Resources

LOCAL:

Mothering Touch:  Mothering Touch offers a broad range of Pre and Postnatal Yoga and Fitness Classes, Mom and Baby Groups and Childbirth Preparation and Birth Art Workshops to enhance this exciting and challenging time. Experienced professionals - childbirth educators, yoga and fitness instructors, breastfeeding counsellors and doulas have gathered to provide information, activity, and support in a warm and friendly environment.
Mothering Touch also carries a wide assortment of products for pregnant and parenting families. Each item in our store has been thoughtfully selected by our expert staff for quality and ease of use. Please come visit our store and enjoy the personal attention our Mothering Touch staff can provide to help you find the products and register for the classes that are right for you.    www.motheringtouch.ca

The Victoria Fertility Clinic is a small, personalized, yet modern centre where a holistic approach is taken to fertility care. www.victoriafertility.com

A place to talk about the unique challenges & successes of queer parenting in Canada.   www.queerparenting.ca

Lesbians on Vancouver Island: LoVI is an interactive webportal for the community of women who love women on Vancouver Island. LoVI *is not* a typical dating website. Be prepared for a unique internet experience. Friendship, inclusiveness, diversity and tolerance are values we attempt to share. Our community interacts in realtime and online.   www.lovi.ca

Gay Victoria and Gay Vancouver Island provide both residents and visitors information, resources, and web links to a variety of services and organizations in and around Victoria and Vancouver Island.  Includes Vancouver Island Pink Pages.  www.Gayvictoria.ca

The Pride Collective is a constituency group of the University of Victoria Students' Society mandated to represent, advocate for, and provide services for queer and queer friendly students on Campus.  http://www.uvss.uvic.ca/pride

Ethicbaby is a Victoria-based, online store meeting the growing demand for healthy, natural baby products.  This link is to their page dedicated to connecting mums and dads with local resources and retail options available for a natural, organic lifestyle.   http://www.ethicbaby.ca/baby_victoria.html

Kids In Victoria aims to provide parents in the Greater Victoria Area with one of the most comprehensive parenting resources available, while at the same time creating a real sense of community amongst its viewers. www.kidsinvictoria.com

NEED's 24 Hour Line for youth is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. NEED's volunteers provides emotional support, crisis intervention services and community resource information. The organization is a telephone-only and  information service. It is staffed by volunteers, professionally  trained to offer their callers emotional support.  NEED's web-site offers its users a data base to search for local community resources.    www.needcrisis.bc.ca/

Transcend provides peer support and advocacy for trans people, intersex people, and family members; organizes workshops on issues relating to sex and gender diversity, equity, and the social, legal, workplace, and health issues that affect our communities; publishes information for our communities and for service providers.   www.transgender.org/transcend

The Womens Centre at UVic exists as a space for all self-identified women on campus and in the community, and offers a library and resource centre, referral service, community advocacy and support, workshops, space and resources.  http://www.uvss.uvic.ca/wcentre

ADOPTION:

Adoptive Families Association of BC – Gay & Lesbian Parents.  http://www.bcadoption.com/site_page.asp?pageid=84

Gay and Lesbian Adoptive Parents: Resources for Professionals and Parents: This US Department of Health & Human Services fact sheet reviews considerations for adoptions by homosexual parents. The briefing also addresses common concerns about gay and lesbian adoption.  http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_gay

INTERNET / INTERNATIONAL / OTHER RESOURCES:

US-based gay & lesbian parenting website with articles, news, email newsletters, and an online members community.   http://www.proudparenting.com/

US-based Gay Parent Magazine: LGBT friendly resources for creating and nurturing your family since 1998.   http://www.gayparentmag.com/index.html

Visit OurWorldToo - #1 Resource for Gay Parents & Theirr Children.   www.ourworldtoo.com

Pink Parents is a UK-based website with useful articles and publications.   http://www.pinkparents.org.uk/index.shtml

2moms2dads is your one-stop resource for gay and lesbian parents or gays and lesbians interested in becoming parents.   http://www.2moms2dads.com

American Psychological Association research summary of lesbian and gay parents and their children.   http://www.apa.org/pi/parent.html

American Psychological Association review of studies, books and other resources on the issues of gay and lesbian parenting, with an annotated bibliography on gay and lesbian parenting.  http://www.apa.org/pi/l&bbks.html

BOOKS:

Booklist of Gay & Lesbian Parenting titles, and resources for Kids and Teens.  http://www.parentbooks.ca/Gay_&_Lesbian_Parenting.html#Top

A Donor Insemination Guide: written by and for Lesbian Women.  Marie Mohler & Lacy Frazer.  Haworth Press 2002  ISBN:1560232277

For Lesbian Parents: Your Guide to Helping Your Family Grow Up Happy, Healthy and Proud.  Suzanne M. Johnson & Elizabeth O'Connor.  The Guilford Press 2001   ISBN:1572306637

Gay Parents, Straight Schools: Building Communication and Trust.  Virginia Casper & Steven Schultz.  Teachers College Press 1999    ISBN: 0807738247

The Queer Parent's Primer: A Lesbian and Gay Families' Guide to Navigating the Straight World.  Stephanie Brill.  New Harbinger Publications 2001    ISBN: 1572242264

Lesbians Raising Sons.  An Anthology Edited by Jess Wells.  Alyson Publications 1997   ISBN: 1555834108

Growing Up In a Lesbian Family: Effects on Child Development.  Fiona Tasker & Susan Golombok.  The Guilford Press 1997    ISBN: 157230412

The Lesbian and Gay Parenting Handbook: Creating and Raising Our Families.  April Martin.  Harber Perenial 1993    ISBN: 0060969296

The Lesbian Parenting Book: A guide to Creating Families and Raising Children, 2nd Edition.  Merilee Clunis & G. Dorsey Green. Seal Press 2003    ISBN: 1580050905

Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering: Volume 1, Number 2: Lesbian Mothering.  Fall/Winter 1999. 

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