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LGBTQIA Parents & parenting

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Lesbian and Gay Foster Care and Adoption (Second Edition)

Featuring a spectrum of families from diverse backgrounds, this book reveals the joys and challenges of adoptive and foster parenting.

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Janet McDermott
2025
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Raised by Unicorns: Stories from People with LGBTQ+ Parents

In recent years, the world has been saturated by endless blogs, articles, and books devoted to the subject of LGBTQ+ parenting. On the flip side, finding stories written by the children of LGBTQ+ parents is akin to searching for a needle in a haystack.

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Frank Lowe (editor)
2025
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The Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads: Everything You Need to Know About LGBTQ Parenting But Are (Mostly) Afraid to Ask

If You are Thinking of Becoming a Gay Dad, or if You are Already a Gay Dad ─ This Book is for You! Are you ready to have kids? More and more gay men are turning to adoption and surrogacy to start their own families.

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Eric Rosswood
2017
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Building a Blended Family as a Same-Gender Couple | Ikeranda & Josette

Ikeranda (she/her) and Josette (she/her) explain the intricacies of building a blended family as a same-gender couple.

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2020
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The Lesbian Parenting Book: A Guide to Creating Families and Raising Children

Written by two experienced lesbian therapists and parents, this second edition of Lesbian Parenting has been updated to reflect the contemporary cultural and political landscape, as well as current trends in parenting.

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D. Merilee Clunis, G. Dorsey Green
2025
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Trans Moms Discuss Their Unique Parenting Challenges During the Pandemic—and What They Worry About When Things Go Back to ‘Normal’

Between 25% and 50% of transgender adults in the U.S. have children. Some have kids before coming out as trans, others adopt or foster, and some use egg or sperm cells they’ve frozen—usually before starting hormone replacement therapy.

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Derek P. Siegel
2021
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Lisa and Jessica, Adoptive Mom and Birth Mom, Are Friends in Adoption

A real adoption story. Adoptive mom Lisa and birthmother Jessica have something in common: David, their son. In this video, both women share their experiences through Open Adoption.

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2011
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What Gender Identity Means to Today’s Teens

What does your teen think about gender?

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2019
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What Becoming a Parent Really Does to Your Happiness

Research has found that having children is terrible for quality of life—but the truth about what parenthood means for happiness is a lot more complicated.

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Paul Bloom
2021
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Mum or Dad? I Am a Transgender Parent

This documentary is about the life of a single transgender parent Kirsty Gilbert-Gold and her two children.

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2018
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