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                                    Books 

 

Always My Child: A Parent's Guide to Understanding Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered or Questioning Son or Daughter - This book is primarily targeted toward parents struggling to help and deal with their questioning or coming out teenage child. 

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A Family and Friend's Guide to Sexual Orientation: Bridging the Divide Between Gay and Straight - Power and Ellis' book is a great next step for families and friends in various stages of coming to terms with a loved one being out. 

 

Family Outing - A smart, sensible, and supportive guide for parents who learn that their child is gay, lesbian, or bisexual, based on letters written by British parents of gay, lesbian, and bisexual children. 

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Mom, Dad, I'm Gay: How Families Negotiate Coming Out - Drawing from over 150 interviews with teens, psychologist Ritch Savin-Williams seeks to separate fact from fiction in this survey of coming-out experiences

 

My Child is Gay: How Parents React When They Hear the News - My Child is Gay - parents share how they coped and in some cases did not cope with news twhen their child came out. 

 

Now That You Know: A Parents' Guide to Understanding Their Gay and Lesbian Children - If the coming out process is difficult for gay people, it is often equally difficult for their parents. 

 

Thriving Through Transition: Self-Care for Parents of Transgender Children by Denise O'Doherty “Mom, Dad - I’m transgender” In one second our lives can change forever and that is what happens to many parents when a child “comes out” and tells them they are transgender. and helps people process of what is about to unfold in their lives