Library

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender books and resources available in the Bank Street College Library.

• Children’s Picture Books

  Brannen, S. (2008). Uncle Bobby's wedding. New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  Summary: Chloe? is jealous and sad when her favorite uncle announces that he will be getting married, but as she gets to know Jamie better and becomes involved in planning the wedding, she discovers that she will always be special to Uncle Bobby and to Uncle Jamie, too.
  Call# J P B
  

  Bryan, J. (2006). The different dragon. Ridley Park, PA: Two Lives.
  Call# J P B
  

  Combs, B. (2000). 123: a family counting book. Ridley Park, PA: Two Lives.
  Summary: Introduces the numbers one through twenty against a background of impressionistic oil paintings portraying gay and lesbian parents and racial diversity.
  Call# J P C
  

  Combs, B. (2000). ABC: a family alphabet book. Ridley Park, PA: Two Lives.
  Summary: Introduces the alphabet with whimsical illustrations portraying gay and lesbian parents and racial diversity.
  Call# J P C
  

  De Haan, L., & Nijland, S. (2002). King & King. Berkeley, CA: Tricycle Press.
  Summary: When the queen insists that the prince get married and take over as king, the search for a suitable mate does not turn out as expected.
  Call# J P H

  Garden, N. (2004). Molly's family. New York, NY: Farrar Straus Giroux.
  Summary: While preparing decorations for Open School Night, Molly and several of her classmates draw pictures of their families and discover that family means something different to each of them.
  Call# J P G
  

  Gonzalez, R., & Alvarez, C. (2005). Antonio's card. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press.
  Summary: With Mother's Day coming, Antonio finds he has to decide about what is important to him when his classmates make fun of the unusual appearance of his mother's partner, Leslie.
  Call# J P G

  Hoffman, E., Henriquez, C., & Vega, E. (1999). Best best colors. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press.
  Summary: Nate has trouble deciding what his favorite color is, but his two mammas help him realize that he does not have to have a best, best color.
  Call# J P H

  Newman, L. (2002). Felicia's favorite story. Ridley Park, PA: Two Lives.
  Call# J P N

  Newman, L., & Thompson, C. (2009). Daddy, papa, and me. Berkeley, CA: Tricycle Press.
  Call# J P N

  Newman, L., & Thompson, C. (2009). Mommy, mama, and me. Berkeley, CA: Tricycle Press.
  Call# J P N

  Richardson, J., Parnell, P., & Cole, H. (2005). And Tango makes three. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.
  Summary: At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches.
  Call# J P R / also Spanish language edition: Tres con Tango. Call# Sp J P R
  

• Children’s Fiction

  Burch, C. (2008). Hit the road, Manny. New York, NY: Atheneum Books.
  Summary: As the Dalinger family travels across America in a rented recreational vehicle, Keats grows more accepting of the attention-getting behavior of their "manny" (male nanny) especially after a visit with the manny's parents on their Wyoming ranch.
  Call#  J F B
  

  Garden, N. (2004). The case of the stolen scarab. Ridley Park, PA: Two Lives.
  Summary: When the Taylor-Michaelson family, Nikki and Travis and their two moms buy an old inn in Vermont, they don't expect their first visitor to be the local sheriff with news of a robbery. And, their second to be a bedraggled hiker with amnesia! Soon Nikki and Travis find themselves trying to solve a mystery that steadily grows more complicated - and perhaps dangerous as well.
  Call# G / J F G

  Heron, A. (1991). How would you feel if your dad was gay? Boston, MA: Alyson Wonderland.
  Call# J F H
  

  Salat, C. (1993). Living in secret. New York, NY: Bantam Books.
  Summary: Amelia's mother helps her run away from her father who has custody and establish a new home and identity in San Francisco with her mother's girlfriend.
  Call# J F S

• Children’s Non-Fiction

  Ford, M. T. (1998). Outspoken: role models from the lesbian and gay community. New York, NY: Beech Tree Books.
  Summary: Gay men and lesbians describe their personal experiences and how their sexual orientation has affected their lives. Includes lists of recommended books, magazines, movies, and other sources of information.
  Call# J 305.9 F
  

  Heron, A. (1995). Two teenagers in 20: writings by gay and lesbian youth. Los Angeles, CA: Alyson Publications.
  Call# J 305.9 H
  

  Mastoon, A. (1997). The shared heart:  portraits and stories celebrating lesbian, gay, and bisexual young people. New York, NY: William Morrow: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books.
  Call# J 305.235 M
  

  Newman, L. (1989). Heather has two mommies. Boston, MA: Alyson Wonderland.
  Call# J 306.7 N
  

  Sutton, R. (1994). Hearing us out: voices from the gay and lesbian community. Boston, MA: Little Brown.
  Call# J 305.9 S
  

  Willhoite, M. (1990). Daddy's roommate. Boston, MA: Alyson.
  Summary: A young boy discusses his divorced father's new living situation, in which the father and his gay roommate share eating, doing chores, playing, loving, and living.

• Children’s Poetry & Juvenile Biography

  Poetry
  

  Merrell, B. (2003). Talking in the dark: a poetry memoir. New York, NY: PUSH/Scholastic.
  Summary: In an amazing narrative of poems, Billy Merrell tells an ordinary story in an extraordinary way.
  Call# J 811 M.

  Biography
  

  Krakow, K. (2001). The Harvey Milk story. Ridley Park, PA: Two Lives.
  Summary: The story of Harvey Milk, San Francisco's first openly gay city official.
  Call#: J B Milk.

• Young Adult Fiction

  Freymann-Weyr, G. (2003). My heartbeat. New York, NY: Speak.
  Summary: As she tries to understand the closeness between her older brother and his best friend, fourteen-year-old Ellen finds her relationship with each of them changing.
  Call# F F
  

  Garden, N. (1996). Good moon rising. New York, NY: Farrar Straus Giroux.
  Summary: Jan begins her senior year of high school not expecting that she will lose the starring part in the school play, take over as director when her beloved drama teacher becomes ill, and realize that she is a lesbian.
  Call# F G

  Garden, N. (2000). Holly's secret. New York, NY: Farrar Straus Giroux.
  Summary: When she starts middle school, eleven-year-old Holly decides to become sophisticated and feminine, change her name to Yvette, and hide the fact that her two moms are lesbians.
  Call# F G

  Howe, J. (2005). Totally Joe. New York, NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
  Summary: As a school assignment, a thirteen-year-old boy writes an alphabiography-­life from A to Z and explores issues of friendship, family, school, and the challenges of being a gay teenager.
  Call# F H
  

  Kerr, M. E. (1994). Deliver us from Evie. New York, NY: HarperCollins.
  Summary: Sixteen-year-old Parr Burrman and his family face some difficult times when word spreads through their rural Missouri town that his older sister is a lesbian, and she leaves the family farm to live with the daughter of the town's banker.
  Call# F K
  

  Levithan, D. (2003). Boy meets boy. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf.
  Call# F L

• Graduate Theses & Journals

  Theses

  Chapman, S. K. (1992). The power of children's literature: a rationale for using books on gay-and-lesbian-headed families and an annotated bibliography. Unpublished master’s thesis, Bank Street College of Education, New York, NY.
  Call# T 1992 C466p
  

  Erickson, F. (1990). A participant-observer study of the process, conflict, and resolution in seeking approval of a statement of openness, inclusion, and affirmation of gay/lesbian people in a large, urban, liberal, protestant congregation. Unpublished master’s thesis, Bank Street College of Education, New York, NY.
  Call #: T 1990 E68p.
  

  Hamlin, A. (2007). Anna's aunts get married. Unpublished master’s thesis, Bank Street College of Education, New York, NY.
  Summary: A picture book for children about a wedding ceremony as seen through the eyes of a young flower girl. The marriage is of her Aunt Sara to Aunt Amanda. This book is in response to the author's participation in a threes/fours family curriculum unit on family, and unexpectedly finding resistance from the school's administration to having an openly gay staff. Includes an annotated bibliography for three-to-six-year-old children.
  Call# T 2007  H223a
  

  Hogan, C. (1999). Integrating gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered themed adolescent literature into the adolescent  classroom. Unpublished master’s thesis, Bank Street College of Education, New York, NY.
  Summary: Explores the value of using gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered (GLBT) themed adolescent literature in the adolescent classroom. This body of literature is a powerful resource for introducing dialogues about difference into the classroom in addition to accurately depicting the adolescent experience.
  Call# T 1999 H715i
  

  Mintz, J. (2003). I did not drop out of the sky: original professional material. Unpublished master’s thesis, Bank Street College of Education, New York, NY.
  Summary: This paper presents an original short story along with follow-up discussion and project ideas which are intended to help children in fourth grade process some issues associated with non-traditional families. The specific context of the story involves a female child born of a surrogate mother for a family headed by two fathers.
  Call# T 2003 M667i
  

  Morse, S. (2001). Sexuality education: toward a comprehensive program inclusive of diverse sexual and gender identities. Unpublished master’s thesis, Bank Street College of Education, New York, NY.
  Summary: Explores sexuality education for adolescents and its inclusiveness of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) sexualities and gender identities. A variety of sources were used for this research including existing sexuality education curricula, personal accounts, and recent literature pertaining to sexuality education, adolescent health, and sexuality in society.
  Call# T 2001 M886s
  

  Siskind, L. (2001). The yellow curtain: an original story for children in their middle years. Unpublished master’s thesis, Bank Street College of Education, New York, NY.
  Summary: Contains a story about a 3rd grade girl, Molly, who has just moved from the city to the country. She is apprehensive about meeting new friends, worried they won't accept her because she has two mothers. Although unfamiliar with lesbian-headed families, the neighboring children are willing to learn about Molly's family and make room for her in their circle of friends. Thesis discusses the developmental capacities and needs of children in their middle years, with a focus on securing peer acceptance. Surveys others children's books with similar themes.
  Call# T 2001 S662y

  Journals

  Journal of LGBT Youth (formerly Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education).
  Call# Journal Shelves

  Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services (Online only).
  

• Adult Collection

  Barret, R. L. (1990). Gay fathers. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.
  Call# 306.8742 B273g

  Bass, E. (1996). Free your mind: the book for gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth and their allies. New York, NY: HarperPerennial.
  Call# 305.235 B317f

  Beam, C. (2007). Transparent: love, family, and living the T with transgender teenagers. Orlando, FL: Harcourt.
  Call# 306.76 B366t

  Benkov, L. (1994). Reinventing the family: the emerging story of lesbian and gay parents. New York, NY: Crown Publishers.
  Call# 306.85 B489r

  Besner, H. F. (1995). Gay and lesbian students : understanding their needs. Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis.
  Call# 370.19345 B557g

  Bozett, F. W. (1989). Gay and lesbian parents. Boston, MA: Alyson Wonderland.
  Call# 306.874 G285L

  Brill, S. A. (2001). The queer parent's primer: a lesbian and gay families' guide to navigating the straight world. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
  Call# 306.87408664 B857q
  

  Brimner, L. D. Letters to our children: lesbian and gay adults speak to the new generation. London, United Kingdom: Franklin Watts.

  Burke, P. (1993). Family values: two moms and their son. New York, NY: Random House
  Call# 306.874 B959f

  Campos, D. (2002). Sex, youth, and sex education : a reference handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
  Call# 613.90712 C198s

  Cantwell, M. (1996). Homosexuality: the secret a child dare not tell. San Rafael, CA: Rafael Press.
  Call# 306.766 C234h
  

  Cart, M., & Jenkins, C. (2006). The heart has its reasons: young adult literature with gay/lesbian/queer content, 1969-2004. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
  Call# 813.009 C322h

  Casper, V., & Schulz, S. B. (1999). Gay parents/straight schools: building communication and trust. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
  Call# 371.8254 C342g
  

  City University of New York. Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. (1994). The CLAGS directory of lesbian and gay studies. New York, NY: Author.
  Call# 306.76 C584d

  Clunis, D. M., & Green, G. D. (2003). The lesbian parenting book: a guide to creating families and raising children (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Seal Press.
  Call# 649.1 C649L2

  Cuseo, A. A. (1992). Homosexual characters in YA novels: a literary analysis, 1969-1982. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press
  Call# 8I3.C984h
  

  D'Angelo, A. J. (2002). Inspiration for LGBT students & their allies. Easton, PA: Collegiate EmPowerment Company.
  Call# 306.766 I59f
  

  Day, F. A. (2000). Lesbian and gay voices: an annotated bibliography and guide to literature for children and young adults. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
  Call# 016.810809282 D2731

  Dew, R. F. (1994). The family heart: a memoir of when our son came out. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
  Call# 306.874 D515f

  Eisen, V. (1996). Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Graduate School of Education.
  Call# 306.7607 L623g
  

  Evans, N. J. (1991). Beyond tolerance: gays, lesbians, and bisexuals on campus. Alexandria, VA: American College Personnel Association.
  Call# 378.194 B573t
  

  Ganong, L. H. (2004). Stepfamily relationships: development, dynamics, and interventions. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
  Call# 306.8747 G198s
  

  Gardner, A. (2004). Families like mine: children of gay parents tell it like it is. New York, NY: Perennial Currents.
  Call# 306.87408664 G234f 2005
  

  Gold, M., & Drucker, M. (Eds.). (2008). Crisis: 40 stories revealing the personal, social, and religious pain and trauma of growing up gay in America. Austin, TX: Greenleaf Book Group Press.
  Call# 306.7660973 C932f

  Goldman, L. (2008). Coming out, coming in: nurturing the well-being and inclusion of gay youth in mainstream society. New York, NY: Routledge.
  Call# 306.7660835 G619c

  Green, J. (1999). The velveteen father: an unexpected journey to parenthood. New York, NY: Villard.
  Call# 306.8742 G796v

  Grieshaber, S. (2001). Embracing identities in early childhood education: diversity and possibilities. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
  Call#: 372.21 E53i
  

  Haggerty, G. E. (2000). Gay histories and cultures: an encyclopedia. New York, NY: Garland.
  Summary: "This source is unique among encyclopedias of homosexuality with separate volumes devoted to gay and lesbian issues. The volumes consist of short, signed entries arranged alphabetically. This set, which should become the standard in its field, will be a useful addition to all public and academic libraries."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2001.
  Call# 306.76603 G285h
  

  Harbeck, K. M. (1991). Coming out of the classroom closet: gay and lesbian students, teachers, and curricula. New York, NY: Hanington Park Press.
  Call# 370.19345 C733o

  Harbeck, K. M. (1997). Gay and lesbian educators: personal freedoms, public constraints. Malden, MA: Amethyst.
  Call# 371.10086 H255g

  Harris, M. B. (1997). School experiences of gay and lesbian youth: the invisible minority. New York, NY: Harrington Park Press.
  Call# 371.82664 S372e

  Herdt, G. H. (1989). Gay and lesbian youth. New York, NY: Harrington Park Press.
  Call# 306.766 G285a
  

  Herdt, G. H. (1993). Children of Horizons: how gay and lesbian teens are leading a new way out of the closet. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
  Call# 305.9 H541c

  Infanti, A. C. (2007). Everyday law for gays and lesbians, and those who care about them. Boulder CO: Paradigm.
  Call# 342.73087 I43e

  Isay, R. A. (1989). Being homosexual: gay men and their development. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.
  Call# 306.7 I76b
  

  Jennings, K. (1994). One teacher in 10: gay and lesbian educators tell their stories. Boston, MA: Alyson Publications.
  Call# 371.008 058t
  

  Jennings, K. (2003). Always my child: a parent's guide to understanding your gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, or questioning son or daughter. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
  Call# 305.235 J54a
  

  Johnson, S. M., & O'Connor, E. (2002). The gay baby boom: the psychology of gay parenthood. New York, NY: New York University Press.
  Call# 306.85 J69g
  

  Kaeser, G. (1999). Love makes a family: portraits of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parents and their families. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press.
  Call#: 306.874 K11L
  

  Khayatt, M. D. (1992). Lesbian teachers: an invisible presence. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
  Call# 371.1 K45L

  Kissen, R. M. (1996). The last closet: the real lives of lesbian and gay teachers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann
  Call # 371.1008 K621

  Kissen, R. M. (2002). Getting ready for Benjamin: preparing teachers for sexual diversity in the classroom. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
  Call#: 371.82664 G394r
  

  Kosciw, J. G. (2004). The 2003 national school climate survey: the school-related experiences of our nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth. New York, NY: GLSEN.
  Call# 370.158 K86n 2003
  

  Kumashiro, K. K. (2002). Troubling education: queer activism and antioppressive pedagogy. New York, NY: RoutledgeFalmer.
  Call# 306.43 K96t
  

  Laird, J. (1999). Lesbians and lesbian families: reflections on theory and practice. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
  Call# 305.48 L188L

  Lester, T. P. (2002). Gender nonconformity, race, and sexuality: charting the connections. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press.
  Call# 305.3 G325n

  Lewin, E. (1993). Lesbian mothers: accounts of gender in American culture. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
  Call# 306.874 L6721
  

  Lipkin, A. (2004). Beyond diversity day: a Q & A on gay and lesbian issues in schools. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
  Call# 371.826 L764b

  Mallon, G. P. (1998). We don't exactly get the Welcome Wagon: the experiences of gay and lesbian adolescents in child welfare systems. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
  Call# 362.7083  M255w

  Mason, M. (1998). All our families: new policies for a new century: a report of the Berkeley family forum. New York, NY: Oxford University Press
  Call# 306.85 A416o

  Parker, L. (2007). Review of research in education. 31. Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association.
  Call# 370.78 R454r v.31 2007
  

  Perrotti, J. (2001). When the drama club is not enough : lessons from the Safe Schools Program for gay and lesbian students. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
  Call#: 371.82664 P461 w

  Pinar, W. (1997). Queer theory in education. New York, NY: Franklin Watts.
  Summary: Gay men and lesbians from all walks of life describe their personal experiences, travails, and triumphs.
  Call# 371.82664 Q3t

  Ryan, C. (1998). Lesbian & gay youth: care & counseling. New York, NY: Columbia University Press
  Call# 362.1086 R989L

  Savage, D., & Miller, T. (2011). It gets better: coming out, overcoming bullying, and creating a life worth living. New York, NY: Dutton.
  Call# 306.76 I88g

  Savin-Williams, R. C. (2005). The new gay teenager. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  Call# 305.235 S267n

  Sax, L. (2005). Why gender matters: what parents and teachers need to know about the emerging science of sex differences. New York, NY: Doubleday.
  Call# 305.3 S272w

  Sears, J. T. (2005). Youth, education, and sexualities: an international encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
  Call#:  371.826603 Y83e

  Silin, J. G. (2006). My father's keeper: the story of a gay son and his aging parents. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
  Call# 306.8740973 S583m

  Steinberg, G. (2000). Inside transracial adoption. Indianapolis, IN: Perspectives Press.
  Call# 362.7340973 S819i

  Tasker, F. L. (1997). Growing up in a lesbian family: effects on child development. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
  Call# 306.8743 T198g
  

  Thompson, M. (1994). Long road to freedom: the Advocate history of the gay and lesbian movement. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press
  Call# 306.766 L848r

  Tierney, W. G. (1991). Culture and ideology in higher education: advancing a critical agenda. New York, NY: Praeger.
  Call#: 378.73 C968i

  Turner-Vorbeck, T., &  Miller Marsh, M. (2008). Other kinds of families: embracing diversity in schools. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
  Call# 371.192 O87k

  Trachtenberg, R. (2005). When I knew. New York, NY: Regan Books.
  Call#: 306.766 W567i also J 306.76 W

  Troiden, R. R. (1988). Gay and lesbian identity: a sociological analysis. Dix Hills, NY: General Hall.
  Call# 305.90664 T845g
  

  Turner-Vorbeck, T. (2008). Other kinds of families: embracing diversity in schools. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
  Call# 371.192 087k
  

  Woog, D. (1995). School's out : the impact of gay and lesbian issues on America's schools. Boston, MA: Alyson.
  Call#: 371.8 W913s
  

  Wright, J. M. (1998). Lesbian step families: an ethnography of love. New York, NY: Hawmih Press
  Call# 306.87 W951L
  

  Zimmerman, B. (2000). Lesbian histories and cultures: an encyclopedia. New York, NY: Garland.
  Summary: "This source is unique among encyclopedias of homosexuality with separate volumes devoted to gay and lesbian issues. The volumes consist of short, signed entries arranged alphabetically. This set, which should become the standard in its field, will be a useful addition to all public and academic libraries."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2001.
  Call# 306.766303 L623h

• Web Resources

  GLSEN Booklink

  Lambda Literary

  ALA: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT)

  CCBC: Booklists
  Gay and lesbian themes and topics in selected children's and young adult books.