💥I’m writing (another) book!💥 this time with my dear friend and podcast cohost, the Holly to my Phil @mrstuoakley Bluebird has secured From Gay to Ze: The Not-Straight Path to Parenthood by “Some Families” podcast hosts Lotte Jeffs and Stu Oakley. From Gay to Ze is the “first book of its kind for those curious about LGBTQ+ parenting” to provide specific LGBTQ+-focused information, according to the publisher. Jeffs and Oakley have incorporated discussions with experts and queer families, alongside their own experience of becoming parents through IUI and adoption respectively, in this “hugely needed book”. The publisher said: “While, as the authors point out, 90% of queer parenting is just... parenting, being queer when you’re a parent brings with it a host of conundrums that mainstream guides, which tend to assume heterosexuality, cannot solve. From adoption, surrogacy, fertility treatment and other routes to parenthood, to donors, trans parenting, how to deal with homophobia and much more, From Gay to Ze is the must-have toolkit for queer parents, parents-to-be, and anyone looking to support and understand the journey LGBTQ+ families undertake.” The belief and ambition for this title goes beyond the page with Jeffs and Oakley having launched a Substack newsletter (fromgaytoze.substack.com) to build a community of readers in advance of publication and expand the impact of From Gay to Ze. Tonkinson added: “When Lotte and Stu’s proposal came in, all of us on the Bluebird team downed tools and read it straight away. The response in Bluebird – and subsequently around the whole of Pan Mac – was off the charts. When the book finally came to our acquisition meeting, the feeling was unanimous: this was the brilliantly conceived, beautifully written book on queer parenting that the world needs.