Queer Parenting Posts Instead of a Family Tree, Make a Family Garden by S. Bear Bergman, Illustrated by Saul Freedman-Lawson An excerpt from the new book Special Topics in Being a Parent. Karleen Pendleton Jiménez on Butch Identity and Trying to Get Pregnant Karleen Pendleton Jiménez on butch identity and the fun part of trying to get pregnant: sex!