Category: Parenting & Families

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LGBTQ: The Survival Guide for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Teens by Kelly Huegel Madrone

Kelly Huegel Madrone | LGBTQ: The Survival Guide for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Teens | Fully revised and updated guide with frank, sensitive information for LGBTQ teens, their families, and their allies.?

LGBTQ is the indispensa

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Modern Families by Joshua Gamson

Joshua Gamson | Modern Families | The kinds of families we see today are different than they were even a decade ago as paths to parenthood have been rejiggered by technology, activism,

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Families Like Mine by Abigail Garner

Abigail Garner | Families Like Mine | What is it really like to grow up with gay parents? Abigail Garner was five years old when her mother and father divorced and her dad came out as gay.

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Beyond Acceptance by Marian J. Wirth; Arthur G. Wirth; Carolyn W. Griffin

Marian J. Wirth; Arthur G. Wirth; Carolyn W. Griffin | Beyond Acceptance | ‘Mom, Dad, I’m gay.’ When a parent hears these words, the initial shock is often followed by feelings ranging from anger and denial to fear and guilt.

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Rocking The Cradle by Gillian E. Hanscombe; Jackie Forster

Gillian E. Hanscombe; Jackie Forster | Rocking The Cradle | Rocking the Cradle is a fascinating historical document focusing on lesbian mothers. Now reis- sued with a new introduction, it was indeed the first b

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Mom, Dad, I’m Gay. by Ritch C. Savin-Williams

Ritch C. Savin-Williams | Mom, Dad, I’m Gay. | As mainstream America becomes more aware of the needs and concerns of the nonheterosexual community, gay, lesbian, transgendered, and bisexual teenage

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Lesbian Motherhood in Europe by Kate Griffin; Lisa A. Mulholland

Kate Griffin; Lisa A. Mulholland | Lesbian Motherhood in Europe | This text details the conditions for lesbian mothers in over 30 countries in Western, Central and Eastern Europe. Each country profile includes a stat

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Charity And Sylvia: a Same-Sex Marriage in Early America by Rechel Hope Cleves

Rechel Hope Cleves | Charity And Sylvia: a Same-Sex Marriage in Early America | The book overturns conventional notions that same-sex marriage is new. It presents evidence that the union between Charity and Sylvia was regarded as

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A New Look At Black Families by Charles Vert Willie; Richard Reddick

Charles Vert Willie; Richard Reddick | A New Look At Black Families | A New Look at Black Families provides a provocative and precocious analysis of the diversity of the black family experience in which black families of

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Just a Mom by Betty Degeneres

Betty Degeneres | Just a Mom | At the end of her first book (Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey), the mother of comedian Ellen DeGeneres invited readers to send her questions, c