RESOURCES
    FOR
    Relationships and Parenting
    in the LGBT Community

    LINKS
    • 10 Tips To Build A Lasting Lesbian Relationship from "Discovering Pride"

    • The Fenway guide to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender health, Chapter 5: LGBT Couples and Families with Children

    • Five Relationship Myths (And How to Break Them), By Michael Kimmel, Erie Gay News

    • ACLU site on LGBT Parenting, adoption, and the legal resources for dealing with these issues.

    • Professional Organizations on GLBT Parenting (Human Rights Campaign article)

    • LGBT Parenting Policy in the United States (from the Family Equality Council)

    • Gay Parent Magazine - New York (published annually every May; check menu on the left for more resources)

    • LGBT Parenting Resources (from QueerTheory.com; online resources in Queer Culture, Queer Theory, Queer Studies, Gender Studies and related fields.)

    • Gay and Lesbian Adoption and Parenting (This article addresses adoption for LGBT singles and couples, as well as parenting and the rights of second parents.)

    • The Lesbian and Gay Family Building Project "A network of LGBTQ-led families that offers support, education and a sense of community to adults and children."

    PUBLICATIONS

      Barret, R. L., & Robinson, B.E. Gay fathers: Encouraging the Hearts of
             Gay Dads and Their Families
      , Lexington, MA: (1990)

      Benkov, L., Reinventing the family: The emerging story of lesbian and gay parents.
             NY: Crown. (1994)

      Brill, S.A., The queer parent's primer: A lesbian and gay families' guide to
             navigating through a straight world
      S.F.: New Harbinger (2001)

      Bozett, F. W., Homosexuality and the family, Binghamton, NY: Haworth. (1989)

      Clunis, D.M., and Green G.D., The lesbian parenting book: A guide to creating
             families and raising children.
      Seattle: Seal Press. (1995)

      Drucker, J., Families of value : Gay and lesbian parents and their children speak
             out.
      Perseus Press (1995)

      Gil de Lamadrid, M. (Ed.), Lesbians choosing motherhood: Legal implications of
             donor insemination and co-parenting.
      San Francisco: National Center
             for Lesbian Rights. (1991)

      Howey, N., and Samuels, E., Out of the ordinary: Essays on growing up with gay,
             lesbian, and transgender parents
      . St. Martin's Press. (2000)

      Johnson, S. M. and O'Conner, E., For Lesbian Parents. Guilford Press. (2001)

      Kaeser, G., Love makes a family: Portraits of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
             transgender parents and their families.
      Univ. of Massachusetts Press. (1999)

      Laird, J., Lesbians and lesbian families: Reflections on theory and practice.
             Columbia University Press. (1999)

      Laird, J. & Green, R-J., (Eds.). Lesbians and gays in couples and families: A
             handbook for therapists.
      S.F.: Jossey-Bass Pub. (1996)

      Martin, A., The lesbian and gay parenting handbook. NY: Harper Collins. (1993)

      Patterson, C., Lesbian mothers, gay fathers and their children. In A. R. D'Augelli
             and C. Patterson, C., Children of the lesbian baby boom: Behavioral
             adjustment, self-concepts, and sex-role identity.
      In B. Greene
             & G. Herek (Eds.), Contemporary perspectives of gay and lesbian
             psychology: Theory, esearch, and applications (pp. 156-175). Beverly
             Hills, CA: Sage. (1995)

      Pies, C., Considering parenthood: A workbook for lesbians. SF: Spinsters Ink.
             (1985)

      Pepper, R., The ultimate guide to pregnancy for lesbians: Tips and techniques from
             conception
      . Seattle: Cleis Press. (1999)

      Slater, S., The lesbian family life cycle. University of Illinois Press. (1999)

      Sullivan, T.R. and Dawidoff, Queer families, common agendas Binghamton, NY,
             Haworth. (1999)

      Wells, J. (Ed ), HOMEFRONTS: Controversies in nontraditional parenting LA:
             Alyson Publications (2000)

      Weston, K., Families we choose: Lesbians, gays, kinship. NY: Columbia University.
             (2000)


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