The Queer Parent: Everything You Need to Know from Gay to Ze [Paperback]

The only guide you'll ever need when it comes to the ins and outs of queer parenting. . .

LGBTQ+ people have more options than ever before when it comes to starting a family, but a lack of both focused information and mainstream representation can leave parents, prospective parents, friends and relatives in the dark.

Authors Lotte Jeffs and Stu Oakley spoke to dozens of experts and queer families, and this hugely-needed book is the product of those conversations and their own experiences of becoming parents through IUI and adoption respectively.

Ninety percent of queer parenting is just . . . parenting, but being LGBTQ+ when you’re a parent does bring with it a host of conundrums that mainstream guides — which tend to assume heterosexuality — do not address.

From adoption, surrogacy, fertility treatment and other routes to parenthood, to donors, trans parenting, how to deal with family-focused homophobia, coming out at the school gates and much more,The Queer Parentis a groundbreaking toolkit for LGBTQ+ parents, parents-to-be, and anyone looking to support their journey. It is a book that redefines the family for the modern age.Lotte Jeffs is an award-winning magazine writer, editor, author, and podcaster. They are a contributing editor forGraziaand have hosted the award-winning podcastSome Familiesas well asGrazia Life Advice. Lotte writes for broadsheet newspapers, and international magazines and was previously deputy editor ofELLE. Lotte lives in London with her wife, daughter, and two kittens.