Episodi

  • Coming Soon: Your Other Mother

    Coming Soon: Your Other Mother
    Oct 1 2023
    Your Other Mother is a podcast elevating stories of queer family-making, documenting the history of adoption by queer folks in Washington state in the 1980s and 1990s, and sharing the personal history of a person raised by two moms during a time when it was very uncommon for queer folks to be able to openly raise their children.

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    3 min
  • Episode 1: You've Got Gay Blood In You

    Episode 1: You've Got Gay Blood In You
    Oct 9 2023

    On this premiere episode of Your Other Mother, I share what it was like to grow up raised by two moms in the 1990s and 2000s.


    Some terminology you'll hear throughout the episode, for those who may be unfamiliar:

    • "queer" is often used as a synonym for "not heterosexual," although this term has expansive meanings and interpretations. In general, "queer" connotes a rejection of heterosexual norms and expectations, and can be both a description of one's non-heterosexual sexual orientation and a political identity. "Queer" was historically used in English as a slur toward people who were attracted to people of their same gender, and has been reclaimed by non-heterosexual folks as an identity marker and a political orientation.
    • "cis" or "cisgender" means identifying with the sex you were assigned at birth. "Cis" is the opposite of ...
    • "trans" or "transgender," meaning identifying as a different sex or gender than the one you were assigned at birth.
    • "nonbinary" means not identifying as a binary gender, e.g., woman or man. "Nonbinary" refers to the concept of the gender binary, which posits that there are two opposite genders: male and female. Though this word has expansive meaning, it generally means that a person does not identify with a particular binary gender or does not identify as cisgender.

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    34 min
  • Episode 2: Queer Family-Making in Washington

    Episode 2: Queer Family-Making in Washington
    Oct 16 2023
    In this episode, I interview three incredible advocates who have worked in the adoption space in Washington state over the past decades: Washington State Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu, attorney and former court commissioner Eric Watness, and attorney and advocate Barbara Wechsler. We discuss the history of same-sex adoption in Washington state, legislative changes that empowered queer folks to form legal relationships to one another, and what the future might hold for the legal treatment of queer family-making.

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    54 min
  • Episode 3: What Words To Use

    Episode 3: What Words To Use
    Oct 23 2023
    In this (short) episode, I talk about the terms I use throughout the podcast and reflect on the complexities and nuances of the words we use to describe our families and ourselves.

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    20 min
  • Episode 4: Lucky To Have You As My Mother

    Episode 4: Lucky To Have You As My Mother
    Oct 30 2023
    A conversation with the incredible Jane (not her real name), a former "sperm broker" for gay women trying to have biological children in the 1980s in the Seattle area.

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    39 min
  • Episode 5: The Cultural Attaché to Greece

    Episode 5: The Cultural Attaché to Greece
    Nov 6 2023
    On this episode of Your Other Mother, I talk about depictions of queer families in the media I engaged with in the 1990s and 2000s, including films The Birdcage and The Kids Are All Right, and TV shows Friends and Will & Grace.

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    28 min
  • Episode 6: A Conversation with Sammy, Part One

    Episode 6: A Conversation with Sammy, Part One
    Nov 13 2023
    On this episode, I talk to Sammy, a fellow child of two moms who grew up in the Boston area. Many thanks to Sammy for her generous trust in me to bring our conversation to you all.

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    43 min
  • Episode 7: A Conversation with Sammy, Part Two

    Episode 7: A Conversation with Sammy, Part Two
    Nov 20 2023
    Today's episode is part two of a two-part conversation with my dear friend Sammy, a fellow child of two moms who grew up in the Boston area. If you haven't listened to part one, go back and check out Episode 6. We talk about the intersection of Jewishness and queerness, how our rearing in queer families has shaped our orientations to justice, and so much more.

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    1 ora e 4 min