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Terrestrials - Lulu Miller

Trailer: New Kids’ Podcast (by a Queer Mom) Explores Our Strange Natural World

A new kids’ podcast series about the expectation-defying natural world, by a Peabody Award-winning science journalist who’s co-host of WNYC Studios’ Radiolab, co-founder of NPR’s Invisibilia, and also a queer mom? With stuff about alternative family structures? Yes! Listen to a trailer here.

Peppa Pig - Penny Polar Bear. Image: Channel 5

“Peppa Pig” Introduces Two-Mom Family

Beloved children’s television show Peppa Pig introduced a two-mom family in an episode this week, a first for the show that began in 2004. It uses an old plot device, but is nevertheless a significant moment of representation.

Anne Heche. Photo: Mingle Media TV, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

In Memoriam: Anne Heche

Actor Anne Heche has died at age 53 after injuries from a car crash. She was also a mother, and so we queer parents mourn one of our own.

Anne Patterson and Director/Producer Cheryl Furjanic in a scene from Adventures in Miscarriage. Photo credit: Emily Geraghty

New Documentary by Lesbian Mom Looks at Miscarriage and How We Treat It

An award-winning filmmaker and lesbian mom is making a documentary using her own miscarriage as a starting point to look broadly at miscarriage care in the U.S., in the context of the current attacks on reproductive health. Here’s how to watch a trailer and to join a live discussion about the film this Wednesday.

Story Pirates - "Prince-ess"

“Story Pirates” Podcast Features Story About a Trans Boy

The latest episode of the award-winning Story Pirates podcast features a story about a transgender prince who decides to live as his true self. The story, originally by a 10-year-old girl, was brought to life by an all trans/nonbinary cast. Listen here.

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