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Travelling as an LGBTQ+ parent

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futuremumGrace · 26/03/2024 19:58

Trying to get some opinions about travelling with kids as an LGBTQ+ parent. I'm a mummy to be and have been told to be careful when going on holiday! me and my wife want to know all the horror stories... if any.

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Elektra1 · 27/09/2024 06:35

I'm a gay mum. I had my child using ex-wife's egg and donor sperm. My youngest child is obviously of a different ethnicity to me. I travel with her in Europe no problem. We travelled together no problem, when still married. I wouldn't have gone to the UAE, or Turkey, or anywhere unfriendly to LGBTQ+ people though.

If you have a different surname to your child then it is sensible to travel with their birth certificate just in case you're asked to prove you're the mother.

HoneyButterPopcorn · 27/09/2024 17:57

My sister taught (juniors) for many years in California - nothing would surprise me (or her).

HoneyButterPopcorn · 27/09/2024 17:57

Oops wrong thread... hope everyone has had lovely holidays.

PostReader · 14/12/2024 02:14

Jigglypufff · 27/03/2024 07:36

Queer is generally used today as a positive, affirming and inclusive term for people in the LGBTQ+ community.

No it isn’t.

pikkumyy77 · 14/12/2024 02:22

HermioneWeasley · 26/03/2024 20:04

“Queer” is a homophobic slur

It seems unlikely that you are all of LGBTQ+ - you mention a wife, are you a lesbian couple/lesbian parents?

Oh do FO.

pikkumyy77 · 14/12/2024 02:28

futuremumGrace · 27/03/2024 09:32

i understand how some older people may react to queer, however in all my baby groups/ online groups we identify with that term. it’s really accommodating for people who don’t use gender binaries also.

i am a mum to be, looking to prepare myself for any future holidays with baby as it’s. a huge part of our lifestyle. i really appreciate the location advice, however i was more on the search for travelling advice also. any issues when going through security with kids or reactions from other parents.

You came to the wrong place for advice. The antipathy towards the BTQ part of the LGBTQ spectrum is so great at mumsnet that you will get almost as much abuse from the posters for using the commonly accepted concept of Queer/nonbinary/trans as if the poster were just an old fashioned homophobe.

Certainly in the US the term Queer is no longer seen as an insult and it is widely shared/reclaimed as a powerful concept, related to lots of ideas about otherness, by both gay men and gay women, etc… thats not even in question among the gay people I know here (in the US).

PostReader · 14/12/2024 15:24

We're not in the US... and even Matt Lucas was reporting that he was attacked with this homophobic slur a week or two ago. And there's plenty of people who object to it in the US too.

Also I'm 31, is that old by Mumsnet standards?

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