LGBTQ+
Meet Kristin Tucker, Clinical Social Worker, UW Lecturer, and proud Queer parent
Tell us a little about yourself and your background! In my professional life, I’m a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in private practice, specializing in working with LGBTQ couples and individuals…
Read MoreMy Story, by Victoria
I am a mother of two, a lesbian, and I experienced birth trauma and postpartum anxiety. My experiences as a lesbian, a parent, through my former wife’s pregnancy and my…
Read MoreMy Story, by Stephanie
Content warning: Suicidal ideation. In 2016, when I became a mother my son came into a world of deep, unhealed traumas. I became a mother to a beautiful baby boy.…
Read MoreInterview with Kristin Kali, LM CPM, MAIA Midwifery and Fertility
Kristin Kali, LM CPM, is a licensed midwife who provides care for “all families, all family structures, genders, and orientations,” with a focus on LGBTQ families through her practice MAIA…
Read MoreInterview Rowan, a Mom and a Transgender Man
Could you tell us about yourself and your family?My funky little family consists of my son (Little Padraig), and my two partners (Big Padraig and Nic), and me. All three…
Read MoreLesbian Co-Mothers and Transition to Motherhood
A small qualitative study published in the March 2017 issue of Perspective, the journal of Britain’s National Childbirth Trust (NCT), focused on the experiences of the non-birth mother in a…
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