Queer Parenting, Co-Lactation & Rethinking the Nuclear Family

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.

Topics: LGBTQ parenting, queer families, lesbian parenting, co-lactation, induced lactation, known sperm donors, donor conception, non-biological parenting, reproductive justice, chosen family, nuclear family, gender roles, equal parenting, LGBTQ representation.

🏳️‍🌈 About the guest(s)/ Resources Mentioned

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.

🏳️‍🌈 Resources Mentioned

• Forward Together: https://forwardtogether.org
• New Visions anthology: https://forwardtogether.org/new-visions
• Instagram: @fwdtogether
• Residue: Upcoming short film exploring Black trans parenthood and caregiving.

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