A Short History of Queer Parenting

<B>A funny, bullshit-free and surprising history</B><BR><BR><B>Queer families have always existed</B><BR> <BR>Even Sappho, the OG lesbian, had a daughter named Cleis, in honour of vaginas everywhere! For centuries, the women of ‘The Golden Orchid Society’ in Qing-dynasty China were getting married and raising daughters together – platonically, obviously... And Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson’s fabulously bisexual open marriage proved women really can have it all – a husband, two kids, a writing career <I>and</I> Viriginia Woolf.<BR> <BR>Maybe you’re exploring your options. Maybe you don’t want kids but you have <I>questions</I>. Either way, Kirsty Loehr provides another rollicking guide to the ups and downs of queer parenthood through the ages.