Love makes a family : portraits of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parents and their families / photographs by Gigi Kaeser ; edited by Peggy Gillespie ; foreword by Minnie Bruce Pratt ; introduction by Kath Weston ; afterword by April Martin.
Family album / Minnie Bruce Pratt -- Capturing more than the moment; lesbian-gay families in the making / Kath Weston -- Family portraits: Allen/Jurs -- Allison/Layman -- Arnaboldi -- Bellavance-Grace -- Benjamin/Zellers -- Borkowski/Halvorsen -- Burning Cloud/Sison -- Cofrin/Shaw/Merrigan -- Cook-Daniels -- Cooper -- Drayton -- Dyton/Grogan -- Elsasser/Robinson -- Ferreria/Crowell/Donovan -- Gabel/Brett -- Galluccio -- Gonzalez/Carlo -- Goodrich/Cornwall/Opperman -- Heller -- Hickman/Stevenson -- Hil/Hoffman -- Jang/Otto -- Johnston/Finnegan -- Kelley/Jones -- Kling -- Kulesa/Castonguay -- Lavandier -- Maimes/LaCroix -- Mixon -- Nugent/Kuzmanic -- Phillips/Hathaway -- Polito -- Robinson -- Sekin-Poole -- Stokes/DuPree -- Styles-MacKenzie -- Thomas -- Voscott -- Wainwright/Kelly -- Watson/Hutchins -- Winchester/Gafford -- Zashin/Jacobson.
Summary:
This volume combines interview and photographs to document the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parents and their children. It allow all of the family members to speak candidly about their lives, their relationships, and the ways in which they have dealt with the pressures of homophobia. Included in the book are people from diverse racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds, representing a wide range of family structures. Together, they provide clear evidence that family roles and responsibilities need not be based on gender, and that children thrive in an atmosphere in which understanding, respect, and love transcend the prejudices of the day.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.