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It is critical that LGBT parents and prospective parents have access to information and resources to support us along the way. Lists and links are located throughout the Families section, but this is their warehouse.

It's constantly expanding, so come back from time to time to see what's new!

Articles

Check out our library of articles, essays, and other documents of relevance to LGBTQ parents and families! It's a work in progress, so please contact us with any suggested additions or updated information.

• Adoption
• Blended & Step Families
• Child Development & Psychological Issues
• Coparenting
• Domestic Partnership
• Donor Insemination
• Foster Parenting
• Legal Issues
• Research
• Schools
• Surrogacy
• Transracial / Transcultural Families

Resources

• Resources for Families

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ADOPTION

Adoption and the law: myths, lies and straight talk - Aaron Britvan, American Fertility Association
Adoption glossary - Center for Family Connections
Choosing an adoption service provider - Ethica
Connecting with a culture - Paula Hajar, Adoptive Families
Crossing state lines - Sandra Knispel, American Fertility Association
Expanding resources for children: is adoption by lesbians and gays part of the answer for boys and girls who need homes? Executive summary - Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
Family ties: how AF readers help their kids learn about their heritage - Adoptive Families
From only to oldest: preparing your child for a sibling - Eliza Castaneda, Adoptive Families
Gay and lesbian adoptive parenting - Michael Colberg
Getting to the heart of adoption - Michael Colberg
How to adopt - North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC)
Infertility, adoption and the space in between - Carolyn Berger, American Fertility Association
Know your rights: adoption in New York state
Know your rights: custody & visitation in New York state
Know your rights: intercountry adoption
Laying the foundation to welcome gay and lesbian families - Jill Jacobs, NACAC
Making peace with missing information - Lois Melina, Adoptive Families

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BLENDED & STEP FAMILIES

Celebration of family diversity - Alston R. Drummond, Just For Us, a publication of COLAGE

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CHILD DEVELOPMENT & PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES

From only to oldest: preparing your child for a sibling - Eliza Castaneda, Adoptive Families

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COPARENTING

The family council: an alternative plan for possible changes of heart - Jenifer Firestone

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DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP

Know your rights: federal domestic partnership
Know your rights: immigration for partners

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DONOR INSEMINATION

Access to fertility treatment by gays, lesbians, and unmarried persons - the Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine
How do you know that a fertility center is good? - Michael Alper, MD, American Fertility Association
Infertility, adoption and the space in between - Carolyn Berger, American Fertility Association
Know your rights: donor insemination
My two dads, my two moms: insights on gay & lesbian family building - The American Fertility Association

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FOSTER PARENTING

How do I become a foster parent? - NYC Children's Services

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LEGAL ISSUES

Adoption and the law: myths, lies and straight talk - Aaron Britvan, American Fertility Association
Crossing state lines - Sandra Knispel, American Fertility Association
Know your rights: adoption in New York state
Know your rights: custody & visitation in New York state
Know your rights: donor insemination
Know your rights: federal domestic partnership
Know your rights: immigration for partners
Know your rights: intercountry adoption

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RESEARCH

(How) Does the sexual orientation of parents matter? - Timothy J. Biblarz and Judith Stacey, American Sociological Review
Involved, invisible, ignored: the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents and their children in our nation's K-12 schools - Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), in partnership with COLAGE & Family Equality Council

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SCHOOLS

Going beyond gay-straight alliances to make schools safe for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students - Pat Griffin, Ph.D., and Mathew L. Ouellett, Ph.D., Institute for Gay & Lesbian Strategic Studies
Involved, invisible, ignored: the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents and their children in our nation's K-12 schools - Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), in partnership with COLAGE & Family Equality Council
Opening doors: lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) parents and schools - Family Equality Council

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SURROGACY

My two dads, my two moms: insights on gay & lesbian family building - The American Fertility Association
New York surrogacy law - Terri James, The American Surrogacy Center

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TRANSRACIAL / TRANSCULTURAL FAMILIES

Celebration of family diversity - Alston R. Drummond, Just For Us, a publication of COLAGE
Connecting with a culture - Paula Hajar, Adoptive Families
Family ties: how AF readers help their kids learn about their heritage - Adoptive Families

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