The campaigning group for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals has a wealth of info available on parenting.

This project has closed down but the website still aims to provide comprehensive, reliable information on a wide range of issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. And children who have lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender parents.

A help-site for parents and grandparents with an article by Jill Curtis on Gay and Lesbian Families, including resources for gay and lesbian parents with helpful articles, books and videos.

Offers a range of support services and social activities for all LGBT families. Whatever stage you are at; whether you are considering parenting, have grandchildren, are fostering or adopting or are an uncle or aunt, PinkParents can offer you support and a place to meet new friends.

Offers support to anyone parenting a child; the child's parents, stepparents, grandparents and foster parents. Runs free telephone and email helplines, parenting groups and workshops and offers information leaflets.

Adoption and Children Act 2002

Civil Partnerships
A quick guide to registering
a Civil Partnership.

The Civil Partnership Act 2004 came into operation on 5 December 2005 and enables a same-sex couple to register as civil partners of each other.

The local group which provides emotional and practical needs of South Asian gay, bisexual men and men who have sex with men. Himat has produced two resources, one is for parents of South Asian Gay Men Himat Courage

If you want to be kept up todate with the Workshop activities, email Himat.

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Gay.com's parenting information section, with features on various parenting issues.

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Families Like Mine: Children of gay parents tell it like it is by Abigail Garner (HarperCollins, 2004)
Abigail Garner was five when her parents divorced and her dad came out as gay. Growing up immersed in gay culture, she now calls herself a "culturally queer" heterosexual woman. This is a deeply personal book about gay parenting, from the perspective of grown children raised in these families.

The Guide to Lesbian and Gay Parenting by April Martin (Rivers Orham Press, 1994)
Told from personal experience, this book covers everything from choosing to become a parent to the legal and social problems gay parents may face.

Gay and Lesbian Parenting by Deborah Glazer and Jack Drescher (Harrington Park Press, 2001)
A guide for lesbian and gay parents.

The Queer Parent's Primer by Stephanie A Brill (New Harbinger Publications, 2001)
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Same Sex Intimacies by Jeffrey Weeks, Brian Heaphy and Catherine Donovan (Routledge, 2001)
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