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Love Makes a Family

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What I enjoyed about this book is that it covered not only the people like me (gay, male, plans to have children), but it also gave me an insight into some others who have very different lives but the same issues of "alternative-ness." It actually contained a few surprises and gave me some ideas about how a family could be built from things I'd never considered before.

a look into the lives of different people. it makes one think that one in simular cercumstances is not alone.A infomative book that shows real people in real lives. well done!! It does need though, more family portrates of transgendered people. Im glad I waited over two monthes for this book.

"If an image is worth a thousand words, then Love Makes a Family, a book of photographs by Gigi Kaeser, edited by Peggy Gillespie, speaks for itself. The book's vivid black and white photographs and personal stories send a powerful message about diversity in America. Together, the images and text challenge heterosexual assumptions and stereotypes. With more than 40 family portraits and personal interviews, the book captures the essence and experiences of Lesbian, Gay, bisexual and transgender families of all kinds..." -Terrance Lee Pitts, Washington Blade, June ll, 1999

"Love makes a family" originally started as a photo exhibition depicting gay,lesbian,transgender&bisexual families. The exhibition toured the US- and there were even different versions of it,one for kids,another for adults. It does beg the question- if it's so family-friendly&all about families,why did there have to be different versions? The exhibition faced controversy as it toured public libraries. Though it initially fanned the flames of controversy, its message came to be seen as ubiquitous. Gay parenting is more accepted than gay marriage;it's commonplace for same-sex couples to have children.

"Love makes a family" was the spoonful of sugar that made the medicine go down. One can sympathize with the families' struggles. It's not just the case of two men or two women raising children;there are also bisexuals and the transgendered. The book's philosophy can be summed up as-family is how you define it. A free-for-all. Granted,the photography is beautiful;in a sense,"Love makes a family" is a great queer parenting coffee table book. (However,the amount of text is daunting&at times intrusive)

"Love makes a family" shows how times have changed. Back when the exhibition traveled from coast to coast, from Boston to Portland, New York City to Dallas, people debated gay parenting. Now, a queer family is any other kind of family.

"If an image is worth a thousand words, then Love Makes a Family, a book of photographs by Gigi Kaeser, edited by Peggy Gillespie, speaks for itself. The book's vivid black and white photographs and personal stories send a powerful message about diversity in America. Together, the images and text challenge heterosexual assumptions and stereotypes. With more than 40 family portraits and personal interviews, the book captures the essence and experiences of Lesbian, Gay, bisexual and transgender families of all kinds..." -Terrance Lee Pitts, Washington Blade