Mothers and Others
This short narrative piece is about the complexity of language within LGBTQ
families. Producer Nava EtShalom explores how the challenge of describing
her family growing up made things difficult -- but also allowed her family
to invent new language and relationships.
Listen to "Mothers and Others" (4:06)
Queerspawn Respond
These three Vox Populi pieces come from the Queerspawn Diaries Archives. In them, queerspawn answer three questions:
- Who's in your family? (1:34)
- How has growing up in queer family affected your sexuality and relationships? (1:43)
- What do you think about same-sex marriage? (2:50)
Whether it's a family tree assignment in school or explaining why your mom's ex-lover's current girlfriend is picking you up from a birthday party, the question "who's in your family?" can be loaded for queerspawn. In this piece, queerspawn describe in both simple and complicated terms the people who make up their families.
Everyone from psychologists to Seventeen magazine is studying the sexuality of kids from queer families. The big question is always: How will they TURN OUT? Here queerspawn speak more deeply about the diverse ways queer family can shape, enrich, and challenge sexual identity.
In this piece, you can listen to experts whose voices are seldom heard in the hubbub about same-sex marriage: the people for whom queer family is home.
Broadcasts
- "This Way Out," an international lesbian and gay radio magazine, featured "Mothers and Others" in March 2005.
- "Mothers and Others" was broadcast on WXPN on Mother's Day 2005.