'The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood'

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Jun 25, 2021

Writer Krys Malcolm Belc is transmasculine and nonbinary, but after he gave birth to his son, legal documents listed him as the “natural mother of the child,” a term that didn’t exactly fit his identity. Belc explores gender identity, the idea of motherhood, and parenting in his new book, The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood.

 

This segment is guest-hosted by Rebeca Ibarra.



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