Let’s Talk About Sex

Queer Parenting in the Sticks, part three. According to the Durex survey in 2005, one in five adults have sex three to four times a week. Five percent are actually having sex daily. Unfortunately, I could not find any statistics on how frequently parents of young children have sex in this survey. The babycentre website [...]

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Welcome to the club

Queer Parenting part 2 Every Friday my daughter and I visit the Library (this is apparently far less dull than it sounds, especially for a three year old, trust me!) As we navigate our way into town on buses, I am reminded of how the world sees me now that I am a ‘mom’, leaving [...]

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Brutal honesty

Queer Parenting part 1 Three years, nine months and 14 days ago my life changed more than I could have ever imagined when I first embarked on this journey. In fact, cliché as this may be, my life changed the moment I decided to get pregnant, nearly five years ago. Yet, a question stayed with [...]

Tags:  Â· Posted in: Alex, BCN 83: Dec 2006