LGBT
Parenting |
For Lesbian Mothers
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Conception and
Pregnancy Guides
- A Donor
Insemination Guide:
Written by and for Lesbian Women by Mohler, Marie and Lacy
Frazer
(Binghamton, NY: Alice Street Editions, 2002)
- A mix of personal recollection and how-to, exclusively
about artificial
insemination.
- The Ultimate
Guide to Pregnancy
for Lesbians: Tips and Techniques from Conception to Birth: How to Stay
Sane
and Care for Yourself by Rachel (San Francisco: Cleis
Press, 1999)
- This book concentrates more on conception and preparation
and less on pregnancy and birth.
- The Essential
Guide to Lesbian
Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth by Kim Toevs and
Stephanie Brill
(Los Angeles: Alyson Publications, 2002)
- A guide specifically about pregnancy, written by a midwife
who specializes in helping gay, bisexual and transgender parents.
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Online bookstores
Amazon Bookstore
Cooperative (the original Amazon bookstore!)
Boadecia’s
Books
Beyond the
Closet
Calamus Books
A Different Light
Outlooks Outbooks
(Canadian)
Women
and Children First
amazon.com
barnesandnoble.com
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Parenting
Guides
- The Lesbian
Parenting Book:
A Guide to Creating Families and Raising Children by D.
Merilee Clunis
and G. Dorsey Green (Seattle: Seal Press, 2003, 2nd ed.)
- Written by a pair of physicians, this book covers topics
related to every step in the child-raising process, from pre-conception
to starting school, for gay women.
- For Lesbian
Parents: Your Guide
for Helping Your Family Grow Up Happy, Healthy, and Proud
by Suzanne
M. Johnson and Elizabeth O’Connor (New York: Guilford Press, 2001)
- Focused on child-rearing more than pregnancy, this book was
written by two psychologists who are also raising children together.
- Considering
Parenthood: A Handbook
for Lesbians by Cheri Pies (Duluth, Mn.: Spinsters Ink:
1988)
- Exercises and discussion about the choices inherent in the
decision to become a parent.
- It's a Family
Affair: The Complete
Lesbian Parenting Book by Lisa Saffron and Helen Sandler
(London:
Millivres Books, 2001)
- A bit of a catchall guide by a UK author, covering
artificial insemination, general parenting advice, and interviews with
lesbian mothers and their children.
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Stories
and Memoirs
- The Other
Mother: A Lesbian's
Fight for Her Daughter by Nancy Abrams (Madison, Wi.:
University of
Wisconsin Press, 1999)
- The story of a non-biological mother's loss of her child to
her former partner and the unforgiving legal system.
- Buying Dad:
One Woman’s Search
for the Perfect Sperm Donor by Harlyn Aizley (Los Angeles:
Alyson Publications,
2003)
- A funny account by one-half of a lesbian couple trying to
choose an ideal anonymous dad.
- Serving in
Silence
by Margarethe Cammermeyer (New York: Penguin, 1995)
- The first-person account of an officer (and mother) who was
discharged from the Army after revealing that she was a lesbian. Seyda,
Barbara. Women in Love: Portraits of Lesbian Mothers and their Familes.
Bulfinch, 1998.
- Waiting in the
Wings: Portrait
of a Queer Motherhood by Cherrie Moraga (Ann Arbor, Mi.:
Firebrand Books, 1997)
- The author, a Mexican-American writer/activist, writes
about her
late pregnancy and her son's premature birth and difficult first years,
exploring
the effects on her life and her relationship with her lover.
- Women in Love:
Portraits of
Lesbian Mothers and their Familes by Barbara Seyda
(Boston: Bulfinch,
1998)
- Stories and large format pictures, in the tradition of the Sisters photography book.
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Updated 7 December 2003 |