Tegan and Sara

‘I’m so excited to be a queer parent’: Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara on being a new mom

TORONTO - Sara Quin is beaming as she flips through photographs of her newborn son on her phone.

It’s the first time the Vancouver-based musician, one half of twin sister pop duo Tegan and Sara, has been away since he was born 11 weeks ago and she’s missing him dearly.

“Isn’t he cute?” she asks. “I love him so much.”

“I’m so excited to be a queer parent,” she adds.

She started a fertility journey with her partner that stretched over four years, as it became stalled by COVID-19 clinic closures and other complications. Her partner gave birth on June 24, the same day the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade.