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As her following has grown, so has her podcast. Jaimie explains how her show has now evolved into <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thequeerfamilypodcast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Queer Family Podcast<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a podcast for diverse identities, and all LGBTQIA+ stories alike. She dives deep into her story, the evolution of the podcast, and the reality of family building in the LGBTQIA+ community.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Guest: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jaimie Kelton, Host of <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Queer Family Podcast<\/span><\/i>\r\n\r\n<b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Host: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dan Bulger, Progyny\u202f<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">For more information, visit Progyny\u2019s Podcast page and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.progyny.com\/education\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Progyny\u2019s Education page<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> for more resources. Be sure to follow us on Instagram, @ThisisInfertilityPodcast and use the #ThisisInfertility. Have a question, comment, or want to share your story? Email us at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:thisisinfertility@progyny.com\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">thisisinfertility@progyny.com<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u202f<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Here are some highlights from this episode:<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Journey to <\/b><b><i>The Queer Family Podcast<\/i><\/b><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">04:43 \u2013 08:29<\/span>\r\n<div style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\r\n\r\n<b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dan Bulger: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It took considerably more time and effort than Jaimie anticipated. But together she and her wife had two children. And that was when she had the idea to create a podcast.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jaimie Kelton: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The podcast started six years ago, I had just gone through two and a half, almost three years of infertility to get pregnant with my second kid, my wife gave birth to our first as you do when you are experiencing infertility, I started to get a little lonely and I wanted to hear my story mirrored back to me. And I was looking at podcasts. And I was trying to find stories like mine. And I found a lot of infertility podcasts, but I didn't find any stories of lesbians experiencing infertility. I didn't hear any queer stories at all. So, I thought, well, somebody needs to create this. And so, I just ended up creating it.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The show gained traction, apparently a lot more queer people out there wanted to hear these queer baby making stories and it started to pivot away from just how lesbians make babies, but the whole entire LGBTQIA+ community, how we make our families, how we show up in a world that was not necessarily designed for us. In the last six years, you know, not only has the podcast grown, but also the world, and the conversations surrounding identity have really changed. I realized, you know, I have we have to do a better job of representing our entire community, and we're interviewing our entire community. And I went through an entire rebrand and I guess, and it was in the, with the mission to uplift, highlight, normalize and celebrate queer families in all of our beautiful and diverse identities.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Queer Voices for All Listeners!<\/b><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">10:47 \u2013 17:32<\/span>\r\n<div style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\r\n\r\n<b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jaimie Kelton: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So, a lot of our guests come from just listeners writing in, or DMing on social and, and a little bit of it is outreach, you know, if there is somebody on social media, who is a big influencer in our community, who is also a parent. Every single story is different, even if it's the same exact situation.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dan Bulger: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is a show called <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is Infertility<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and there's no community who needs information and support around fertility and family building more than the LGBTQIA+ community. So it's something that they talk about a lot on <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Queer Family Podcast,<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> as well.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jaimie Kelton: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The inequality in fertility care as it pertains to the queer community is, it's pretty big. We're really not thought of in the conversations around fertility care, in the grants, in the grand conversation by the ones who are making these decisions. For the most part, the LGBTQIA+ community is an afterthought when it comes to fertility care, which is funny, because we are the main supporter of fertility care, because most of us need help to make our families. Whether you're gay, straight, whatever, it's not. A lot of times, we're all paying out of pocket here. And it's really not fair. Everybody deserves access to family building, fair family building and across the board, whatever your identity is. It's not fair. We don't we don't get full and complete access.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">I got an email from a person who is not a part of the queer community, but who's an avid listener of the show. And it was like, such a kind and thoughtful email saying, you know, I'm not in the community, but I just want to let you know, I love your show. And I learned so much every time and you know, just beautiful words. I've gotten so many responses from allies, which has just been so heartwarming to hear. And just to know that, this show, it's not just for the queer community, it's for everyone. And everybody can get something out of it and learn something and learn a bit about humanity and people and yeah, we hear I hear a lot from the listeners, which is nice.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>A Podcast and Community<\/b><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">14:43 \u2013 15:32<\/span>\r\n<div style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jaimie Kelton: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It\u2019s become this amazing, beautiful community. I really honestly didn't think this show was going to go past one season. I was just doing this like a fun little side project honestly as a healing. I had no idea that traction it would have. And then, you know, because we have the listeners, and then we have, you know, I have the social media accounts for the episodes, and they're all very vocal and out there and supportive. 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