The Queerspawn Archives Project
We interviewed queerspawn between the ages of 18 and 25 about their experiences of family, community, work and relationships. We also asked about social and political issues that are particularly relevant to our generation, like gays in the military and same-sex marriage. You can listen here to the complete half-hour interviews or hear edited collages of their responses. If you're queerspawn yourself, we'd love to interview you.

In San Francisco it was me and my gay mom eating vegetarian and living on food stamps. And in Wisconsin it was me, my dad, a step-mom, living in a four story house, eating meat and driving three cars. —Diana Rowland Listen to interview

We were testifying that we were children of gay parents and that we had great healthy childhoods and everyone should be able to get married....I mean, it was just ridiculous. — Amber Davis-Tourlentes Listen to interview

My criteria for what makes a good relationship aren't the same as a lot of the people who are my peers -- they are quick to rule out what I'm not so quick to rule out. — David Reese Listen to interview

I'm definitely an advocate for sprituality in people's lives...In a community where there is a lot of tension and fear and trying to be everywhere at once...It's really important to find our allies in all the places we can. And I think religion can be that. — Ruby Cymrot-Wu Listen to interview

When my mom came out to me at 11, I started asking questions about what is love, what is sex about, what is a committment, what is marriage - and then I started to answer those questions. — Stephanie White Listen to interview

I would still feel exactly the same way I feel if I didn't have lesbian parents, but if I had been raised outside the queer community, I probably wouldn't identify as genderqueer. I probably wouldn't know the word genderqueer. — Toby Hill-Meyer Listen to interview

My dad came out as a woman...when I was seventeen, in December of 1997, she came out to me and started to transition shortly thereafter. — Monica Canfield-Lenfest Listen to interview

Because of the divorce it was possible to actually hide my mother. As I became older I stopped wanting to hide my mother...so my life started to become more coherent.— Lynn Alpert Listen to interview

I would say I use pretty typical language to describe my family. — Jesse Carr Listen to interview

[During the first Gulf War,] I realized that having an identity that puts you outside of the meainstream really gives you a new perspective on everything else in the mainstream. So there's a real ability to be radicalized in the rest of your life.— Becky Johnson Listen to interview

I was in tenth grade in English class and we were practicing for the SATs and had to make analogies...and I said blank is to Stonewall...and no one else in the class including the teacher had any clue what Stonewall was. — Avi Alpert Listen to interview

In some ways seeing my parents...go through radical transformations has really helped me in terms of realizing what a relationship is...I have a sense that I have a lot of power in deciing what I want my relationships to be like.— Evan Hempel Listen to interview