If Queers Weren't Meant to Have Kids... Canberra Book Launch

Narelda Jacobs and Karina Natt are heading to Canberra to launch their adult satirical picture book If Queers Weren't Meant to Have Kids...!

If Queers Weren’t Meant to Have Kids … is both a satirical picture book for adults and a love letter to rainbow families. In this age of growing censorship and manufactured moral panics, this book cheekily pokes fun at the conservative cultural warriors by asking questions such as: if queers weren’t meant to have kids, why do lesbians nest after one week? Why are hot gays called daddy? Why are drag queens so maternal?

Written by renowned Indigenous journalist Narelda Jacobs and her communications specialist wife Karina Natt, and illustrated by award-winning First Nations artist Molly Hunt, this beautiful picture book is a loud and proud celebration of chosen family, guncles, the gaybourhood and more. If Queers Weren’t Meant to Have Kids … is the perfect gift for everyone: those who see themselves and their values reflected in its pages; and, especially, those who don’t!

This event is hosted by Farrar Gesini Dunn, an expert family law firm which offers a specialised LGBTIQ+ legal service, recognising the unique barriers that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex and Queer community face when navigating the legal system. Narelda and Karina will be in-conversation with their friend and FGD founding partner Olivia Gesini, presenting a unique opportunity to traverse legal issues facing queers having kids as well as perspectives on the book from an ally rather than a fellow queer!

5.30pm arrival for a 6pm book reading followed by the authors in conversation with Olivia Gesini and book sales and signing.

This event is free but registering is essential. Secure your spot here.