Queer and transgender clients have specific needs when it comes to pregnancy care, birthing, and nursing or feeding their babies. These resources, blogs, articles and groups are a starting point in knowledge sharing, community building and client support – it will be updated periodically.
Trans and Queer Pregnancy and Parenting Group (Strathcona Midwifery Collective, Vancouver)
BC Council for Families, has LGBTQ parenting tip sheets and queer family resources
https://www.bccf.ca/topic/lgbtq-families/
Rainbow Families Meet Up
https://qmunity.ca/social-groups/rainbow-families/
The LGBTQ Parenting Network - Toronto based queer parenting resources
lgbtqpn.ca
Trans healthcare resource list by Serious Play Films: Resources for TGNC people curious about fertility and pregnancy, as well as resources for midwives, doulas, and other healthcare professionals
Reproductive Options for Trans People
Reproductive Options for Trans Women
A collection of videos designed for fertility specialists
“Choosing Children” Legal Pamphlet by barbara findlay’s law office
Trans Pregnancy Project: Articles, studies, and other resources for trans people and health practitioners.
Birth for Everybody: A group of North American midwives working on inclusivity.
"A Womb of Their Own" by, Cyn Lubow
https://vimeo.com/213812890
"Transgender Parents" by, Remy Huberdeau
The Protocols for Induced Lactation: A Guide for Maximizing Breastmilk Production
http://www.asklenore.info/breastfeeding/induced_lactation/protocols4print.shtml
Trevor Macdonald’s blog: breastfeeding and parenting from a transgender perspective
http://www.milkjunkies.net/
Trans Women and Breastfeeding: A Personal Interview
http://www.milkjunkies.net/2013/05/trans-women-and-breastfeeding-personal.html
The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Healthcare, by Zena Sharman https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/T/The-Remedy
Decolonizing P@renting, A Zine by & for Queer Parents of Color, by Se’mana Thompson https://issuu.com/queerindigenousgirl/docs/decolonizing_parenting
And Baby Makes More: Known Donors, Queer Parents, and Our Unexpected Families, by Susan Goldberg and Chloe Brushwood https://www.susanlgoldberg.com/book/
Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines, by Gumbs, Martens, and Williams https://btlbooks.com/book/revolutionary-mothering
Gays with Kids
https://gayswithkids.com/
Where’s the Mother?: Stories from a Transgender Dad, by Trevor Macdonald
http://www.milkjunkies.net/p/my-story.html
The Other Box: Parenthood: for parents and future parents who identify as “Other” in any way
Queer and Trans Pregnancy and Parenting Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/QTPPgroup/
Birthing and Breast or Chestfeeding Trans People and Allies
https://www.facebook.com/groups/449750635045499/
Transmasculine individuals’ experiences with lactation, chestfeeding, and gender identity: a qualitative study
http://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-016-0907-y
The Association of Ontario Midwives. Tip sheet – providing care to trans men and all “transmasculine spectrum”. Available here.
Ellis S, Wojnar D, Pettinato M. Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth Experiences of Male and Gender Variant Gestational Parents: It’s How We Could Have a Family. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health. Available here.
Obedin-Maliver J, Makadon H. Transgender Men and Pregnancy. Obstetric Medicine. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25415163
Wolfe-Roubatis E, Spatz D. Transgender Men and Lactation: What Nurses Need To Know. Available from: http://lgbtqpn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Transgender-Men-and-Lactation-What-Nurses-Need-to-Know.pdf
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