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According to the recent United States Census, there are 650,000 same-sex couple households in the U.S., and an estimated one-quarter of those households are raising children. In the past few years, several states across the nation have passed Freedom to Marry bills for same-sex couples. But even with the rise in recognition of LGBTQ families, acceptance has not necessarily followed. Unfortunately, young adults in LGBTQ families encounter many challenges, from derision by their peers to the embarrassment of being perceived as different.
LGBTQ Families: The Ultimate Teen Guide focuses on the difficulties young people face as members of households in which one or more members are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, or queer/questioning. This book offers encouragement, insights, and resources to help them cope with and embrace the uniqueness of their family life. Teens and adults from LGBTQ familiesand teens who identify as LGBTQ themselvestell their...
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LGBTQ Families
The Ultimate Teen Guide
Eva Apelqvist
It Happened to Me, No. 37
THE SCARECROW PRESS, INC.
Lanham Toronto Plymouth, UK
2013
Published by Scarecrow Press, Inc.
A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.
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Copyright 2013 by Scarecrow Press
All rights reserved . No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Apelqvist, Eva.
LGBTQ families : the ultimate teen guide / Eva Apelqvist.
pages cm. (It happened to me ; 37)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8108-8536-3 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8108-8537-0 (ebook) 1. GaysFamily relationshipsJuvenile literature. 2. Sexual minoritiesFamily relationshipsJuvenile literature. 3. Children of gay parentsJuvenile literature. 4. FamiliesJuvenile literature. I. Title.
HQ76.25.A64 2013
306.874086'64dc23 2013015488
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Printed in the United States of America.
Contents
Introduction
As a young professional in Santa Barbara, California, I worked in an office where gay jokes were the norm. Not wanting to be a wet blanket, I usually ignored them. But one day when I was feeling crabby and exhausted, my boss told a particularly tasteless gay joke in a big meeting and I snapped. I told her that my best friend was a lesbian and that I found these jokes insulting (killing any dreams of a promotion for the next one hundred years or so). After an awkward silence and a bit of hemming and hawing, the meeting went on. Later, during a break, I found myself in a bathroom stall next to a coworker. Timidly she whispered from the stall next to mine, Thank you. Im gay.
This event became an important reminder to me that we should not wait to speak up until we can no longer stand it, but do it when we first meet with injustice and offensive behavior. When I was presented with the opportunity to write this book, it became a chance for me to reevaluate my role as a straight ally and better learn where I fit into the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, and queer) rights movement. I will allow the book to answer this question.
Even though injustice is a red thread throughout the pages, as it must be at this time in history, this book is not primarily about injusticeit is about what its like to have LGBTQ parents. And here I encountered my first conundrumthe difficulty of keeping issues relevant to children with LGBTQ parents separate from those of the parents themselves and other LGBTQ persons. The more research I did for this book, the more I realized what should have been obvious from the very startthat children with LGBTQ parents are affected by all issues LGBTQ. Any injustice and prejudice shown toward the parents affect the children. All laws that exclude LGBTQ persons from rights other people have also affect their children and partners. Therefore, I have allowed the book to stray where it must. When I explore bullying in schools, for example, I look not only at the children of LGBTQ persons being harassed, but also at young LGBTQ persons themselves and what the schools are doing or not doing to protect these children and young adults.
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