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The Queer Parent

By: Lotte Jeffs, Stuart Oakley, Sandi Toksvig - introduction
Narrated by: Lotte Jeffs, Sandi Toksvig, Stuart Oakley
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Publisher's Summary

This audiobook includes an exclusive introduction from Sandi Toksvig OBE.

Find all the information you need - and more - to become a parent with this groundbreaking and comprehensive guide for the LGBTQ+ community, written and read by the hosts of the award-winning podcast Some Families.

Funny, informative and empowering, The Queer Parent is the ultimate resource for chosen families everywhere.

The path to parenthood is never easy, but for LGBTQ+ people, it can be even less straightforward. There are more options than ever before for queer people to start families, but a lack of specific information and resources can leave would-be parents floundering. From IVF to surrogacy to adoption, there is so much to learn and consider. How do you work out the best option for you?

As hosts of the award-winning podcast Some Families, authors Lotte Jeffs and Stu Oakley have spoken to dozens of queer families, all of whom found their own unique path to parenthood. The Queer Parent is the product of these conversations and the authors' own experiences of becoming parents through IVF and adoption. The audiobook includes further interviews with diverse LGBTQ+ parents, providing advice and support from a wide range range of sexual orientations, gender identities and backgrounds to help you navigate the many different roads you could choose from.

©2023 Lotte Jeffs and Stu Oakley (P)2023 Macmillan Publishers International Limited
  • Unabridged Audiobook
  • Categories: LGBTQ+

Critic Reviews

Answers every question you could have about LGBTQ+ families. A must read. (Will Young)
'I wish this book had been available when my kids were young. It would have made me feel less alone.' (Mary Portas)
A fantastic read. Full of knowledge, empathy, laughs and above all hope. A vital read for our community and allies. (Suzi Ruffell)

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Great book


Overall a great book. Enjoyed listening to it.
One thing bothered me though: IUI is made to be “closest to natural” when IUI is an assisted fertility treatment. And at home insemination is completely different. The book dismissed regular insemination (putting sperm in vagina) and goes directly up to IUI.

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