Micah and Maribel are choosing a sperm donor in the latest L Word: Generation Q, and they’re finding out what many of us know—it can be a surreal experience, but also an opportunity for learning. Here’s my parenting-focused analysis of the episode, with real-life resources.
The fourth episode of this season’s The L Word: Generation Q centered a joyous look at transgender, nonbinary parents and their kids, discussed LGBTQ parental names, which I’ve been collecting for over a decade, and mentioned the restaurant of a queer chef who has a picture book about her. Here’s my parenting-focused recap!
Parenting can be challenging. And parents can be challenging. Both struggles were highlighted in the third episode of this season’s LW:GQ, featuring Actual Queer Parent™ Kehlani. Let’s explore—and look at some real-life resources.
Several characters in the latest LW:GQ faced the question “Are you ready to be a parent?” I explore their responses—and offer some resources for those asking themselves the same question in real life!
College drop off can be tough, and the third season premiere of The L Word: Generation Q gave me flashbacks. As always, I’m here with commentary on the LW:GQ parenting storylines.
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.
The season finale of The L Word: Generation Q answered a few questions but asked more. Let’s wrap up the parenting storylines of the season.
The penultimate episode of Season 2 brought us prom and the return of Angie’s donor, but thankfully spared us the pain of an elementary school recorder concert.
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.
No, I didn’t recap Episode 6 since there wasn’t any parenting content in it, but there’s plenty in Episode 7, so buckle up!
