Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up with Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents
An essay collection about the experiences of children raised by gay, lesbian, and transgender parents. It presents family, secrecy, and identity from multiple angles.
Work Information
A collection of voices on the confusion and understanding that can shape life with queer and trans parents.
A Lambda Literary Award-winning collection in which people raised by gay, lesbian, and transgender parents describe the realities of family life and the shaping of their identities.
Book Information
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Published
- 2000-08-10
- Pages
- 244 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 13.97 x 1.4 x 21.59 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780312244897
- ISBN-10
- 0312244894
- Price
- 3452 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Politics & Social Sciences/Social Sciences/Specific Demographics/Gay & Lesbian
Offers a variety of personal accounts of achieving one's own sexual identity, coping with homophobia, reaching a modern definition of the family, and related situations, when one's parents are gay, lesbian, or transgender.
Noelle Howey is a freelance editor who has contributed to numerous magazines and web sites, including Ms., Self , Time Out , Mademoiselle , and Mother Jones . She is also the author Dress Codes . Ellen Samuels is an award-winning poet and teacher who lives in Berkeley, California. She holds an M.F.A. in creative writing from Cornell University and has published poetry and articles in numerous literary journals.
Reviews
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A good book on issues for children of a trans parent. Worth reading.
Related Literary Awards
- Lambda Literary Awards Edition 13 (2001) ・Winner・Winner