Optimism and Anxiety Stew: Michelle Tea Talks About Knocking Myself Up
November 15th, 2022 | by Cheryl Klein
I read Valencia, Michelle Tea’s account of 1990s queer life in San Francisco’s Mission district, when I was a newly
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Close Encounters of the Third Base Kind
June 13th, 2022 | by Diana Whitney
We’d already established that he would not take my virginity. Given his chivalry, it was only fair to expect I would do Everything But
How Do We Repair the Ableism in Our Family Tree, and Grow An Inclusive Future?
May 19th, 2022 | by Kate Lynch
Ableism isn’t just out there in the culture. We all internalize it.
I Came Out to My Kids By Accident
September 23rd, 2021 | by Diana Whitney
There’s no manual for explaining your sexuality to your children, especially if you’re a bi woman married to a straight
Butch Mama
October 22nd, 2019 | by Pat Alderete
I was the only mom who rode a motorcycle with a sidecar, with room for mija and all her stuffed animals. Along with any friend who wanted a ride, and they all wanted rides
On Weaning
May 27th, 2019 | by Kira Garcia
My son arrived via c-section after an astonishingly easy DIY queer conception and a much more complicated birth. He emerged
AREN AIZURA on CHESTFEEDING
January 30th, 2019 | by Aren Aizura
Chestfeeding. Autocorrect doesn’t know this word and changes it to chested. Chestfeeding was what my daughter Kit and I did
Reaping the Dresses We’ve Sewn: On Gender and the Urge to Extrapolate
December 4th, 2018 | by Cheryl Klein
The adoption agency my partner C.C. and I worked with didn’t allow parents to choose the sex of the baby
MIXED: A Mama Pants Comic by Tyler Cohen
March 6th, 2015 | by Tyler Cohen
“Neither one thing, nor another.” Tyler Cohen is a cartoonist who draws about her family. Check out more MAMA PANTS