No One Teaches You This: Queer Parenting with Dr. James Greenwood
Homo Sapiens
Christopher Sweeney
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
The brilliant Dr James Greenwood joins me this week to talk all things queer parenting — from surrogacy journeys and IVF realities to the unexpected truths of raising kids as gay dads.
From sleep deprivation and “mum guilt” to breaking down gender roles and navigating a heteronormative parenting world, we get honest about what it really looks like behind the scenes.
Plus, we answer your questions on adoption, money, and whether queer parents actually do things differently…
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody. Welcome to Homo sapiens. My name is Chris Sweeney. Today I've got my friend with me. Dr. James Greenwoods. |
| 0:23.6 | Hello. Hi, Dr. James Greenwood. Hello. How are you? |
| 0:28.6 | I'm all right, thanks. I've just given James the fright of his life and I'm sorry. I haven't said sorry yet because we have we've been speaking for a moment before this. Because |
| 0:39.1 | we're going to do queer parenting today. This is the episode listeners. I forgot to put the |
| 0:45.2 | thing out saying, give us your questions. But actually lots of people, not lots, some people |
| 0:50.9 | have written in. We've got some questions. It's all all right. Yeah, James. Yeah. A quick five minute warning on an Instagram story is all that anybody needs. Can I just say though, people either write in the first hour or not at all. So I'm always like, do you find? Yeah, definitely. Like, you know, strike it was, it's hot. |
| 1:11.2 | So put a bit of pressure on. Here we are. If you've got a question, we're here. So sorry. How are you otherwise? I've been on a dog wall? Yeah, I'm great. I'm good. I'm good. I actually know. I probably, that's slightly lying. I'm probably going to say, I can't keep up. |
| 1:28.6 | I'm going to give us the real... |
| 1:30.6 | I'm exhausted, I probably, that's slightly lying. I'm probably going to say, I can't keep that up. |
| 1:29.5 | I'm exhausted, yeah. |
| 1:32.0 | This is my pledge to the homo sapiens audience. |
| 1:35.8 | We will keep this very truthful. |
| 1:37.8 | I have, we've had about three weeks of a snotty nose toddler and about three weeks of broken sleep. |
| 1:46.2 | And it's just, you know, it's very tiring. |
| 1:49.7 | That's the reality. |
| 1:50.6 | But we are good. |
| 1:52.2 | We're really good. |
| 1:52.7 | There's nothing more than just sleep deprivation and nothing that a strong coffee can't fix. |
| 1:58.8 | I admire your chipper nature. |
| 2:01.1 | You are, let the record show, James. |
| 2:04.9 | You are a fucking trooper. |
| 2:07.0 | You and Mark, your husband, are bomb proof, a pair of you. |
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