Books for and about teens with gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender parents. Mostly young adult (YA) novels, some non-fiction. For high school and junior high age range.

Just to clarify for everyone, this list is only for teen books, so books published for teenagers. Not adult fiction or non-fiction. The character in the book either has to have an LGBT parent or an LGBT parent needs to be involved in the book's plot in some way.
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message 1: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl Thanks for this list!


message 2: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart You're welcome!

I'm getting kind of close to the 100 book limit, something I never thought would happen, lol. In case I run out of room, I might remove some books. If that happens, I'll make a note in the comment section and maybe someone else with more votes than me can add them back in.


message 3: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl Good planning - I'll be glad to do that.


message 4: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Thanks so much, Cheryl. I've reached the limit, so it would be awesome if you (or anyone else) would be willing to vote for some of the books. Maybe go down in order? The top 20? Or the top 50? Or just choose your favorites if you have them.


message 5: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl Well, I'm not qualified to actually vote on them as I've not read any of them. So, I'll go ahead and just give out a few votes to those on the bottom of the list.

But meanwhile, if you have any titles that need to be added, and you can't add them, post them here.


message 6: by Rainbowheart (last edited Dec 17, 2013 03:41PM) (new)

Rainbowheart Oh, the ones on the bottom of the list are actually the minor ones. Maybe better to vote for ones toward the top of the list because those are the first ones people will see when they visit.

Kaje did vote for some (thanks Kaje) so I will go ahead and take some of my votes off and add new ones. I'll see if I can get all of the ones I know of to fit. If not then I will list the titles here.


message 7: by Rainbowheart (last edited Dec 17, 2013 03:49PM) (new)

Rainbowheart Oh, hey, also Cheryl, I told Buzz his votes were not appropriate for the list because this list is only for books that have been published for teenagers. So if you could maybe unvote for those, it would be helpful.


message 8: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl You do know you can remove books that don't match the parameters of the list, right? Iirc, it's a tiny grey text near the description that you wrote....


message 9: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl Sorry for my confusion. I took my votes off the non-fiction books.


message 10: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart No prob! The whole thing is tre' confusing, lol.

Are you a librarian, Cheryl? I don't have a way to take books off the list myself.

All I see is the little "edit" link which lets me change the title and description of the list but doesn't let me take off other people's votes. I can remove my own votes but not other people's.


message 11: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl Oh! Ok, yes, I am a librarian, so I can remove the non-fiction books. Let me know of any others that should be removed.


message 13: by Rainbowheart (last edited Dec 18, 2013 05:33PM) (new)

Rainbowheart Those are actually ones I added. They are all published for teenagers and they are all about LGBT parents. So they do belong on the list! I'm the list creator and I intended the list to be a resource for teens. Non fiction is ok as long as it is teen non fiction about LGBT parents and not just general non fiction like the ones Buzz added.


message 14: by Rainbowheart (last edited Dec 18, 2013 05:34PM) (new)

Rainbowheart So I added them back in. Hope that's ok? I will let you know if I see anything else that needs removing. Right now everything looks ok.

But if people did want to add more books (I'm near the top of my limit), you could always vote for...

Playground by 50 Cent (lesbian mom)

Angry Management by Chris Crutcher (two moms and two dads)


message 15: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed these....

Coronation Necklace
A Very Civil Wedding

Neither appeared to be YA or involve LGBT parents in any way.


message 16: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed Right Side Out, which was not YA.


message 17: by Dzura (last edited Dec 05, 2016 10:16PM) (new)

Dzura Local Girl Swept Away the main character have two Dads


message 18: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Awesome, thanks for the info! I added that one to the list.


message 19: by Lou (new)

Lou Is there a comparable middle grade list? I can think of a number of books that could be added but aren't really YA (e.g. The Pants Project, The Best Man, The Family Fletcher Takes Rock Island).


message 20: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart I don't have one specifically middle grade for LGBT parents, but you're welcome to vote for anything upper middle grade here. Early chapter books and so forth might be a bit young, but 5th grade and up would be fine.

By the way, does The Best Man have LGBT parents? I know there's a gay uncle and teacher.


message 21: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl I'd love to see a new list created for MG. I have no recommendations, though.


message 22: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart There is also Gay Inclusive Books for Elementary Age Kids, but that's for all LGBT characters, not just parents. Still could use more voters, though!


message 23: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl Ty, I'll check that out.


message 24: by Lou (new)

Lou Rainbowheart wrote: "I don't have one specifically middle grade for LGBT parents, but you're welcome to vote for anything upper middle grade here. Early chapter books and so forth might be a bit young, but 5th grade an..."

You are correct. I forgot that in The Best Man it's an uncle not a parent. So nice that the volume of YA and Middle grade LGBT+ inclusive books has gotten large enough that I get them confused.


message 25: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed Changing Ways. According to someone who has read it, there are no LGBT parents in the book.


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