Category: Parenting & Families

Posted in LGBT Studies/Social Sciences Parenting & Families

We Don’t Exactly Get the Welcome Wagon by Gerald P. Mallon

Gerald P. Mallon | We Don’t Exactly Get the Welcome Wagon | Drawing on over twenty years of child welfare experience and extensive interviews conducted with 54 gay and lesbian young people who lived in out-of-h

Posted in Non-Fiction Parenting & Families

The New Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth by Stephanie Brill

Stephanie Brill | The New Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth |

The New Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth has been thoroughly updated ensuring that this book remains the best so

Posted in Parenting & Families

Gay and Lesbian Parents by Julianna Fields

Julianna Fields | Gay and Lesbian Parents | Describes the benefits and challenges to living within a family with gay or lesbian parents, including issues with adoption, societal views on gay par

Posted in Non-Fiction Parenting & Families

Lesbians Talk Detonating The Nuclear Family by Julia Brosnan

Julia Brosnan | Lesbians Talk Detonating The Nuclear Family | Lesbians deconstruct the nuclear family and offer new patterns of relating, living, parenting and caring.

Posted in Parenting & Families

Momma Baby Mama by Mindy Stokes

Mindy Stokes | Momma Baby Mama | Momma Baby Mama tells the hilarious yet serious story of Mindy and Katie”s journey to motherhood. Stokes narrates the heartwrenching chronicle of thr

Posted in Parenting & Families

Invisible Families by Terry Stewart

Terry Stewart | Invisible Families | This is a classic pro-gay and lesbian book for parents. It has been translated into Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese. The Chinese version is not sol

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Queer Family Values by Valerie Lehr

Valerie Lehr | Queer Family Values | The flaw in the fight for gay and lesbian marriage rights, argues Lehr in ‘Queer Family Values’, lies in its failure to call into question the forms o

Posted in Legal Parenting & Families

Lesbian Mothers’ Legal Handbook by Markie Barratt; Rights of Women (London, England); Lesbian Custody Group (England)

Markie Barratt; Rights of Women (London, England); Lesbian Custody Group (England) | Lesbian Mothers’ Legal Handbook | A now dated but still surprisingly relevant reference tool for lesbian mothers and their children

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Parenting & Families

Family Values by Phyllis Burke

Phyllis Burke | Family Values | A lesbian recounts her fight to legally adopt and co-parent her lover’s child, describing her journey into the worlds of adoption courts and the milit

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The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians by Rachel Pepper

Rachel Pepper | The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians | A lesbian-centered approach to pregnancy offers helpful advice and practical information on everything from fertility cycles to sperm donors and ferti