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Oakland Public Library's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Programs & Services Committee presents


LGBT Parenting Resources
A legal guide for lesbian & gay couples. Curry, Hayden and Denis Clifford. 2001.
Considering parenthood : a workbook for lesbians. Pies, Cheri. 1985.
Different mothers : sons & daughters of lesbians talk about their lives. Rafkin, Louise. 1990.
Families of value : gay and lesbian parents and their children speak out. Drucker, Jane. 1998.
Families we choose : lesbians, gays, kinship. Weston, Kath. 1991.
Family values : a lesbian mother's fight for her son. Burke, Phyllis. 1994.
For lesbian parents : your guide to helping your family grow up happy, healthy, & proud. Johnson, Suzanne and Elizabeth O'Connor. 2001.
Gay parenting : a complete guide for gay men and lesbians with children. Schulenburg, Joy A. 1985.
Getting Simon : two gay doctors' journey to fatherhood. Morgen, Kenneth B. 1995.
Growing up in a lesbian family : effects on child development. Tasker, Fiona L and Susan Golombok. 1997.
Home fronts : controversies in nontraditional parenting. Wells, Jess. 2000.
Legal affairs : essential advice for same-sex couples. Hertz, Frederick. 1998.
Legal issues in donor insemination. Hitchens, Donna J. [1984]
Lesbian & gay families speak out. Drucker, Jane Levy. 1998.
The lesbian & gay parenting handbook : creating & raising our families. Martin, April. 1993.
Lesbian mothers : accounts of gender in American culture. Lewin, Ellen. 1993.
Lesbians and child custody : a casebook. Maggiore, Dolores. 1992.
The lesbian parenting book : a guide to creating families and raising children. Clunis, D. Merilee and G. Dorsey Green. 1995.
Lesbians and gay men as foster parents. Ricketts, Wendell. 1991.
Lesbians raising sons : an anthology. Wells, Jess. 1997.
Love makes a family : portraits of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parents and their families. Kaeser, Gigi and Peggy Gillespie. 1999.
Out of the ordinary : essays on growing up with gay, lesbian, and transgender parents. Howey, Noelle and Ellen Samuels. 2000.
Politics of the heart : a lesbian parenting anthology. Pollack, Sandra & Jeanne Vaughn. 1987.
Queer family values : debunking the myth of the nuclear family. Lehr, Valerie. 1999.
Reinventing the family : the emerging story of lesbian and gay parents. Benkov, Laura. 1994.
Rocking the cradle : lesbian mothers. Hanscombe, Gillian E and Jackie Forster. 1982.
The final closet : a gay parents' guide for coming out to their children. Corley, Rip. 1990.
The kid : what happened after my boyfriend and I decided to go get pregnant. Savage, Dan. 1999.
The lesbian and gay parenting handbook : creating and raising our families. Martin, April. 1993.
The lesbian family life cycle. Slater, Suzanne. 1995.
The lesbian parenting book. Clunis, D. Merilee and D Green. 1995.
The other mother : a lesbian's fight for her daughter. Abrams, Nancy. 1999.
The queer parent's primer : a...guide to navigating the straight world. Brill, Stephanie. 2001.
The ultimate guide to pregnancy for lesbians ... from conception through birth. Pepper, Rachel. 1999.
There's something I've been meaning to tell you. MacPike, Loralee. 1989.
Waiting in the wings : portrait of a queer motherhood. Moraga, Cherrie. 1997.
We are everywhere. Alpert, Harriet. 1988.
Women in love : portraits of lesbian mothers & their families. Seyda, Barbara and Diana Herrera. 1998.


Books for children
1, 2, 3 : a family counting book. Bobbie Combs ; illustrated by Danamarie Hosler. 2000.
ABC : a family alphabet book. Bobbie Combs ; illustrated by Desiree Keane & Brian Rappa. 2000.
Coping when a parent is gay. Miller, Deborah A. 1993.
Gloria goes to Gay Pride. Newman, Leslie. 1991.
Heather has two mommies. Newman, Lesland ill. Diana Souza. 2000.
How would you feel if your dad was gay? Heron, Ann and Meredith Maran. 1991.
Is your family like mine? Abramchik, L. 1993.
Saturday is Pattyday. Newman, Leslie. 1993.
Zack's story : growing up with same-sex parents. Greenberg, Keith Elliot and ill. Carol Halebian. 1996.

Videos
All God's Children. Woman Vision Production, 1996.
It's elementary: Talking about gay issues in schools. Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, 1995.

Updated November 2001


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