Abigail Garner

Abigail Garner (born 1975 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American author and advocate for children with LGBT parents.[1]

Abigail Garner
Born1975 (age 47–48)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
OccupationAuthor, advocate
SubjectLGBT 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.

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

References
  1. McDougall, Amy (April 24, 2002). "Activist sets the story straight -". Minnesota Women's Press. St. Paul, MN. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  2. Marler, Regina (July 20, 2004). "For moms and dads". The Advocate. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  3. Goldberg, Abbie E.; Allen, Katherine R. (2012-10-12). LGBT-Parent Families: Innovations in Research and Implications for Practice. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 167–. ISBN 9781461445562. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. Bourke, Jane (2004). Family Relationships. Ready-Ed Publications. pp. 12–. ISBN 9781863976107. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  5. "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.
  6. Hart, Melissa. "Meet the 'Queerspawn'." The Gay and Lesbian Review (2005): 32-33
  7. Garner, Abigail (2005). Families Like Mine. HarperCollins. p. 11.
  8. Harvey, Kay (March 6, 2002). "One daughter's mission: to wipe out homophobia". Amarillo Globe-News. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  9. "Are you a lesbian?". Families Like Mine. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
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