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Book

Raised by unicorns : stories from people with LGBTQ+ parents

Call Number

  • 306.76 R159 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

Jersey City, NJ : Cleis Press, [2018]

Physical Description

198 pages ; 21 cm

Summary

In recent years, the world has been saturated by endless blogs, articles, and books devoted to the subject of LGBTQ+ parenting. On the flip side, finding stories written by the children of LGBTQ+ parents is akin to searching for a needle in a haystack. Now that the world is more accepting than ever of non-traditional families, it's time to create a literary space for this not-so-unique, shared, but completely individual experience. In Raised by Unicorns: Stories from People with LGBTQ+ Parents, Frank Lowe has carefully edited an anthology that reflects on the upbringing of children in many different forms of LGBTQ+ families. From Baby Boomers to Generation Z, it features diverse stories that express the distinctiveness of this shared journey and of each particular family. It's visceral, raw, and not always pretty, but love is always the common thread. Lowe candidly reveals true accounts of this particular niche of humanity, while simultaneously creating a moving snapshot of the world in which we live. Raised by Unicorns guides the reader through an empathetic journey that is nothing short of compelling and poignant. We've all heard the phrase "raised by wolves." Now we have a window into the complex world of being Raised by Unicorns.

Contents

  • The curious case of coming out / Ariel Chesler
  • I am not an ally / Jenny Gangloff Rain
  • One coin, two sides / Persis Ticknor-Swanson
  • Calvin Ticknor-Swanson
  • Learning to dance / Kate Hillyer
  • The family that just happened / Olivia Rudis
  • Through rainbow-colored glasses / Eric Tracy-Cohen
  • The way it was for me / Kellen Kaiser
  • Learning to love / Mary Holland
  • Two hens and a chick: my teenage life with two moms / Mikayla Denault
  • The woman who cannot refuses to French braid her hair / Emiy Grubbs
  • My dad is a drag ... queen / Ryan Murphy
  • "I know you are, but what am I?" / Lara Lillibridge
  • Changing the definition of gay / Rebecca Gorman
  • Beauty and the butch: an interview with Joe Valentine.

Subjects

Added Authors

Frank Lowe