Kaeser, Gigi , & Gillespie, Peggy . Love Makes a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents and Their Families - photographer - editor - Brief Article - Book Review

Adolescence, Winter, 2003

KAESER, Gigi (photographer), & GILLESPIE, Peggy (editor). Love Makes a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents and Their Families. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1999. 280pp. $40.00 (h), $24.95 (p).

This volume combines interviews and photographs to document the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered parents and their children. It allows all of the family members to speak candidly about their lives, their relationships, and the ways in which they have dealt with the pressures of homophobia. Included in the book are people from a diverse array of racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds, representing a wide range of family structures. Together, they provide clear evidence that family roles and responsibilities need not be based on gender, and that children thrive in an atmosphere in which understanding, respect, and love transcend the prejudices of the day.