Abigail Garner

Abigail Garner
Born1975 (age 49–50)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
OccupationAuthor, advocate
SubjectLGBT parenting

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

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
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. ^ a b 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.