LGBTQ+ Pride Month - LGBTQ+ Parenthood: Celebrating diverse families and building supportive communities

For Pride Month 2025, we held a panel discussion on LGBTQ+ parenthood. An informative discussion was held with:

• Bethan Carr, Senior Associate at Penningtons, Manches and Cooper LLP, a leading UK surrogacy and fertility law specialist.

• Susie Bower-Brown, a Lecturer in Social Psychology at University College London focussed on LGBTQ+ identities and diverse family forms.

• Alexandra Woolgar, parent of two kids, age 2 and 8. Professor in the Department of Psychology and Deputy Director of the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit.

• Sue Fletcher-Watson, a pansexual mother of two teenagers, married to a cis man. Last year she was a gestational surrogate for two dads. Dean of Equity Inclusion and Community in the College of Medicine and Vet Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and a Professor of Developmental Psychology.

• Brent Stewart, currently in the process of adopting two young children with his husband. Software Engineer Manager in the DevOps function within University Information Services