Episode Details

This is the first of two powerful conversations with the incredible Dr. Lorri Sulpizio — and we are diving in. From blended families to birth certificates, this episode is equal parts heartfelt, eye-opening, and long overdue.

Dr. Lorri opens up about her beautifully complex family life — her current spouse, her ex-wife, and the four amazing adults they raised together. But this isn't just a story about family structure. It's a story about what it actually took to become a parent when the system wasn't built for you.

We get into the realities of queer parenthood before marriage equality — what it meant to have no space on a birth certificate for a same-sex partner, navigating IUI, choosing unknown ID donors, and doing it all without a roadmap or a single role model who looked like you. And perhaps most staggeringly: the 8–9 month window during the second-parent adoption process where the non-bio parent had zero legal rights to their own child. Let that sink in.

It's no wonder "who's the real mom?" hits like a gut punch. Parental rights have always been a fight — and this conversation honours everyone who fought it.

🎙️ Connect with Dr. Lorri Sulpizio:

• IG: @lorrisulpizio
• TikTok: @lorri_sulpizio

• • Website: lorrisulpizio.com