Recommended Reading
Adults with GLBTTQ Parents
Dress Codes
Author: Noelle Howey
For Teens and Adults
An extraordinary family memoir of three journeys into womanhood as experienced by a transgendered father, a tomboy mother, and their daughter.
Families Like Mine
Author: Abigail Garner
Written from the perspective of adult children raised in GLBT families. Garner is the creator of FamiliesLikeMine.com, a website for LGBT families seeking guidance and resources.
How It Feels to Have a Gay or Lesbian Parent
Author: Judith E. Snow, MA
Children of gay/lesbian parents ranging in age from 7 to 31 talk candidly about how and when they learned of their parent's sexual orientation, echoing themes of prejudice, conflict, adaptation, and adjustment
Love Makes a Family
Authors: Gigi Kaeser & Peggy Gillespie
The companion book to the ground-breaking photo exhibit, this is a beautiful, coffee table book on LGBT families.
Out of the Ordinary
Edited by Noelle Howey & Ellen Samuels
The editors have collected 21 stories written by grown children (themselves a mixture of gay, straight and bisexual) who were raised by GLBT parents. As they speak to an adult audience, they will also be valuable for teens with GLBT parents who are looking for connections and understanding. The intention of the editors was to present a diversity of experience. There are some common themes of confusion, anger, divorce, dealing with the reaction of friends, questioning their own sexuality, and a mix of gay and lesbian narratives; the experience of having a transgender parent is well represented.
Sons Talk About Their Gay Fathers
Author: Andrew Gottlieb
Gottleib looks at how sons react to learning that their fathers are gay, allowing us to see, over time, how this has changed family relationships and people’s lives. This psychoanalytically oriented qualitative research study is accessible to both the beginner and the more advanced researcher and practitioner.
Side by Side: On Having a Gay or Lesbian Sibling
Edited by Andrew R. Gottlieb, PhD
In their own words, 18 men and women share their thoughts and feelings about their gay brothers and sisters. What they have to say is revealing—about themselves, about the nature of sibling relationships, and about their role as peacemakers. Gay men and lesbian women often disclose their sexuality to their siblings before anyone else in their families. Side by Side examines the impact of a brother or sister coming out and of the way that a gay person’s siblings are sometimes placed in the position of being a social/moral bridge between the generations.