Starting and raising a family can be an exciting and highly emotional time for all involved.
For the LGBTQI community, starting and raising a family has its own unique hurdles from deciding how to start your family, the cost and the law; the birds and the bees talk isn’t so simple for us. Exploring topics such as finding the right ‘mothers’ groups for dads, transitioning parents, coming out to your kids, the legal and health hurdles of conceiving or even being a donor, and ultimately, creating a safe world for our ‘gay babies’.
Family Matters is here to entertain, inform and celebrate existing, expecting and prospective LGBTQI parents
Author and cartoonist Kaz Cooke joins the team to discuss her latest parenting book – Babies & Toddlers. All the latest information re crying, sleeping, breastfeeding, bottle-feeding, tantrums (theirs & yours) birthday parties, green poo […]
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GOING POSTAL: WRITINGS FROM THE MARRIAGE EQUALITY SURVEY edited by Quinn Eades & Son Vivienne Whether you are ‘gay, straight, black, or white’—or beyond reductive binaries—this edited collection guides the reader through the highs and lows […]
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Ever considered being a surrogate and wanting to know what’s really involved? Hear from Amanda and husband Brent who were a surrogate not once but twice for a gay couple. They discuss their decision to […]
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Family Matters are joined by the author of a new kids picture book, Same but different Too, Chris Laxton-Badley. The picture book is about same sex couples with adopted children through social services while educating […]
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On the 10th October, segments of the Ruddock Religious Freedom Review Report were leaked to the press suggesting recommends for religious schools to turn away LGBTQ students should be made consistent across the country. The leaks also […]
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When Chloe discovered she was donor conceived she knew she wanted to search out her donor. She thought the search would be quite easy. It was far from that. Hear her amazing story here. On […]
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Ahead of the Time to tell seminar we are joined by gay dads Michael & Terry who discuss their domestic surrogacy journey and the conversations with their children about where they came from. We are […]
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On the eve of Wear it Purple we chat with Switchboard Victoria’s CEO Joe Ball Wear it Purple was founded in 2010 in response to global stories of real teenagers, real heartache and their very […]
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Essential episode as we discuss family violence – busting myths and speaking to experts in this area and issues that impact the LGBTQI community. Dr Damien Riggs speaks about the new research into Domestic violence […]
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As the anniversary of the marriage equality survey starts popping up in our social media feeds, we reflect with Jason Tuazon-McCheyne – Gay dad and Marriage Celebrant. Jason & Adrian’s were one of a few […]
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