Abigail Garner
American author and advocate for children with LGBT parents
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Abigail Garner is an American author and advocate for children with LGBT parents.[1]
Abigail Garner | |
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| Born | |
| Occupation | Author, advocate |
| Subject | LGBT parenting |
Biography
Garner is the author of Families Like Mine, a compilation of interviews from more than 50 children of LGBT parents, and discusses a breadth of issues including AIDS, divorce and homophobia.[2][3] She is the creator of a companion website to the book, FamiliesLikeMine.com, a resource for LGBT families.[4] Her writing has appeared in a number of publications including a commentary in Newsweek.[5]
Garner served on the board of the Minnesota/St. Paul chapter of PFLAG (Parents, Friends and Families of Lesbians and Gays). In addition, for six years she was on the board for the Twin Cities chapter of COLAGE.[citation needed]
Garner popularized the term "Queerspawn", a term children with gay parents call themselves,[6] coined by Stefan Lynch, first director of COLAGE.[7] She is a graduate of Wellesley College.[8] Garner identifies as heterosexual,[9] her father came out as gay when she was five years old.[8]
Bibliography
Books
- Garner, Abigail (2004-03-30). Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is. HarperCollins. ISBN 9780060527570. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
Book chapters
- Like Father, Like Daughter, in Cruz, Melissa de la; Dolby, Tom (2007-05-17). Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys. Penguin Group US. pp. 279–. ISBN 9781101213759. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
Articles
- "Don't 'Protect' Me; Give Me Your Respect: Growing Up with a Gay Father Wasn't Easy-But Only Because Our Society Doesn't Accept Families like Mine". Newsweek. February 11, 2002. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
