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LESBIAN AND GAY FAMILIES
A Selective List of Resources

Compiled by Aparna Zambare. For more information and/or reference assistance, please contact Aparna Zambare (Email: aparna.zambare@cmich.edu, Phone: 989-774-6427) or ask at the Reference Desk on the second floor of the Park Library (Phone: 774-3470). 

All the Ways Home: Parenting and Children in the Lesbian and Gay Communities. A Collection of Short Fiction. Norwich, VT: New Victoria Publishers, 1995.
PS 648 .H57 A44 1995

Asten, Maureen A. Lesbian Family Relationships in American Society: The Making of an Ethnographic Film. Westport: Praeger, 1997.
HQ 75.6 .U5 A87 1997

Benkov, Laura. Reinventing the Family: The Emerging Story of Lesbian and Gay Parents. New York: Crown Publishers, 1994.
HQ 76.3 .U5 B46 1994

Bernstein, Robert. Straight Parents/Gay Children: Keeping Families Together. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1995.
HQ 75 .P37 1995

Burke, Phyllis. Family Values: Two Moms and Their Son. New York: Random House, 1993.
HQ 75.53 .B87 1993

Clunis, D. Merilee. The Lesbian Parenting Book: A Guide to Creating Families and Raising Children. Seattle: Seal Press, 1995.
HQ 75.53 .C58 1995

Different Mothers: Sons and Daughters of Lesbians Talk About Their Lives. Pittsburgh: Cleis Press, 1990.
HQ 777.8 .D54 1990

Drucker, Jane. Families of Value: Gay and Lesbian Parents and Their Children Speak Out. New York: Insight Books, 1998.
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Greenberg, Keith Elliot. Zack's Story: Growing Up with Same-Sex Parents. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co., 1996.
IMC (Ronan Hall) 306.874 GRE

Gunderson, Steve. House and Home. New York: Dutton, 1996.
E 840.8 .G83 A3 1996

Johnson, Suzanne M.and Elizabeth O'Connor. The Gay Baby Boom: The Psychology of Gay Parenthood. New York: New York University Press, 2002.
HQ75.27 .J64 2002 

Jullion, Jeanne. Long Way Home: The Odyssey of a Lesbian Mother and Her Children. San Francisco: Cleis Press, 1985.
KF 228 .J85 J85 1985

Lesbian Motherhood in Europe. London: Cassell, 1997.
HQ 75.53 .L47 1997P

Lesbian and Gays in Couples and Families: A Handbook for Therapists. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996.
HQ 76.3 .U5 L48 1996

Lesbians Raising Sons: An Anthology. Los Angeles: Alyson Books, 1997.
HQ 75.53 .L48 1997

Lewin, Ellen. Lesbian Mothers: Accounts of Gender in American Culture. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993.
HQ 75.53 .L49 1993

Manasse, Geoff. Making Love Visible: In Celebration of Gay and Lesbian Families. Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, 1995.
HQ 76.3 .U5 M34 1995

Martin, April. The Lesbian and Gay Parenting Handbook: Creating and Raising Our Families. New York: HarperPerennial, 1993.
HQ 76.3 .U5 M36 1993

Moraga, Cherrie. Waiting in the Wings: Portrait of a Queer Motherhood. Ithaca: Firebrand Books, 1997.
HQ 759 .M8617 1997

Nelson, Fiona. Lesbian Motherhood: An Exploration of Canadian Lesbian Families. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996.
HQ 75.53 .N45 1996t

Our Families, Our Values: Snapshots of Queer Kinship. New York: Harrington Park Press, 1997.
HQ 76.3 .U5 O93 1997

Saffron, Lisa. "What About the Children?": Sons and Daughters of Lesbian and Gay Parents Talk About Their Lives. London: Cassell, 1996.
HQ 777.8 .S34 1996P

Slater, Suzanne. The Lesbian Family Life Cycle. New York: Free Press, 1995.
HQ 75.5 .S65 1995

Tasker, Fiona L. Growing Up in a Lesbian Family: Effects on Child Development. New York: Guilford Press, 1997.
HQ 777.8 .T39 1997

To Sappho, My Sister: Lesbian Sisters Write About Their Lives. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Gynergy Books, 1995.
HQ 75.6 .C2 T6 1995t

Weston, Kath. Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991.
HQ 76.3 .U5 W48 1991

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Gay Couples: Nature of a Relationship. Princeton: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1997.
Media Services V 3881

Not All Parents are Straight. New York: Cinema Guild, 198?.
Media Services V 3536

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http://www.siecus.org/pubs/biblio/bibs0006.html
The purpose of this bibliography is to address the complicated and multi-faceted issues related to the subject of gender identity. This bibliography focuses not only on such specific subjects as transgenderism and transvestism, but also on anthologies and books that debate and analyze the social constuction of gender. 

Buddybuddy

http://www.buddybuddy.com
Of importance at this site is the page for the Partners Task Force for Gay & Lesbian Couples organization, "a national resource supporting the diverse community of committed gay and lesbian partners through a variety of media." Lots of links to other resources on gay and lesbian families. 

Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere

http://www.colage.org
An important Website created and maintained by the only support and advocacy organization for daughters and sons of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parents. 

Family Pride Coalition

http://www.familypride.org
A very useful "resource for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender parents, their partners and children, and supporters of our families." Resources are arranged under four broad headings: All About Family Pride, Advocacy, Support, and Information. 

Gay and Lesbian Adoptive Parents

http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_gay/index.cfm
Maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this site provides information on gay and lesbian parenting, their issues and concerns, the law, sources of support and a bibliography.

Growth House, Inc.: Lesbian and Gay Families

http://www.growthhouse.org/gayfams.html
Cites a number of important links "specifically geared to lesbian and gay families." 

Prospective Queer Parents

http://www.queerparents.org/
"The purpose of the Prospective Queer Parents organization is to provide a forum for the exchange of information and a social gathering space for queer (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, etc.) people who are interested in childraising and parenting." 

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