Some Families

Some Families Season 2 is coming soon. Join Lotte and Stu as they share emotional, funny and true stories from the LGBTQ+ community. This series, the hosts delve into topics such as BAME and trans-racial adoption, being an asexual parent, post-adoption depression, the fight for IVF equality for same sex couples, trans-parenting rights, queer representation in children's books and parenting a transgender child.

SOME FAMILIES HAVE TWO MUMS,

SOME FAMILIES HAVE TWO DADS,

THERE ARE COUNTLESS ITERATIONS OF WHAT DIFFERENT FAMILIES LOOK LIKE TODAY.

Some Families is a StoryHunter Production.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A family-sized helping of queer festive cheer from Lotte and Stu. Your hosts ‘fess up to an Elf on The Shelf massacre, drop an exclusive Kristen Stewart story, discuss a trip to lesbian-friendly Lapland and review the best LGBT books for kids. Alongside other gin-soaked shenanigans and a cameo from the London Gay Men’s Chorus, Lotte and Stu also offer advice for encountering ignorance and homophobia from wider family members at Christmas and where to get support. So put the kids to bed, pour yourself a glass of ‘Parents Ruin’ and settle in for this cracker of an episode.

Help and support:

https://www.switchboard.org.uk/

https://www.mind.org.uk/

https://www.stonewall.org.uk/help-and-advice

London Gay Men’s Chorus: 

https://fb.me/e/cxXHpeP6Y

Some Families is a StoryHunter Production 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some Families Christmas Episode coming out on Friday 18th Dec. Join Lotte and Stu as they ‘fess up to an Elf on The Shelf massacre, discuss a trip to lesbian-friendly Lapland and review the best LGBT books for kids. Alongside other gin-soaked shenanigans and an extra special cameo performance.

Some Families is created and produced StoryHunter.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the final episode of Season 1 of Some Families, Lotte and Stu chat to Jake and Hannah Graf, with their 8 week old daughter Millie. Jake and Hannah are a transgender couple from the UK. They talk to the hosts about how they met, their journey to surrogacy, the pregnancy and the birth, being new parents during lock down and what parenting roles mean to them. Lotte and Stu discuss what they have learnt from this Season of Some Families.

Some Families is created and produced StoryHunter.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the penultimate episode in the series, Lotte and Stu are joined by Leon, a single adoptive Dad to a 5 year old. Leon adopted his son a year ago. They discuss Leon’s adoption journey, therapeutic parenting vs.Leon’s traditional Jamaican parenting values and how important his support network is. Lotte and Stu catch up about their plans for a Sylvanian family exchange programme for same sex families. 

LINKS:

https://themodernfamilyshow.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/154867988479296/

Some Families is created and produced StoryHunter.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lotte and Stu are joined by Linda Riley, the publisher of DIVA magazine, and Sophia, one of Linda’s teenage twins. Sophia talks about growing up having two mums, how it is at school and what advice she would have for LGBTQ+ families with younger children. Linda discusses what she has learnt from her daughters, how mindsets have changed from when Linda had the twins and how it is being a parent to teenagers. 

LINKS:

https://www.diversityrolemodels.org/education-services/helping-you-with-home-learning

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLlF7ZvTNlMSEdCzvPy4JnQ

Some Families is created and produced StoryHunter.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special Father’s Day edition Lotte and Stu are joined by the Oscar winning, writer and director, Dustin Lance Black. Dustin and his husband, Tom Daley had their son, Robbie Ray, two years ago via surrogacy in California. Dustin discusses their journey to surrogacy, the differences between the UK and the US laws, his and Tom’s parenting roles, the decision to keep Robbie Ray out of the press and the importance of Pride.

Some Families is created and produced StoryHunter.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Some Families, Lotte and Stu are joined by Annabelle Avis, a foster parent from Swindon. Annabelle and her wife have been fostering since 2013. They currently have 3 children in their care. Annabelle is a big advocate for LGBTQ+ fostering. She discusses the training you receive as a foster carer, changing mindsets and myths, and the importance of the first night in a new home for a child.

LINKS:

Five Rivers Fostering Agency: https://five-rivers.org/

PACE: http://simplyfosteringconsultancy.co.uk/pace-training-for-foster-carers/

Albert Kennedy Trust: https://www.akt.org.uk/

The Fostering Network: https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/

Some Families is created and produced StoryHunter.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Some Families, Lotte and Stu chat to the fabulous Mrs Kasha Davis from Ru Paul’s Drag Race about the dynamics of being a step-parent and a drag queen. Kasha is married to her husband, who has two daughters from his previous relationship, and discusses her parenting role, the wider family dynamic and how the drag community has provided a sense family for many young queer people.

Some Families is created and produced StoryHunter.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Some Families Lotte and Stu are joined by Kym and Jade, from East London. Kym and Jade have a two year old. They discuss the difficulty they had finding a black donor as a bi-racial couple, why some women don’t want to carry and how they discuss having same sex parents to their son. Lotte and Stu catch up about lock down life.

References:

https://www.gov.uk/register-birth/who-can-register-a-birth

https://www.ngalaw.co.uk/knowledge-centre/parenthood-after-donor-conception-female-partners-of-birth-mothers

Some Families is created and produced StoryHunter.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.