- Abigail Garner
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name = Abigail Garner
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birthdate = birth year and age|1975
birthplace =Minneapolis, Minnesota ,United States
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occupation = author, advocate
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subject = LGBT parenting
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website =Abigail Garner (born 1975 in
Minneapolis, Minnesota ) is an Americanauthor andadvocate for children with same sex parents.Abigail Garner is the creator of FamiliesLikeMine.com, a website for LGBT families. Her writing has appeared in publications throughout the country, including a commentary in "
Newsweek " that earned her theExcellence in Journalism Award from theNational Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association . She also presents lectures and workshops on LGBT families for colleges, businesses, and conferences. She is a graduate ofWellesley College and currently lives in Minneapolis.Garner is also a speaker, author and educator who is dedicated to a future of equality for LGBT families and communities. She speaks from her own experience of having a gay father who came out to her when she was five years old. Bringing voice to a population of children that is often overlooked, Abigail has been featured on
CNN , ABC World News Tonight, andNational Public Radio . She is the author of theLambda Literary Award finalist "Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is" (HarperCollins, 2004).Abigail popularized the term "Queerspawn", a term children with gay parents call themselves, coined by Stefan Lynch, first director of
COLAGE .cite book
last = Garner
first = Abigail
authorlink = Abigail Garner
title = Families Like Mine
publisher =HarperCollins
date = 2005
pages = 11 ]External links
* [http://www.familieslikemine.com/ Families Like Mine]
* [http://www.hrc.org/Template.cfm?Section=Betty_DeGeneres&CONTENTID=19039&TEMPLATE=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm/HRC Interview with Abigail Garner]
* [http://www.Colage.org/ COLAGE]References
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NAME=Garner, Abigail
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Author and advocate
DATE OF BIRTH=1975
PLACE OF BIRTH=Minneapolis, Minnesota
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