents carry around biological connection, and why queer families are some of the most intentional families out there. They also discuss humor, resilience, Pride, and the importance of showing up for the entire LGBTQIA+ community right now.They also

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51:37

Known Donor, Reciprocal IVF & Three Kids Later |...

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2026/06/04

Vanessa and Jory of @modernfamilynextdoor join the Pride Extravaganza to share their journey from closeted college classmates to raising three children together. They open up about religious shame, coming out to family, known donor conception, reciprocal IVF, difficult pregnancies, and the emotional realities of non-bio parenting in queer families. This conversation is funny, vulnerable, and deeply relatable for anyone navigating LGBTQ family building.🏳️‍🌈 Key TakeawaysVanessa and Jory share how

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39:50

Real Dads Carry Their Babies: Two Trans Dads Build a...

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2026/06/01

Chase and Oliver share their journey to becoming parents as two trans dads navigating IVF, pregnancy, identity, and queer family building.The couple opens up about meeting as lesbians before both later coming out as trans, deciding who would carry, stopping testosterone to conceive, navigating failed IUIs, finding the right donor, and ultimately becoming pregnant through IVF.They also discuss trans visibility, redefining masculinity, pregnancy dysphoria, chest feeding, queer travel, and what it

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21:20

Tea Time with Jaimie & Dianni: Moving In Together,...

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2026/05/25

Episode Summary (Podcast Apps)Dianni is spiraling a little… because she and her girlfriend are talking about moving in together. 😅In this Tea Time episode, Jaimie and Dianni get real about lesbian U-Hauling, commitment anxiety, ADHD messiness, relationship fears, and what actually happens when your life starts getting more serious.From clutter fights and “where does this belong?” energy to deeper conversations about intimacy, long-term partnership, and building a life together, this episode is

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16:04

Jaimie & Dianni Spill the Tea: Gay Cruises, Gay Dads...

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2026/05/18

Episode Summary (Podcast Apps)Welcome to Tea Time with Jaimie & Dianni — a brand new bonus series from The Queer Family Podcast.For the next two weeks leading up to the Pride Extravaganza, we’re giving listeners a free taste of the Patreon-exclusive chaos before these episodes disappear behind the paywall on June 1st.In this first episode, Jaimie gives us a brutally honest recap of the recent gay family cruise she went on. From lesbian vs. gay boy energy to cruise culture, parenting exhaustion,

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42:13

Raised by Two Moms: Zach Wahls on LGBTQ Families,...

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2026/05/11

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, and Iowa State Senator—first made national headlines as a teenager when he spoke out in support of his two moms during a marriage equality hearing. The moment went viral and helped shift the conversation around LGBTQ+ families.But this conversation goes far beyond that speech.Zach shares what it was really like growing up with two moms in the Midwest—from

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33:29

From Unexpected Pregnancy to Known Donor RIVF: A...

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2026/05/04

Kaya Colin—therapist, couples coach, and parent of two—shares a deeply layered journey through identity, belonging, and queer family building.From an unexpected first pregnancy that challenged how others saw their queerness, to navigating single parenthood, to falling in love with their transmasculine partner and building their second child through reciprocal IVF—this story is complex, resilient, and deeply honest.We unpack what it means to feel “not queer enough,” the emotional toll of fertility

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57:26

Two Dads, Three Years of Adoption, and a Surrogacy...

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2026/04/27

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 three years in the adoption process before realizing it might not be how they’d build their family.We get into everything: the waiting, the emotional toll, the near misses, and what it’s like navigating a system that isn’t exactly built for queer families.And then—everything shifted.From choosing an egg donor to an unexpected offer from a best friend to become

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13:29

A Very Real Family Update

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2026/04/06

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 stepped in for an impromptu, unfiltered check-in on their own lives. Recorded in the middle of family chaos (kids awake past bedtime, dog whining, one shared mic…), this episode is exactly what queer family life actually looks like behind the scenes.They open up about Anne’s breast cancer journey—from diagnosis in December 2024 through chemo, surgery, radiation,

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54:39

Surrogacy for Gay Dads: Cost, Ethics & Building a Family

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2026/03/23

Jaimie sits down with Daniel Berezowsky to talk about his and his husband’s journey to parenthood through surrogacy — and how their work in human rights shaped every step.They share the emotional and financial realities of IVF, choosing an egg donor, and waiting to be matched with a surrogate, along with the surprising lessons they learned along the way — including letting go of assumptions and expanding what family can look like.A thoughtful, honest conversation about queer family building,

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51:55

Surrogacy, Parentage Orders, and the Legal Side of...

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2026/03/09

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 Alexander Paykin to talk about his family’s surrogacy journey, the many unexpected twists along the way, and the legal realities queer parents need to understand before getting started.Alexander shares how he and his husband chose an egg donor, what surprised them most about the surrogacy process, and why so much of queer family building comes down to

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34:51

"We Bought Sperm 4 Months In”: A Trans Dad + Cis...

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2026/03/02

Robert and Shannon are “two regular degular schmegular queers” who went from friends… to dating… to buying sperm in just a few months (yes, it’s as lesbian as it sounds). In this episode, they share what it looked like to build a family as a cisgender woman and a transgender man, including the realities of trans fertility, the complicated emotions around fertility preservation, and the deeply values-based way they chose a sperm donor: not for height or Ivy League degrees — but for happiness.We also

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50:02

Lesbian IVF Journey: From Infertility to Double Donor...

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2026/02/23

Building a family didn’t happen the way Sarah and her wife Beth originally imagined. What began as a straightforward plan unfolded into miscarriage, multiple rounds of IUI, IVF, and ultimately the realization that neither of them could use their own eggs. They share what it meant to pivot again and again — and how they ultimately welcomed their 13-year-old twin boys through both an egg donor and a sperm donor.They also talk about approaching donor conception transparency from day one (including

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67:23

Seven Kids, One Lesbian, and a Graduation Gift of Sperm

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2026/02/09

Lex Beach is a lesbian mom of seven kids (ages 8–23), and her family-building story truly covers the waterfront: donor sperm, IUIs, donor sibling connections, parenting through divorce, blended family life, known-donor attempts, miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy, and ultimately IVF.Lex knew she wanted to be a mom from the jump—and at 22, she got pregnant (the gay way) right after college… with sperm her parents literally bought as a graduation gift. From there, the story only gets bigger: twins,

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54:15

ARCHIVE: Marie Newman on LGBTQ+ Rights, Trans...

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2026/01/26

I’m putting this archived conversation back into the world because, like many of you, I’m feeling overwhelmed, angry, and honestly a bit helpless after the most recent ICE killing of Alex Pretti. When violence like this happens it can feel impossible to know where to put our grief or how to turn it into action. This episode with Marie Newman is a reminder that change doesn’t come from waiting to feel less scared—it comes from people who decide to show up anyway. Marie has gone the distance,

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49:11

Trans Dad Shares Journey of Self-Discovery and...

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2026/01/19

ARCHIVE (Recorded in 2024): Meet Shawndeez, a non-binary trans dad who shares their journey towards self-discovery and parenthood. Shawndeez discusses the challenges they faced as a queer and trans individual, their decision to pursue IVF and egg retrieval, and the importance of unconditional love in the parent-child relationship. Shawndeez also talks about their work supporting parents of trans children and the need for compassionate guidance in navigating the complexities of gender identity. Tune

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56:03

ARCHIVAL: Shipping Fresh Sperm Can Work!

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2026/01/05

This episode originally aired back when the show was called If These Ovaries Could Talk, hosted by Jaimie Kelton and Robin Hopkins — before the show evolved into The Queer Family Podcast.Episode SummaryOver the years, I’ve had countless listeners reach out asking the same thing: “Can you connect me with Emily and Sara? I want to learn how they shipped fresh sperm.”So I’m resurfacing this conversation because yes — it can work. And since this episode first aired, Emily and Sara have helped many

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45:48

ARCHIVAL: How It All Started — Anne & Jaimie on...

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2025/12/22

Before The Queer Family Podcast had its name, it began as If These Ovaries Could Talk—a show Jaimie launched with original co-host Robin Hopkins.In this very first episode, Robin interviews Jaimie and her wife Anne as they share the real-time story of building their family as a lesbian couple: unexpected infertility, choosing a sperm donor, navigating IUI and IVF, and the emotional and financial reality of trying to have a second child.At the time, they couldn’t find many podcasts that talked

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37:46

Two Moms, One Donor: Sam & Laura Abbey on IVF, Extra...

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2025/12/01

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 their Bravo reality show moment had just helped catapult them into queer family-building visibility.Seven years and two very boy-ish boys later, we’re catching up on IVF paid out of pocket (twice), using the same sperm donor for both kids, what happens when you over- or under-buy sperm, and yes—having to literally sign paperwork to “dispose” of a

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69:17

Queer Parenting and Interracial Family Life:...

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2025/11/17

Jaimie chats with Yanica & Leah, the interracial two-mom family behind @thefaustinfam, about building a queer family with intention. They discuss their donor conception journey, navigating race and colorism, raising multiracial donor-conceived kids, second-parent adoption, coming out stories, and parenting free spirited little humans in the South.If you love stories about LGBTQ family building, intentional parenting, mixed-race families, and queer joy — this episode is everything.🏳️‍🌈 Key

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