PFLAG NYC is often asked to recommend books on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) subjects. From the early stages of learning about an LGBT loved one or coming out, to finding out more about the LGBT community and current issues, the books listed here are helpful in becoming well-informed.
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Parents & Families
This Is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids: A Question & Answer Guide to Everyday Life
Chronicle Books, 2014
Is It a Choice?: Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Gay and Lesbian People
HarperOne, 2005
Always My Child: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, or Questioning Son or Daughter
Fireside, 2002
Out of the Closet, Into Our Hearts
Leyland Publications, 2001
Beyond Acceptance: Parents of Lesbians and Gays Talk About Their Experiences
St. Martin’s Griffin, 1997
Now That You Know: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding Their Gay and Lesbian Children
Harvest Books, 1998
Coming Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Lesbian or Gay Child
Columbia University Press, 2010
Side by Side: On Having a Gay or Lesbian Sibling
Routledge, 2004
Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey
Harper Paperbacks, 2000
My Child Is Gay: How Parents React When They Hear the News
Allen & Unwin, 2007
Something to Tell You
Columbia University Press, 2000
Straight Parents, Gay Children: Keeping Families Together
Da Capo Press, 2003
Helping Your Transgender Teen: A Guide for Parents
Genderwise Press, 2011
Different Daughters: A Book by Mothers of Lesbians
Cleis Press, 2001
My Son Eric: A Mother Struggles to Accept Her Gay Son and Discovers Herself
Pilgrim Press, 2001
Finding Out: The ABC’s of Same Sex Relationships
Fithian Press, 2002
The Family Heart: A Memoir of When Our Son Came Out
Fawcett Books, 1995
Prayers for Bobby: A Mother’s Coming to Terms With the Suicide of Her Gay Son
Harper San Francisco, 1996
Parenting & Raising Children
How Homophobia Hurts Children: Nurturing Diversity at Home, at School and in the Community
Routledge, 2002
Coming Out
Outing Yourself: How to Come Out to Your Family, Friends and Co-Workers
Fireside, 1996
The Way Out: The Gay Man’s Guide to Freedom
HCI, 2006
Crisis: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social, and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing Up Gay in America
Greenleaf Book Group, LLC, 2008
The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man’s World
Da Capo Press, 2006
Transgender Topics
Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue
Columbia University Press, 2012
Trans Forming Families: Real Stories About Transgendered Loved Ones
Oak Knoll Press, 2003
Transgender Explained For Those Who Are Not
AuthorHouse, 2009
Transitions of the Heart: Stories of Love, Struggle and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender and Gender Variant Children
Cleis Press, 2012
She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders
Broadway, 2004
Becoming a Visible Man
Vanderbilt University Press, 2004
True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism - For Families, Friends, Coworkers and Helping Professionals
Jossey-Bass, 2003
Gender-Expansive/Gender Non-Conforming Children
The Gender Creative Child: Pathways for Nurturing and Supporting Children Who Live Outside Gender Boxes
The Experiment, 2016
Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Healthy Gender-Nonconforming Children
The Experiment, 2011
The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals
Cleis Press, 2008
LGBT Families & Parenting
Journey to Same-Sex Parenthood: Firsthand Advice, Tips and Stories from Lesbian and Gay Couples
New Horizon Press, 2016
Families of Value: Intimate Profiles of Pioneering Lesbian and Gay Parents
Da Capo Press, 2009
The Complete Lesbian and Gay Parenting Guide
Berkley Trade, 2004
Children of LGBT Parents
Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is
Harper Paperbacks, 2005
Love Makes a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents and Their Families
U. of Massachusetts Press, 1999
Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up With Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents
Stonewall Inn Editions, 2000
How It Feels to Have a Gay or Lesbian Parent: A Book by Kids for Kids of All Ages
Routledge, 2004
Books for Children
Heather Has Two Mommies: 20th Anniversary Edition
Alyson Books, 2009
How Would You Feel If Your Dad Was Gay?
Alyson Books, 2000
And Tango Makes Three
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, 2005
Who’s in a Family?
Tricycle Press, 1997
Books for Teens
What If Someone I Know Is Gay?: Answers to Questions About What It Means to Be Gay and Lesbian
Simon Pulse, 2007
Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth and Their Allies
Harper Perennial, 1996
GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Queer and Questioning Teens
Free Spirit Publishing, 2003
Fiction for Teens
The Vast Fields of Ordinary
Dial, 2009
Boy Meets Boy
Knopf Books, 2005
Annie on My Mind
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007
Deliver Us from Evie
HarperTeen, 1995
History & Society
Making Gay History: The Half Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights
Harper Paperbacks, 2002
Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military
St. Martin’s Griffin, 2005
Positively Gay: New Approaches to Gay and Lesbian Life
Celestial Arts, 2004
Religion
God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships
Convergent Books, 2015
Judaism and Homosexuality: An Authentic Orthodox View
Mitchell Vallentine & Company, 2004
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality
Alamo Square Distributors, 2000
Do’s & Don’ts of Dealing with the Religious Right
Window Books, 2000
Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America
Plume, 1995
