A new kids’ podcast series about the expectation-defying natural world, by a Peabody Award-winning science journalist who’s co-host of WNYC Studios’ Radiolab, co-founder of NPR’s Invisibilia, and also a queer mom? With stuff about alternative family structures? Yes! Listen to a trailer here.
Beloved children’s television show Peppa Pig introduced a two-mom family in an episode this week, a first for the show that began in 2004. It uses an old plot device, but is nevertheless a significant moment of representation.
Actor Anne Heche has died at age 53 after injuries from a car crash. She was also a mother, and so we queer parents mourn one of our own.
An award-winning filmmaker and lesbian mom is making a documentary using her own miscarriage as a starting point to look broadly at miscarriage care in the U.S., in the context of the current attacks on reproductive health. Here’s how to watch a trailer and to join a live discussion about the film this Wednesday.
PBS Kids’ live-action show The Odd Squad recently aired an episode in which the child protagonists must save the world from an evil villain—and step in to ensure that his plans don’t interrupt the wedding of two women!
The latest episode of the award-winning Story Pirates podcast features a story about a transgender prince who decides to live as his true self. The story, originally by a 10-year-old girl, was brought to life by an all trans/nonbinary cast. Listen here.
The upcoming Netflix series Dead End: Paranormal Park follows the adventures of Barney, a transgender teen voiced by trans actor Zach Barack, and guest starring lots of queer talent, including Miss Coco Peru, Alan Cumming, and MJ Rodriguez. Watch a trailer here!
My Shadow Is Pink, a sweet new short film about a gender creative boy and his burly, masculine dad, might be just the joy we need in our lives right now. Watch it here.
Disney+ show “The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder” just ran an episode about the bias faced by two kids with two dads. The lessons in the episode are ones the company itself would be wise to heed, as it has dragged its feet over condemning anti-LGBTQ legislation in Florida.
The upcoming reboot of Disney’s animated series “The Proud Family,” will not only continue the show’s focus on a Black family, but will introduce a multi-racial, two-dad, adoptive family and continue its gender nonconforming character (with a new, gender nonconforming voice actor). Learn more and see a trailer!
