[( And Baby Makes More: Known Donors, Queer Parents andamp; Our Unexpected Families )] [by: Susan Goldberg] [Oct-2010]

And Baby Makes More: Known Donors, Queer Parents, and Our Unexpected Families explores the phenomenon of the “known donor” in the queer family structure: what happens when would-be dyke moms or gay dads ask a friend or acquaintance to donate sperm or an egg, or to act as a surrogate?

And Baby Makes More pushes at the boundaries of current family conceptions. This quirky, funny, and occasionally heartbreaking collection of personal essays offers a front-row view into the relative risks and unexpected rewards of queer, do-it-yourself baby-making, and the ways in which families themselves are re-made in the process. The authors—donors, biological and non-biological parents, and their children—offer provocative, nuanced insights into what it means to be or use a known donorand how queer families are being reconceived to include new roles, new rules, and, sometimes, more than two parents.

Susan Goldberg is a writer and editor whose work has been featured in a variety of media. She is the recipient of the 2002 Editors’ Association of Canada Tom Fairley Award. Both Susan and Chloë are queer moms who conceived their children with help from known donors.

Chloë Brushwood Rose works as a professor of education at York University. She is the co-editor of the Lambda shortlisted and critically acclaimed Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2002).