Babies and Bills

Nancy

WNYC Studios

Gay, Documentary, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Lgtbq, Lesbian, Relationships, Asian, Politics, Conversations, Storytelling, Health & Fitness, Homosexuality

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

When you’re queer and you want to add a kid to your family, things get complicated—and expensive—really quickly.

Queer Money Matters is Nancy's series about the straight economy and how queer people navigate it.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom and Tigue. Theme by Alexander Overington.

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0:00.0	I mean, I'm just keeping my fingers crossed because our savings that we're trying to save
0:06.3	up for, that money is for buying things for the baby and daycare and babysitters and
0:12.9	nannies, it's not for actually getting pregnant.
0:19.8	From WNYC Studios, this is Nancy.
0:22.8	Give you a host, Tobin Low and Kathy too.
0:34.2	Welcome to the very first episode of Queer Money Matters.
0:38.0	It's our series all about, wait for it, queer people and money.
0:43.0	More specifically, we're talking about all the ways that the economy is in setup for us.
0:48.0	Right, so like at almost every turn, every financial milestone, you know, if you want to get
0:52.7	healthcare, if you want to get married or retire, queer people have to be creative in how
0:58.3	we overcome those financial obstacles that stand in our way.
1:02.1	So Tobin, what are we talking about this time?
1:04.4	Well, Alana, who you heard at the very beginning of the episode, really summed it up.
1:09.0	We are talking about having babies.
1:11.8	Like how the egg meets this firm.
1:14.5	Except for queer couples, it can be more complicated than that and also super expensive.
1:21.0	Now of course, a lot of straight people have difficulty conceiving and spend a ton of money
1:25.3	having children.
1:26.6	But most queer couples can't go for that traditional method in the first place.
1:30.9	So they have to turn to more expensive methods like fertility treatments or adoption right
1:35.7	from the beginning.
1:37.1	Plus there's hurdles like some insurance companies want to see evidence that you're
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