Allie Quigley & Courtney Vandersloot; Ludmilla & Brunna Goncalves; Shelly Lynch-Sparks & Candice HuffineEthan Miller/Getty Images; Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images; Gotham/Getty ImagesSome of our favorite queer couples have been expanding their families this year by welcoming new babies into the mix. It's more important than ever to recognize and celebrate LGBTQ+ people just leading the same normal lives as our straight counterparts, so let's offer a hearty congratulations to these happy parents — and well-wishes for the many sleepless nights to come!
Model Candice Huffine and her wife, designer Shelly Lynch-Sparks, announced their pregnancy late last year, with a January due date.
"Being a parent with you is the most expansive thing I have ever done in my life," Lynch-Sparks wrote in a Mother’s Day post this year, addressing her wife. "I wake up everyday and ask time to slow down."
WNBA players Courtney Vandersloot and Allie Quigley managed to keep news of their first child’s arrival a secret for a full month before spilling the deets about baby Jana to People.
"We have been dreaming of this moment for a long time, and it’s better than we could have ever imagined!" they said.
Soccer couple Kristie Mewis and Sam Kerr welcomed their first son, Jagger Mewis-Kerr, in May. Fans had already celebrated on behalf of the couple when they shared news of their pregnancy back in November via a series of adorable photo booth pics featuring their ultrasound.
Brazilian music star Ludmilla and her wife celebrated the birth of their daughter, Zuri, on May 14, by sharing a picture of them holding her tiny hand on Instagram.
"We are living in a moment of great joy and fulfillment, as if we were in paradise," they later said in a statement to People. "Today, if someone asks me what love is, I know how to answer."
Influencers Eden and Jay Treviño extensively documented their journey with IVF before finally being able to let the world know that their child, Jayden, had been born.
"To anyone who still believes queer folks shouldn’t be parents… if this isn’t what unconditional love and family look like, I don’t know what is," Eden shared on Instagram.
