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HBO’s “Nuclear Family”: A Landmark Lesbian Parentage Case and a Daughter’s Search for Understanding

It is many a queer parent’s nightmare: your child’s sperm donor sues for paternity. When it happened to Robin Young and Sandy Russo in 1991, it precipitated a landmark four-year court battle that indelibly marked 9-year-old Ry Russo-Young and her 11-year-old sister Cade. Yet Ry, now an award-winning filmmaker, had never really been able to process her feelings about what happened. Her attempt to do so, and to understand the other side of the story, led her to create Nuclear Family, a three-part documentary that premieres this Sunday on HBO.

(L-R): Jordan Hull as Angie and Katherine Moennig as Shane in THE L WORD: GENERATION Q “Lake House”. Photo Credit: Liz Morris/SHOWTIME.

Parenting in The L Word: Generation Q, S2E4

The parenting storylines continue this week on The L Word: Generation Q as Angie gets to know her donor sibling, finds out something troubling about her donor, and seeks help, while Alice deals with her own mother.

(L-R): Brook'Lynn Sanders as Kayla and Jordan Hull as Angie in THE L WORD: GENERATION Q ÒLuck be a LadyÓ. Photo Credit: Liz Morris/SHOWTIME.

Family Ties: Parenting in The L Word: Generation Q, S2E3

The L Word: Generation Q gave us plenty of queer parenting content this week as Angie met her donor sibling and Gigi and Bette debated the experiences of being a nonbiological mom. Let’s recap—and I’ll share some real-life resources about donor siblings and nonbio moms!

Jennifer Beals as Bette Porter and Jordan Hull as Angie in THE L WORD: GENERATION Q “Late to the Party”. Photo Credit: Liz Morris/SHOWTIME. Used with permission.

Donors and DNA: Parenting in The L Word: Generation Q, S2E1

The second season of The L Word: Generation Q is off to a flying start, which means it’s once again time for my regular recaps about parenting storylines in the show, which I’ve been doing since the original series! This week are questions about donors and DNA, work-life balance, and risky acts in the school drop-off lane.

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Gonzo of “Muppet Babies” Is Gender Creative

Gonzo, the blue alien character in Disney Junior’s Muppet Babies reboot, is gender creative! An episode last week showed him donning a princess dress, with his friends offering unconditional acceptance.

WE THE PEOPLE Episode 108 of WE THE PEOPLE. Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2021

Listen: “We the People” Teaches Civics Through Song (with More Than a Little Help from Some Queer Moms)

Imagine: U.S. civics lessons reframed as a call to action, set to rap, R&B, and pop music sung by some of today’s top artists, and skillfully animated, in a show created by Emmy Award winner (and lesbian mom) Chris Nee, with a theme song by Grammy Award winner (and bisexual mom) Meshell Ndegeocello, and an episode featuring Grammy Award winner (and lesbian mom) Brandi Carlile. Happy July 4, everyone—this thing exists! Listen to Carlile’s song here and learn how to catch the rest of this great new show.

RIDLEY JONES (L to R) DAVID ERRIGO JR. as DUDLEY, ASHLYN MADDEN as ISMAT, IARA NEMIROVSKY as RIDLEY JONES, TYLER SHAMY as DANTE, EZRA MENAS as FRED, and LARAINE NEWMAN as PEACHES in episode 102 of RIDLEY JONES Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2021

Watch: New Netflix Kids’ Show “Ridley Jones” Includes Nonbinary Bison and Two-Dad Mummy Family

Ridley Jones, a new kids’ show from Netflix premiering July 13, is about an adventure-loving girl who lives in a museum with her mother and grandmother—and whose friends include a nonbinary bison and a mummy girl with two dad mummies. It’s the latest show from Chris Nee, creator of Doc McStuffins and Vampirina (and also a lesbian mom). Watch the first episode and the song “My Two Dads and Me” here.

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