All parents feel incredible pressure to meet internal, familial, and cultural expectations of “good” parents, and that can intensify when our identities don’t match the dominant culture’s assumptions of what parents look like. From issues of fertility, surrogacy, and adoption to standard parenting woes, parents in the LGBTQIA+ community can struggle with evaluating, comparing, and defending ourselves and our very right and ability to raise a child. The truth is that every one of us who is willing has the capacity to provide the love needed to raise a child well, no matter our identity.