All these are off-site links (opening in new pages), except where noted. If you think there’s something I should include here to be of general help, or if a link’s now broken, please do write me and let me know.
Queer Parenting Resources
- APA Lesbian & Gay Parenting American Psychological Association page
- Berkeley Parents Network ~ Advice Pages a ginormous cornucopia of online insights
- COLAGE advocacy and resources for people with an LGBT or Q parent
- Confessions of the Other Mother (an LD page on an anthology by partners of birth moms)
- Family Equality Council national non-profit LGBT family org
- LD Recommends: On LGBT Family-Making & Parenting a Powell’s booklist I gathered
- Mombian sustenance for lesbian moms, and she’s not kidding
- National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study THE study of lesbian parenthood & its impact on kids
- NGLTF: Parenting by LGBT People talking points, research, maps, & more
- Our Family Coalition The Bay Area’s LGBTQ family organization
- queerspawn community a (currently just archival) forum for kids of queers
- Rainbow Rumpus online magazine for kids with LGBT parents
- Raising Happiness science for joyful kids & happier parents from the Greater Good Science Center
Booklists: Children’s Lit with LGBT Family Diversity
- Books for Children with LGBT Parents and Youth and Young Adults with LGBT Parents from COLAGE
- Beyond Heather Has Two Mommies: Picture Books w/ Gay Parents a 40-book list on Amazon.com: basically send every baby shower guest to this page
- Gender in Children’s Literature class list nicely annotated
- HRC’s Welcoming Schools Bibliographies the most comprehensive tool for parents, educators, and school librarians, including book lists broken down by topic & age, and resources for how to prepare before reading these books to a class, and:
- Mombian Books Mombian author & reader book recommendations
- Our Family Coalition family book list (an LD page)
- Rainbow Books List an annual list of books for children and teens from the American Library Association, since 2008
Some quite nice essays
- George Saunders’ “My Amendment” a satirical gem about gender conformity
- Sybil Lockhart’s “Extended Family” a beautifully crafted essay about (our donor family’s) generosity and how it gives back
- Sears & Hirsch’s “Straight-Out Truth on Gay Parents” an incisive op-ed essay
page last updated: 08.29.11