RFSL gets a lot of questions about family and parenthood. Here are some of the most commonly asked questions and the answers to them.

To be the legal parent to a child means that you are registered as the child's parent at the Swedish Tax Agency, i.e. registered as a parent in the population register. The rules for who becomes the legal parent to a child, and how, can seem difficult to understand and tricky. Here we have gathered…

Adoption means that one or two adults go through a legal process to become legal parents to a child they initially don't have a legal connection…

If you are insured in Sweden you have the right to parental leave with compensation when you become a parent, it's called parents' allowance.

A common way to parenthood for LGBTQ people is by assisted reproduction, i.e. insemination or IVF treatment. An insemination can be done at home or at…

A common road to parenthood for LGBTQ people is assisted fertilization, i.e. insemination or IVF treatment. An insemination can be done at home or at a…

This text is for trans people who have a uterus and a wish to carry a child.

Parents choose different ways of feeding their children. Emotions about body and chest feeding dictate how different people make choices around chest feeding and feeding. There…

When meeting new rainbow families we have noticed that many LGBTQI people are having a tough first time. Life with a baby, lack of sleep and…

Texts about sex aimed at expectant and new parents have often been criticised for being normative or even irrelevant to LGBTQI people. We have changed that!…

This is an introduction to nursing and bottle feeding for rainbow families. Here you’ll find links to more information and different kinds of support for people…

About being a foster/emergency foster home, legal guardian, contact person or contact family for a child who, for different reasons, needs support or needs to be in a different environment for a period of time.

Den här texten riktar sig till dig som är hbtqi-person och som vill bli eller är på väg att bli pappa. Här kan du läsa om…

Are you pregnant, want to become pregnant, and have, or have previously had, a complicated relationship with your body, food and/or exercise? This text is for…

Many parents in rainbow families think about how to prepare and strengthen their child in relation to a heteronormative climate, where there are strong norms about…

This is a guide for people who want to breast/chestfeed a child they haven't given birth to, and for people who are to co-nurse one child…