Last week during Trans Awareness Week we hosted a screening of the film “A Womb of Their Own,” which documents the journey of 6 masculine-identifying people during pregnancy, birth, and parenting.
We are sharing the Q&A with the filmmaker Cyn Lubow of Serious Play Films and queer non-binary midwife Ray Rachlin of Refuge Midwifery in this week’s episode.
Cyn Lubow 
Ray Rachlin
In this Q&A we discussed:
~expanding our understanding of gender beyond traditional masculine & feminine roles
~best practices for birth pros to adopt in their care to be more inclusive
~the challenges of systemic change & actions to take forward
and we heard from community members across the disciplines on the film impact and the state of trans birth care.
Resources and training opportunities for birth professionals looking to provide more inclusive care to trans and non-binary folks:
king yaa
Love Over Fear Wellness
Moss the Doula
Family Equality Council
The Black Doula and Birth Advocacy Doula Training
In addition, Ray is working on Queer Conception Stories a project to highlight stories of family building within the queer community, which also includes a provider directory.
Here are links to some of the articles cited that identify rates of queer people utilizing midwifery & out of hospital birth locations & trans birthcare best practices: Ellis, Glaser, ACOG, Light, MacDonald, NTDS.
You can tune in through our buzzsprout page to listen wherever you enjoy podcasts or find the full transcript here.
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Gonna Start” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)