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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Mommy, mama, and me	Lesléa Newman	Rhythmic text and illustrations with universal appeal show a toddler spending the day with its mommies. From hide-and-seek to dress-up, then bath time and a kiss goodnight, there's no limit to what a…	OL15973569W
Confessions of the other mother	Harlyn Aizley	After author Harlyn Aizley gave birth to her daughter, she watched in unanticipated horror as her partner scooped up the baby and said, "I'm your new mommy!" While they both had worked to find the pe…	OL16025559W
Does this baby make me look straight?	Dan Bucatinsky	From actor/writer/producer Dan Bucatinsky, executive producer of NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?, a collection of snort-milk-through-your-nose funny stories of parenthood that will obliterate the bou…	OL16362415W
Mom	Nisa Donnelly	Nearly 30 women, including some of the best-known lesbian writers in the country, contributed to this remarkable ode to mothers with memoirs that are astonishing in their diversity and truth. These r…	OL16457241W
Raising My Rainbow	Lori Duron	Whereas her older son, Chase, is a Lego-loving, sports-playing boy’s boy, Lori’s younger son, C.J., would much rather twirl around in a pink sparkly tutu, with a Disney Princess in each hand while si…	OL17358377W
The Reluctant Daughter	Lesléa Newman	A story every daughter will recognize, The Reluctant Daughter depicts the struggles of Lydia Pinkowitz to communicate the realities of her life as a lesbian, as a feminist scholar, and as the woman s…	OL17484813W
Now that you know	Betty Fairchild,Nancy Hayward	"One of the most important books about gay people yet published, Now that you Know is a challenging and enlightening guide for the 20 to 40 million parents in the United States who may be faced with …	OL1867718W
The end of Eve	Ariel Gore	At age 39, Ariel Gore has everything she's always wanted: a successful writing career, a long-term partnership, a beautiful if tiny home, a daughter in college and a son in preschool. But life's happ…	OL19709886W
Baby's first words	Stella Blackstone	Spend the day with a busy baby and her two dads, and learn the words for things you do and see along the way! This innovative first-words book features labels for objects, actions and sound effects, …	OL20059890W
My Dads Still Love Me Even Though They're Getting Divorced	Lois Nightingale Ph.D.	For ages 4-10. A workbook and fable about four children dealing with their divorce of their two fathers; a wizard and a musician. Each of the children finds their own ways to cope and thrive after th…	OL20242024W
Conversaciones	Mariana Romo-Carmona	Twenty-three Latino parents speak about their relationships with their lesbian and gay children, with frankness, humor, and love. A Puerto Rican mother praises and supports her son, a respected po…	OL2030949W
Understanding Children's Sexual Behaviors	Toni Cavanagh Johnson,Allison Joe	This is an attractive, easy-to-read, highly informative and practical 42 page booklet for parents, teachers, school counselors, social workers, CASA, police, and anyone else who wants to understand c…	OL20660463W
Unconditional	Telaina Eriksen	Parents of LGBT children guide: Unconditional: A Guide to Loving and Supporting Your LGBTQ Child" provides parents of a LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning) child with a framewo…	OL21828483W
Gay Fatherhood	Ellen Lewin	Men are often thought to have less interest in parenting than women, and gay men are generally assumed to prefer pleasure over responsibility. The toxic combination of these two stereotypical views h…	OL2740872W
Daddy's Roommate	Michael Willhoite	The groundbreaking picture book from 1994 wherein a young boy discusses his divorced father's new living situation, in which the father and his gay roommate share eating, doing chores, playing, lovin…	OL2972232W
Family Values	Phyllis Burke	A lesbian recounts her fight to legally adopt and co-parent her lover's child, describing her journey into the worlds of adoption courts and the militant activist group, Queer Nation. 25,000 first pr…	OL3255925W
The Velveteen Father	Jesse Green	Being a parent was not a high priority--or even much of a likelihood--for acclaimed journalist and novelist Jesse Green. Yet when Green, at the age of thirty-seven, fell in love with a man who had re…	OL4141022W
The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians	Rachel Pepper	The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians covers everything you need to make the thrilling and challenging journey to motherhood: from choosing a donor to tracking fertility to signing the right p…	OL5828952W
Different Daughters	Louise Rafkin	Coming out to Mom is a lesbian rite of passage. In the third edition of this landmark anthology, 34 remarkable women face their fears and confusion, prejudice and misunderstandings, and speak honestl…	OL777427W
My Miserable Lonely Lesbian Pregnancy	Andrea Askowitz	In this memoir of her 40 weeks and five days in hell, Andrea Askowitz takes an unflinching look at her pregnant life from struggling with hormones to poor body image to a self imposed exile from fami…	OL9867958W