Black Queer Parenting WITH Mia Cooley: Parenting as a Queer Mother, Creating Safe Space as a Black Parent, Importance of Black Maternal HealthCare & Parenting a Gay Son

In this week’s episode of The Queerly Blax Show, I had a conversation with Mia Cooley, Founder of ParentxHood. We talked about Mia’s coming out story, parenting as a black queer mother, biggest challenges in black maternal health, importance of safe spaces for black LGBTQ parents, as well as the upcoming ParentxHood and so much more! Check it out! 01:18 – Mia Cooley Introduction02:51- Coming out story06:31- The start of ParentxHood11:20- Challenges with Black Maternal Healthcare16:24- Parenting as a queer parent and answering difficult questions19:26- Knowing that her son was gay23:40- Co-parenting Challenges27:07- Traveling as a queer family29:59- Black Parent Pride Summit (June 25-26 Atlanta, GA)33:06- Theme Song for your life33:40- Advice to parent of a queer child Social MediaMia Cooley IG: thebigmommamiaParentxHood IG: parentxhoodxHood on Facebook