Bonus Replay | Out And Proud With The Mazelins

Bonus Replay | Out And Proud With The Mazelins

Author: Jaimie Kelton – Queer Parenting & LGBTQ Families'. May 26, 2025 Duration: 56:07
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This joyful, visibility-filled throwback deserves another listen.

Originally aired during our 2023 Pride Extravaganza, this episode features Brian and Alec Mazelin, a gay couple raising their daughter and showing up online as their fabulous, authentic selves. Their story of love, intentional family building, and unapologetic visibility is exactly what we need right now.

🎙️ “The more we show up, the more space we take up—and that matters.” – Brian Mazelin

In a time when LGBTQIA+ families are being erased from classrooms and attacked in legislation, the Mazelins’ presence is political. Their family is love in action, and this episode is your reminder that we’re still here, still queer, and still thriving.

🛑 This episode originally aired in June 2023, but its message is even more vital in 2025.

🎧 Take a listen. Share it wide. Let’s take up space together.

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🏳️‍🌈 Key Takeaways

  • Finding your community and building it yourself
  • Deciding to show up publicly as a queer family
  • Parenting a young daughter while navigating online hate—and love
  • Using humor and honesty to shift narratives
  • Why being seen is part of the resistance


🏳️‍🌈 About the Guest(s)🏳️‍🌈

Brian and Alec Mazelin (@meetthemazelins) are husbands, fathers, and content creators using their platform to normalize LGBTQ+ families and spread a message of pride, joy, and unapologetic queer parenting.


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Hosted by queer mom Jaimie Kelton, The Queer Family Podcast-LGBTQ Families & Queer Parenting Stories offers a weekly space that is both uproariously funny and deeply genuine. Each episode features conversations with LGBTQIA+ parents, hopeful parents, and their allies, delving into the specific joys and hurdles of building a family outside of traditional frameworks. You’ll hear firsthand accounts of the paths to parenthood-from adoption and fostering to IVF and surrogacy-and the everyday realities of raising kids in a world that can still feel unfamiliar. This podcast moves beyond theory, focusing on lived experiences that cover everything from health and fitness routines that work for queer families to navigating complex conversations about sexuality and society with children. The goal is straightforward: to share stories that normalize these experiences, elevate diverse voices, and celebrate the full spectrum of queer family life. Tuning in means connecting with a community, finding resonance in shared challenges, and gathering a lot of practical wisdom-and laughter-along the way. It’s a resource and a companion for anyone curious about or living within the beautifully expansive definition of a modern family.
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