Abigail Garner

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Abigail Garner
Born Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
OccupationAuthor, advocate
SubjectLGBT parenting

Abigail Garner is an American author and advocate for children with LGBT parents. [1]

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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]

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  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. 1 2 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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