Abigail Garner Biography

Abigail Garner was five years old when her father came out as gay and moved in with another man. Twenty-three years later Garner is a nationally recognized writer and advocate for gay family rights. According to the national gay and lesbian newsmagazine The Advocate Garner is among the “frontline soldiers in the fight for gay acceptance.” She has been a featured guest on National Public Radio?s Talk of the Nation and has been published in Newsweek with her ?My Turn? commentary ?Don?t Protect Me: Give Me Your Respect.? Garner consults with numerous organizations regarding LGBT family issues including political organizations counseling services and adoption agencies. She has collaborated closely with LGBT family organizations such as COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere) PFLAG (Parents Friends and Families of Lesbians and Gays) and the Straight Spouse Network.
Garner?s new book Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is intertwines her experiences growing up with a gay father and straight mother with those of other children who were raised by lesbian gay bisexual or transgender parents. She doesn?t flinch from addressing the complex issues surrounding what it means for children raised in LGBT families herself included to be in the words of advocate Stefan Lynch ?culturally queer erotically straight.? Vanity Fair calls the book ?indispensable.?

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