Spawning Generations is a collection of stories by queerspawn (people with LGBTQ+ parents) spanning six decades, three continents, and five countries. Curated by queerspawn, this anthology is about carving out a space for queerspawn to tell their own stories. The contributors in this volume break away from the pressures to be perfect, the demands to be well adjusted, and the need to prove that they turned out “all right.” These are queerspawn stories, airbrushed for no one, and told on their own terms.

Sadie Epstein-Fine (they/them) is multi- and interdisciplinary creator based in Tkaronto (Toronto). Sadie has trained in dance, devised theatre, classical theatre direction, musical theatre creation, and playwriting and their work is a fusion of that training. They are also a future dreamer, creating the world they want to live in through their artistic practice. Sadie’s work has amplified queer, trans, and queerspawn voices, including the anthology Spawning Generations: Rants and Reflections on Growing Up with LGBTQ+ Parents (Demeter Press, Nominated for Lambda Literary and Forward Indies Awards, named a top 10 book of 2018 in NOW Magazine), which they co-edited, and the Queerspawn Digital Storytelling Project in partnership with the ArQuives. Directing and choreography credits include The Sound of Music (Nightwood Theatre), The Dybbuk (Toronto Metropolitan University), Eraser (The Riser Project/Why Not Theatre, nominated for five Dora Mavor Moore Awards, including Outstanding Direction and New Play), Eraser: A New Normal (Theatre Direct), and Mamma Mia! (Nightwood Theatre).

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Makeda Zook was born in Vancouver in 1986 to her two lesbian feminist moms. She was raised in a mixed-race family surrounded by anti-oppression politics and her OWLs (Older Wiser Lesbians). Makeda grew up in Toronto going to dyke marches and being encouraged to talk about her feelings. She currently works in sexual health pro- motion for a feminist NGO.

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