Remembering LGBTQ Families

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

Key Posts: The History of LGBTQ Families

Some artifacts of lesbian mom history

For International Lesbian Day: Some Highlights of Lesbian Mom History

For International Lesbian Day and LGBTQ History Month, here are some fun moments of lesbian mom history to know and share! (This is an enhanced version of a piece I posted for Lesbian Visibility Day in April; clearly lesbians are so awesome that we need two holidays to celebrate!) …
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

Bust of Sappho

Seeking LGBTQ Parents in History

Milestones in U.S. LGBTQ Parenting History

In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Nex Benedict

Nex Benedict and the Need for Change

Like many of us, I have been saddened and angered by the death of 16-year-old nonbinary transgender student Nex Benedict after an assault at school. Nex’s death is a tragedy—and Nex is not the only trans young person to have died too soon …
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

Colorado Springs flag, rainbow flag, and candle

After the Colorado Springs Shooting: Talking With Children About Gun Violence

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

The ABCs of Queer History
The Queens' English: The Young Readers' Lgbtqia+ Dictionary of Lingo and Colloquial Phrases
Queer and Fearless: Poems Celebrating the Lives of LGBTQ+ Heroes
Pride Power: The Young Person's Guide to LGBTQIA+
Rainbows, Unicorns, and Triangles: Queer Symbols Throughout History
Glenn Burke, Game Changer

For Grown-Ups

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 Right to Be Parents: LGBT Families and the Transformation of Parenthood
Courting Change: Queer Parents, Judges, and the Transformation of American Family Law
Radical Relations: Lesbian Mothers, Gay Fathers, and Their Children in the United States since World War II
Confessions of a Fairy's Daughter: Growing Up with a Gay Dad

More LGBTQ History Posts

Moments and Milestones

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

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