The Queer Parenting Podcast You've Been Waiting For...
LGBTQ family chat, pop culture and queer goss!
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Remember Some Families? The - ahem - award-winning podcast that started us on this road to becoming the Richard and Judy, the Bert and Ernie, the Holly and Phil (pre queue-gate) of queer parenting? Well - not only have we written a book (Bert and Ernie could never) but we have launched a brand new podcast called…
… From Gay To Ze
This is a show for LGBTQ+ parents and curious others, celebrating the messy reality of modern families and the intersection of queer culture.
Oooh, yes, you know we love an intersection.
Expect fun, informative and relatable conversation with me Lotte Jeffs (a queer parent via IUI) and me, Stu Oakley (a gay dad via adoption), some very special guests, plus: book, film, music, TV and celebrity chat.
Between our day jobs as a film publicist and magazine editor respectively - trust us, we’ve got the t!
While Some Families was very much about the ‘how’ queer people became parents this is more about the why. Some of our guests aren’t even parents at all, but are LGBTQ icons with whom we can have an expansive chat that covers family, their own childhood and thoughts about the next generation of queer young people.
First up - dropping today is the gorgeous actor Ben Aldridge who stars in the new M. Night Shyamalam movie Knock at The Cabin which features gay Dads forced to make an unthinkable decision.
We loved chatting to Ben about making the film, gay shame and his own thoughts on future parenthood.
We also discuss a recent experience of homophobic trolling, and Stu shudders at the thought of beers with the school Dads, as well as tackling Madonna V Beyoncé tickets and Sam Smith’s body positive new Sexy Era.
Oh, and a listener has shared a queer family ‘problem’ with us that we try to help them solve. Do you know what to call a non-binary ‘uncle/aunt’?
If you like our podcast, have any thoughts about people you’d enjoy hearing on the show, subjects to tackle or a parenting ‘problem’ of your own to tackle - drop us a line or comment here
If you would like to support us in making this podcast, please consider becoming a paid subscriber - all funds will go towards our ongoing work in this space. Or hooking us up with a commercial sponsor ;-) advertising slots are available. Email us! lotteandstu@gmail.com
As a valued From Gay to Ze subscriber we want to give you something the riff raff don’t get - so here, is an exclusive peek into just two of our next guests…
Munroe Bergdorf, and Suzi Ruffell ! Shhhh…. don’t tell anyone
Listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts here…
Listen on Spotify here…
We hope you like it!
Lotte & Stu x