LGBT Family Building Book List:
A Donor Insemination Guide: Written by and for Lesbian Women by Lucy Frazer and Marie Mohler
The Complete Lesbian and Gay Parenting Guide by Arlene Istar Lev, LCSW, CASAC - Gay parenting is a productive and positive decision, but author and lesbian mother Arlene Lev admits it isn't always an easy one. With practical wisdom and advice, and personal real-life stories, Lev prepares gay parents for this endeavor with everything they need to know and everything they can expect while making their own significant and challenging mark on family life in the 21st century.
The Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth, by Kim Toevs & Stephanie A. Brill
Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It like It Is by Abigail Garner - Abigail Garner was five years old when her parents divorced and her dad came out as gay. Like the millions of children growing up in these families today, she often found herself in the middle of the political and moral debates surrounding lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) parenting.
Drawing on a decade of community organizing, and interviews with more than fifty grown sons and daughters of LGBT parents, Garner addresses such topics as coming out to children, facing homophobia at school, co-parenting with ex-partners, the impact of AIDS, and the children's own sexuality.
Both practical and deeply personal, Families Like Mine provides an invaluable insider's perspective for LGBT parents, their families, and their allies.
How My Family Came to Be: Daddy, Papa and Me, by Andrew R. Aldrich, Mike Motz
The Kid: (What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant) an Adoption Story by Dan Savage - Dan Savage's nationally syndicated sex advice column, "Savage Love," enrages and excites more than four million people each week. In The Kid, Savage tells a no-holds-barred, high-energy story of an ordinary American couple who wants to have a baby. Except that in this case the couple happens to be Dan and his boyfriend. That fact, in the face of a society enormously uneasy with gay adoption, makes for an edgy, entertaining, and illuminating read. When Dan and his boyfriend are finally presented with an infant badly in need of parenting, they find themselves caught up in a drama that extends well beyond the confines of their immediate world. A story about confronting homophobia, falling in love, getting older, and getting a little bit smarter, The Kid is a book about the very human desire to have a family.
Lesbians Choosing Motherhood: Legal Implications of Alternative Insemination and Reproductive Technologies, by Kate Kendell, Published by National Center for Lesbian Rights, 870 market Street, Suite 570, San Francisco, CA 94102, (415) 392-6257. Website: www.nclrights.org
Lesbian and Gay Parenting Handbook: Creating and Raising Our Families , April Martin Ph.D. - A much needed book that addresses the many questions and important issues associated with lesbian and gay parenting, by a well-known psychotherapist and lesbian parent.
The Queer Parent's Primer: A Lesbian and Gay Families' Guide to Navigating the Straight World, Stephanie A. Brill
The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians, Tips and Techniques from Conception through Birth, How to Stay Sane and Care for Yourself , Rachel Pepper, Cleis Press, ISBN: 1573440809
For additional titles, visit Barnes & Noble and search under “lesbian and gay parenting.”