Books for 2SLGBTQIA+ Parents & Families

Updated May 5, 2025
Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries NLPL Pride
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American Teenager : How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era
Paper Book
From an award-winning journalist comes a vivid and moving portrait of eight trans and nonbinary teenagers across the country, following their daily triumphs, struggles, and all that encompasses growing up trans in America today "An urgent and heartfelt chronicle of families...
Baby making for everybody : family building and fertility for LGBTQ+ and solo pa
Rachlin, Ray.
Paper Book
This inclusive, straightforward guide to fertility is What to Expect Before You're Expecting for families outside the heterosexual nuclear family model--perfect for LGBTQ+ and solo parents who want to have kids but don't know where to start.     
Three dads and a baby : adventures in modern parenting /
Jenkins, Ian.
Paper Book
Families come in all forms, but parental love is universal . . . As a closeted teen, Ian wondered if he would ever be able to live openly with a male partner. Years later, he had not one but two partners in a polyamorous Throuple--what more could he ask for? But something was still...
The natural mother of the child : a memoir of nonbinary parenthood /
Malcolm Belc, Krys.
Paper Book
Krys Malcolm Belc's visual memoir-in-essays explores how the experience of gestational parenthood--conceiving, birthing, and breastfeeding his son Samson--eventually clarified his gender identity. Krys Malcolm Belc has thought a lot about the interplay between parenthood and...
Like a boy but not a boy : [online electronic book] navigating life, mental heal
Bennett, Andrea
Ebook
How we do family : [online electronic book] from adoption to trans pregnancy, wh
Reese, Trystan.
Ebook
As featured in People magazine: One LGBTQ family's inspiring, heartfelt story of the many alternative paths that lead to a loving family, with lessons for every parent Trystan and Biff had been dating for just a year when the couple learned that Biff's niece and nephew were about to be...
Rainbow relatives : real-world stories and advice on how to talk to kids about L
Karatas, Sudi
Paper Book
Whether you have your own questions because you're preparing to come out to your kids, or you aren't sure how to explain to your kids why their uncle has a boyfriend or why their friend has two mommies, this book can help. With an entertaining and educational approach to educating yourself and your...
Queer conception : the complete fertility guide for queer and trans parents-to-b
Kali, Kristin L.
Paper Book
" A a well-researched, deeply comprehensive (and readable!) guide to building a queer family in a way that works for you." -Emily Oster, author of Expecting Better This groundbreaking, up-to-date fertility guide from trusted queer and trans midwife Kristin Liam Kali...
Love lives here : a story of thriving in a transgender family /
Jette Knox, Amanda
Paper Book
Amanda Jette Knox was unprepared when the child she knew as her son came out as transgender at the age of eleven. Shocked, but knowing how important it was to support her daughter, Jett© Knox became an ardent advocate for trans rights. But there was more to come. For many years, Amanda had coped...

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