Fiction with LGBT parents?

[queen_ypolita]

Can anyone recommend fiction where LGBT characters as parents is fairly central (but it doesn't have to be the most central thing in the story). I'm sure I've come across some but I didn't seem to have much luck when I tried to search for it. I'd prefer novels, but will happily take short story recs as well, and YA recs are totally welcome too.

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YA: A Brief Moment in the Life of Angus Bethune

[kathmandu]

Short story in the collection Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher. Our hero is a high-school student; his parents divorced and both are now in lesbian and gay couples. This is prominent background rather than the foreground of the story; the story is centered on Angus, and his parents' orientation is one of several things he's teased about at school. He is on good terms with both his parents.

Re: YA: A Brief Moment in the Life of Angus Bethune

[queen_ypolita]

Sounds interesting, thanks :)

[kyriacarlisle]

I haven't read most [any?] of these, so this is less of a rec, and more "here are some lists to check out" (all YA or children's):

The American Library Association's GLBT Roundtable/Social Responsibilties Rountable Rainbow Project blog: unfortunately for you, sorted by age, not subject, but the blurbs are short enough that it would be pretty quick to weed through them.

From Lee Wind's blog, the Books with GLBTQ Parent/Caretaker tag.

And the Queer Parent tag from Daisy Porter's Queer YA review blog.

[queen_ypolita]

I'll take a look, thanks!

[emei]

Family Pride by Laurence Cinq-Fraix, about a lesbian couple and a gay couple who decide to become parents together. It's a great book, but my quick search for English translations gave no results so unless you happen to read French it might be no good.

If you like graphic novels I'd really recommend Alison Bechdel's Fun Home, which deals a lot with discovering her father's homosexuality, always kept secret.

[queen_ypolita]

Family Pride sounds interesting but I'm not entirely sure my French is quite up for it. Hmmm, I suppose I could use this opportunity to get it back up to more useful level?

And thanks for the Alison Bechdel rec too, I think I've read something of hers but not Fun Home.