Swelling with pride : queer conception and adoption stories / edited by Sara Graefe
- Published
- Halfmoon Bay, BC : Dagger Editions, [2018]
- Physical Description
- 240 pages ; 23 cm
- Additional Creators
- Graefe, Sara
- Contents
- Introduction / Sara Graefe – Our first call to the fertility clinic went something like this / Corinne L. Mason – And baby makes history / Susan G. Cole – The many possible versions of you / Josephine Boxwell – Why I didn’t run away with the circus / Vici Johnstone – Circumstances beyond our control / Janet Madsen – The queer baby project : excerpts from the experiment / Susan Meyers and Kira Meyers-Guiden – Best laid plans / Sara Graefe – Pathway / Patrice Leung – Inconceivable / Caitlin Crawshaw – Darkness and beauty : the making of lesbian moms / Emily Cummins-Woods – What if your kids grow up to be straight? / Jane Byers – The difference between a hard and soft C / Nicole Breit – This road / Eamon MacDonald – Like a boy, but not a boy : one experience of non-binary pregnancy / Andrea Bennett – The birth video / Rachel Epstein – Nursing my way to motherhood / Katie Taylor – It’s normal not to know / Heather Osborne – Loving Benjamin / Gail Marlene Schwartz – O-heso (belly button) / Terrie Hamazaki – Attachment roulette / Marusya Bociurkiw – Double rainbow baby / Amanda Roth – How I (finally) became a genderqueer parent / Jo Jefferson – How my blended family was brought together be same love / Beth McDonough – Baby dinosaur / Nicola Harwood – The boy in me / Natalie Meisner.
- Summary
- "There's no straightforward path to LGBTQ2 parenthood and just as every queer person has their own coming out story, every LGBTQ2 family has a unique conception or adoption story. In Swelling with Pride: Queer Conception and Adoption Stories, creative non-fiction writers celebrate LGBTQ2 families and the myriad of ways we embark upon our parenting journeys. These honest, heartfelt, unabashedly queer stories cover a gamut of issues and experiences, including the varied paths to queer conception - from DIY methods at home with the so-called "turkey baster" to pricey medical interventions at the fertility clinic - and the daunting task of choosing a sperm donor. This groundbreaking anthology portrays the journeys to LGBTQ2 parenthood that start or end with adoption and the countless hurdles that go along with it: from surviving the home study process and dealing with systemic homophobia to transitioning an adopted child into a new home. There are tales of shared nursing, blended families, communal parenting and non-binary pregnancy. There are also stories of grief, all too often suffered in silence, such as coping with infertility, pregnancy loss, stillbirth and adoption breakdown. These are the journeys of the early mavericks that formed families under the radar when fertility clinics were not open to singles and lesbians, as well as the Gen X and Millennial queers who've become parents during the current "gayby" boom. Editor and proud queer mom Sara Graefe has assembled more than twenty-five creative non-fiction LGBTQ2 authors from across North America, both well-known and up-and-coming, including Andrea Bennett, Marusya Bociurkiw, Jane Byers, Susan G. Cole, Caitlin Crawshaw, Rachel Epstein, Terrie Hamazaki, Nicola Harwood, Natalie Meisner and many more. Together, their candid, moving, thought-provoking stories celebrate what it is to be queer and give voice to both the challenges and joy s of building a LGBTQ2 family in a predominantly straight, cis-gendered world."--
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 1987915844 (paperback)
9781987915846 (paperback) - Endowment Note
- University Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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