Resources
Queer and Trans Family Building
Every route to parenthood has its own logistics, and queer and trans family building often comes with more of them — donors, clinics, legal questions, and a medical system that does not always assume you exist. The resources here are the ones written for you rather than adapted for you.
Resources
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Baby Making for Everybody: Family Building and Fertility for LGBTQ+ and Solo Parents — Marea Goodman, LM, CPM & Ray Rachlin, LM, CPM (2023)
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Queer Conception: The Complete Fertility Guide for Queer and Trans Parents-to-Be — Kristin Liam Kali, LM (2022)
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The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood — Krys Malcolm Belc (2021)
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Sweet Nectar: (Hopefully) Everything You Want To Know About Chestfeeding — Kylia P. Kennedy (2022)
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Breastfeeding and Chestfeeding for Transgender and Non-Binary Parents — La Leche League International
Covers inducing lactation, including the Newman-Goldfarb protocol.
- Website
Fertility and family-building guidance written specifically for trans and non-binary people.
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Transmasculine Reproduction & Health — UC Santa Cruz
A research-based resource hub on pregnancy and reproductive care for transmasculine people.
Professionals worth knowing about
Some of these are practices and organizations our clinicians know of, mostly around Boston. They are starting points, not endorsements — we have no affiliation with them, and we don’t receive anything for listing them. Please confirm credentials, availability, and insurance coverage directly, as those change.
- LGBTQ+ affirming medical and behavioral health care, Boston — Fenway Health
- support for parents and families of LGBTQ+ people, Greater Boston — PFLAG Greater Boston
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