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How This Queer Parent Is Reclaiming The Word 'Mom'

Motherhood accepts all sexualities and genders.

Kyisha Williams, who goes by she/her and they/them/their pronouns, grew up believing parenthood wasn’t something queer people could have. Now a parent herself, Williams is determined to raise her child without internalized homophobia or society’s expectations of who a mom is supposed to be.

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