Anthologies

Lesbian Parenting Living with Pride & Prejudice is a great book edited by Katherine Arnup. The book is a little outdated (1990s) and most of the women that wrote in this book are from Canada, so some of the laws are different than those of the states.

However, it is a great way to look at how things have, and haven't, changed in the last 10 years. Some of it is very moving, knowing that we have come a long way from that. Other times, its frustrating knowing we really haven't come all that far.

This book is broken into different chapters
Choosing Parenthood
Defining "Family"
Raising Children
Parents & Children: Reflections on Identity
Lesbian Parents and the Law

Each chapter takes a look into the different lives of women choosing if they want to raise a family, how they will get the child, and life there after. This book is a great way to see that lesbian parents (no matter how they became parents) are different yet the same in so many ways. It shows that no matter how you think, feel, or act, everyone deserves to be a parent if they choose to be.