Suggested Reading

Parents & Families

This Is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids: A Question & Answer Guide to Everyday Life Dannielle Owens-Reid and Kristin Russo Chronicle Books, 2014
Is It a Choice?: Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Gay and Lesbian People Eric Marcus HarperOne, 2005
Always My Child: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, or Questioning Son or Daughter Kevin Jennings Fireside, 2002
Out of the Closet, Into Our Hearts Laura Siegel and Nancy Lamkin Olson, ed. Leyland Publications, 2001
Beyond Acceptance: Parents of Lesbians and Gays Talk About Their Experiences Carolyn Welch Griffen, et al St. Martin’s Griffin, 1997
Now That You Know: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding Their Gay and Lesbian Children Betty Fairchild and Nancy Hayward Harvest Books, 1998
Coming Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Lesbian or Gay Child Michael C. LaSala, Ph.D. Columbia University Press, 2010
Side by Side: On Having a Gay or Lesbian Sibling Andrew R. Gottlieb Routledge, 2004
Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey Betty Degeneres Harper Paperbacks, 2000
My Child Is Gay: How Parents React When They Hear the News Bryce McDougall, Ed. Allen & Unwin, 2007
Something to Tell You Gilbert Herdt and Bruce Koff Columbia University Press, 2000
Straight Parents, Gay Children: Keeping Families Together Robert A. Bernstein, Robert MacNeil and Betty DeGeneres Da Capo Press, 2003
Helping Your Transgender Teen: A Guide for Parents Irwin Krieger Genderwise Press, 2011
Different Daughters: A Book by Mothers of Lesbians Louise Rafkin Cleis Press, 2001
My Son Eric: A Mother Struggles to Accept Her Gay Son and Discovers Herself Mary V. Borhek and Christine M. Smith Pilgrim Press, 2001
Finding Out: The ABC’s of Same Sex Relationships Homer and Sue Spencer Fithian Press, 2002
The Family Heart: A Memoir of When Our Son Came Out Robb Forman Dew Fawcett Books, 1995
Prayers for Bobby: A Mother’s Coming to Terms With the Suicide of Her Gay Son Leroy Aarons Harper San Francisco, 1996

Parenting & Raising Children

How Homophobia Hurts Children: Nurturing Diversity at Home, at School and in the Community Jean M. Baker, Ph.D. Routledge, 2002

Coming Out

Outing Yourself: How to Come Out to Your Family, Friends and Co-Workers Michelangelo Signorile Fireside, 1996
The Way Out: The Gay Man’s Guide to Freedom Chris Nutter HCI, 2006
Crisis: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social, and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing Up Gay in America Mitchell Gold and Mindy Drucker Greenleaf Book Group, LLC, 2008
The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man’s World Alan Downs Da Capo Press, 2006

Transgender Topics

Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue Nicholas M. Teich Columbia University Press, 2012
Trans Forming Families: Real Stories About Transgendered Loved Ones Jessica Xavier, Mary Boenke and Arlene Istar Lev Oak Knoll Press, 2003
Transgender Explained For Those Who Are Not Joanne Herman AuthorHouse, 2009
Transitions of the Heart: Stories of Love, Struggle and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender and Gender Variant Children Rachel Pepper, ed. Cleis Press, 2012
She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders Jennifer Finney Boylan Broadway, 2004
Becoming a Visible Man Jamison Green Vanderbilt University Press, 2004
True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism – For Families, Friends, Coworkers and Helping Professionals Mildred L. Brown and Chole Ann Rounsley Jossey-Bass, 2003

Gender-Expansive/Gender Non-Conforming Children

The Gender Creative Child: Pathways for Nurturing and Supporting Children Who Live Outside Gender Boxes Diane Ehrensaft, PhD The Experiment, 2016
Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Healthy Gender-Nonconforming Children Diane Ehrensaft, PhD The Experiment, 2011
The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals Stephanie A. Brill and Rachel Pepper Cleis Press, 2008

LGBT Families & Parenting

Journey to Same-Sex Parenthood: Firsthand Advice, Tips and Stories from Lesbian and Gay Couples Eric Rosswood New Horizon Press, 2016
Families of Value: Intimate Profiles of Pioneering Lesbian and Gay Parents Robert Bernstein Da Capo Press, 2009
The Complete Lesbian and Gay Parenting Guide Arlene Istar Lev Berkley Trade, 2004

Children of LGBT Parents

Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is Abigail Garner Harper Paperbacks, 2005
Love Makes a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents and Their Families Gigi Kaeser, Peggy Gillespie, Kath Weston and April Martin U. of Massachusetts Press, 1999
Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up With Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents Noelle Howey, Ellen Samuels, Margarethe Cammermeyer and Dan Savage Stonewall Inn Editions, 2000
How It Feels to Have a Gay or Lesbian Parent: A Book by Kids for Kids of All Ages Judith E. Snow Routledge, 2004

Books for Children

Heather Has Two Mommies: 20th Anniversary Edition Leslea Newman and Diana Souza Alyson Books, 2009
How Would You Feel If Your Dad Was Gay? Meredith Maran Alyson Books, 2000
And Tango Makes Three Peter Parnell Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, 2005
Who’s in a Family? Robert Skutch Tricycle Press, 1997

Books for Teens

What If Someone I Know Is Gay?: Answers to Questions About What It Means to Be Gay and Lesbian Eric Marcus Simon Pulse, 2007
Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth and Their Allies Ellen Bass and Kate Kaufman Harper Perennial, 1996
GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Queer and Questioning Teens Kelly Huegel Free Spirit Publishing, 2003

Fiction For Teens

The Vast Fields of Ordinary Nick Burd Dial, 2009
Boy Meets Boy David Levithan Knopf Books, 2005
Annie on My Mind Nancy Garden Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007
Deliver Us from Evie M.E. Kerr HarperTeen, 1995

History & Society

Making Gay History: The Half Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights Eric Marcus Harper Paperbacks, 2002
Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military Randy Shilts St. Martin’s Griffin, 2005
Positively Gay: New Approaches to Gay and Lesbian Life Betty Berzon and Barney Frank Celestial Arts, 2004

Religion

This I Know: A Simple Biblical Defense for LGBTQ Christians Jim Dant Publisher: Nurturing Faith Inc. (January 7, 2018)
God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships Matthew Vines Convergent Books, 2015
Judaism and Homosexuality: An Authentic Orthodox View Rabbi Chaim Rapoport Mitchell Vallentine & Company, 2004
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality Daniel A. Helminiak, Ph.D. Alamo Square Distributors, 2000
Do’s & Don’ts of Dealing with the Religious Right Marc Adams and Todd Tuttle Window Books, 2000
Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America Mel White Plume, 1995