Abigail Garner Explained

Abigail Garner
Birth Place:Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Occupation:Author, advocate
Subject:LGBT parenting

Abigail Garner (born 1975 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.

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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Activist sets the story straight -. McDougall. Amy. April 24, 2002. Minnesota Women's Press. 18 November 2014. St. Paul, MN. https://web.archive.org/web/20160408103349/http://www.womenspress.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=572&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=20&S=1. 8 April 2016. dead.
  2. News: For moms and dads. Marler. Regina. July 20, 2004. The Advocate. 18 November 2014.
  3. Book: Goldberg. Abbie E.. Allen. Katherine R.. LGBT-Parent Families: Innovations in Research and Implications for Practice. 18 November 2014. 2012-10-12. Springer Science & Business Media. 9781461445562. 167–.
  4. Book: Bourke, Jane. Family Relationships. 18 November 2014. 2004. Ready-Ed Publications. 9781863976107. 12–.
  5. News: 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. February 11, 2002. Newsweek. 18 November 2014.
  6. Hart, Melissa. "Meet the 'Queerspawn'." The Gay and Lesbian Review (2005): 32-33
  7. Book: Garner , Abigail . Abigail Garner

    . Abigail Garner. Families Like Mine. HarperCollins. 2005. 11 .

  8. News: One daughter's mission: to wipe out homophobia. Harvey. Kay. March 6, 2002. Amarillo Globe-News. 18 November 2014.
  9. Web site: Are you a lesbian?. Families Like Mine. 18 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129084110/http://familieslikemine.com/?page_id=134. 29 November 2014. dead. dmy-all.

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