Remembering LGBTQ Families

The history of LGBTQ families is longer than you may think.

Key Posts: The History of LGBTQ Families

Quotes banner

10 Historical Quotes By and About LGBTQ Parents and Our Children

LGBTQ families have a long history. As LGBTQ History Month draws to a close, let’s look back with this selection of quotes by and about LGBTQ parents and our children from various eras in history …
Some artifacts of lesbian mom history

For International Lesbian Day: Some Highlights of Lesbian Mom History

If She Grows Up Gay

Watch: 1983 Short Film About a Black Queer Mom

Babies in silhouette on a rainbow background

The “Gayby Boom” and Its Echoes

Amy Asks a Question

26 Years Ago, a Children’s Book Asked, “Grandma, What’s a Lesbian?”

Starry sky with rainbow gradient

Telling Our Family Histories

Hand and finger

A Little-Known Piece of Queer Parenting History

Baby shoes with rainbow gradient

A Short History of LGBTQ Parenting

Rainbow flag

LGBTQ Families, Past, Present, and Future

Milestones in U.S. LGBTQ Parenting History

In Memoriam

Sphen and Magic. Photo credit: Sea Life Sydney Aquarium.

World Famous Penguin Dad Passes; Same-Sex Partner Sings in Tribute

Sphen, a gentoo penguin who rose to worldwide fame with his same-sex mate Magic after they incubated eggs and raised two chicks together, died this month at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium. When Magic saw Sphen’s body, “He immediately started singing, which was beautifully reciprocated by the colony,” the aquarium said …
In Memoriam: Nex Benedict

Nex Benedict and the Need for Change

Abilly-Jones-Hennin. Photo: Thursday42

In Memoriam: Abilly S. Jones-Hennin, Bisexual Activist and Father

World Trade Center. Photo by Dana Rudolph

9/11: Of Remembrance and Hope

Pride Flag on Blue Sky

In Memoriam: Laura Ann Carleton, an Ally Killed for Flying Pride Flag

Minnie Bruce Pratt. Photo: Rachel Fus, 2008

In Memoriam: Minnie Bruce Pratt, Poet, Activist, and Lesbian Mother

Cheri A. Pies. Photo courtesy of UC Berkeley School of Public Health

In Memoriam: Dr. Cheri A. Pies, Author of Classic Book on Lesbian Parenthood

Dr. Susan Love. Photo courtesy of the Dr. Susan Love Foundation for Breast Cancer Research

In Memoriam: Dr. Susan Love, Pioneering Breast Cancer Researcher, Advocate, and Lesbian Mom

Candle

In Memoriam: the Nashville Shooting Victims

Brianna Ghey

In Memoriam: Brianna Ghey

Latest Books on the History of LGBTQ Families

Visit the full Database of LGBTQ Family Books to search and filter books by topics and identities.

For Kids

What I Must Tell the World: How Lorraine Hansberry Found Her Voice
Queer Mythology: Epic Legends from Around the World
Love of the Half-Eaten Peach
Jane Addams: The Most Dangerous Woman in America
Queer History A to Z: 100 Years of LGBTQ+ Activism
The ABCs of Queer History

For Grown-Ups

The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts
A Secret I Can't Tell: The First Generation of Children from Openly Gay and Lesbian Homes
Bachelor Father: The first single man to legally adopt a child in America
The Velveteen Father: An Unexpected Journey to Parenthood
The Right to Be Parents: LGBT Families and the Transformation of Parenthood
Courting Change: Queer Parents, Judges, and the Transformation of American Family Law

More LGBTQ History Posts

Moments and Milestones

Randomly served moments and milestones from the past two decades of LGBTQ parenting history.

Scroll to Top