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![]() "-Amanda Jetté Knox, bestselling author of Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family "To read this book is to be drawn in to a family love story so compelling that you can't help but wish that Trystan and his family were your neighbors, so that you could bask in their wonder-fulness every day. A powerful personal story with plenty of wisdom to share on everything from LGBTQ awareness to parenting challenges-the whole world should read this book. You're gonna learn stuff but you'll like it." -Willam "This triumphant tale of unwavering love had me laughing, crying, and celebrating this beautiful family. See I told you this book was going to be good. ![]() Those correctly spelled words make a great read about Trystan and his pregnancy. First of all, he spelled everything right. This rollicking book will release love that might otherwise have remained buried it limns the exact quality of joy that can inhere in inventing not only yourself, but also the world you live in." -Andrew Solomon, National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon and Far from the Tree "A love letter to queer culture and queer strength and what people of any gender or sexuality can learn from it." - Xtra "You can't meet Trystan and not like him. Trystan Reese writes with great tenderness and compassion, and also with a well-considered agenda of political and social activism. How We Do Family has advice for queer and trans would-be parents on navigating legal and medical systems, as well as parents who want to rethink their family's values." -Globe and Mail "This narrative of an extraordinary family describes what it's like to be a trans father, a pregnant man, an adoptive father-what it's like to invent and enact new relational structures. Through every tough moment and touching memory, Trystan shows that more important than getting things right is doing them with love.Ģ021 Foreword INDIES Bronze Winner " continue to live their lives publicly through Trystan's Instagram and new book to let others in their shoes know they aren't alone, and open more minds along the way." -People " book is joyful, insightful, and so damn lovely that you're doing yourself a disservice by not owning it." - Scary Mommy "If the start of this family was accidental, the queer parenthood has been purposeful. How We Do Family is a refreshing new take on family life for the LGBTQ community and beyond. In this inspiring memoir, Trystan shares his unique story alongside universal lessons that will help all parents through the trials of raising children. Trystan's groundbreaking pregnancy attracted media fanfare, and the family welcomed baby Leo in 2017. They adopted Hailey and Lucas, tied the knot, and soon decided to try for a baby that Trystan, who is transgender, would carry. From this unexpected start, the young couple built a loving marriage and happy home-learning to parent on the job. Immediately, Trystan and Biff took in one-year-old Hailey and three-year-old Lucas, becoming caregivers overnight to two tiny survivors of abuse and neglect. "The moment that he was born was just like a pure moment of bliss," he said, "like the happiest moment of my life.As featured in People magazine : One LGBTQ family's inspiring, heartfelt story of the many alternative paths that lead to a loving family, with lessons for every parent Trystan and Biff had been dating for just a year when the couple learned that Biff's niece and nephew were about to be removed from their home by Child Protective Services. When Leo was born a little over two weeks ago, Chaplow said, it was a beautiful moment. "We hope that people will see that this is just another way how love shows up in the world," Reese told KATU when he was pregnant with Leo. The couple experienced a miscarriage shortly before Leo. The couple had been parents to Chaplow's niece, Hailey, and nephew, Riley, for seven years before Reese became pregnant with Leo. Reese stopped taking hormones when he got pregnant. Reese and his husband, Biff Chaplow, said that doctors told them it would be safe and healthy for Reese to give birth. ![]() Reese, who was born female, started taking hormones to transition to male about a decade ago, according to KATU. "I understand that people are not used to two men having a biological child between the two of them. ![]() "I would say it's unique," Trystan Reese, who gave birth to Leo, told KATU. PORTLAND, Oregon - A couple in Portland, Oregon, has welcomed a son who was born to a transgender dad. Trystan Reese and his husband Biff Chaplow introduced Leo to the world.
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