Families like mine : children of gay parents tell it like it is /

Author Garner was five years old when her mother and father divorced and her dad came out as gay. Growing up immersed in gay culture, she now calls herself a "culturally queer" heterosexual woman. As a child, she often found herself in the middle of the political and moral debates surround...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garner, Abigail (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperCollins, 2004.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Some of my best parents are gay
  • Children of LGBT parents : growing up under scrutiny
  • Coming out : a family process
  • Family change : supporting children through divorces and same-sex breakups
  • Out into the world : children of LGBT parents in school and beyond
  • Family-defining moments : respecting queer families, from grandma's house to the White House
  • Silent panic : the impact of HIV/AIDS on children of gay parents
  • Second generation : queer kids of LGBT parents
  • Tourists at home : Straight kids in queer culture
  • Epilogue: In celebration of community
  • Appendix A. Queer cultural brainstorm
  • Appendix B. LGBT family resources.