Links

Check out these great resources for your own family! If you have a site we should know about - send us a note here!

BOOKSTORES

After Stonewall
Books to celebrate the GLBT experience.
Another Story Bookshop
Another Story Bookshop is a progressive bookstore with a comprehensive collection of books for children and adults with an emphasis on social justice, equity and diversity.
Glad Day Bookshop
Glad Day Bookshop is the first Canadian and second longest surviving lesbian and gay bookstore worldwide. Serving the queer community since 1970. We specialize in offering the widest possible selection of lesbian and gay literature, both in and out of print.
Parentbooks
Parentbooks offers the most comprehensive selection of resources available anywhere - from planning a family to everyday parenting issues to special needs of all kinds. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you find the books you need.
Toronto Women's Bookstore
We are a non-profit bookstore dedicated to promoting anti-oppression politics and feminist politics. Our mission: To provide books by women writers, especially marginalized women, including women of colour, First Nations women, lesbians, other queer women, working class women, disabled women, Jewish women, and other groups of women.
Two Lives Publishing
Creating Books for Children in Alternative Families
 

OTHER COOL LINKS

Alyson Schafer
Principles, rules and tools for Parenting. Alyson's new book "Breaking the Good Mom Myth" is available now at bookstores.
Kidcore Toys
Ready, Set, Go... Play, Learn & Grow!

Lauren Page Russell
Illustrator Lauren Page Russell's website featuring her artwork.

New Celeb Watch
Jen Gonzalez navigates life studded with grad school papers, never-ending laundry days, and the occasional snack. She performs marvelous feats of narration and exposition on a MacBook named Sue.
Twisted Plot
A blog with popular media reviews and opinions.

PODCASTS

Critical Literacy in Practice (CLIP)
An on-demand internet broadcast on critical literacy as it is practiced and talked about in different spaces and places

Just One More Book!
A podcast about the children's books we love and why we love them.
 

LGBT GROUPS

COLAGE
To engage, connect, and empower people to make the world a better place for children of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender parents and families.
DADDIES-2-BE
Gay dads and gay men considering parenthood.
GALEBC
The primary focus of GALE BC is to advocate for change in the educational system which will result in a positive environment for lesbians, gays and bisexuals in education, whether they are students, parents, teachers, or administrators.
GLSEN
The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.
Good As You
Using humor and irreverence rather than anger and protests, Good As You represents a new generation of GLSBT activism. Now is the time for intelligent, progressive-minded individuals to step up and fight for the common rights of which they might be denied.
Mombian
Mombian is a lifestyle site for lesbian moms, offering a mix of parenting, politics, diversions, and resources to strengthen and sustain lesbian moms in all our varied roles.
Mountain Meadow
Mountain Meadow creates a safe and supportive community where children of LGBTQ families are empowered to affirm and appreciate family diversity. We aspire to incorporate these values that will challenge oppression and create on-going social change.
R Family Vacations
Family friendly vacations designed especially for the gay and lesbian community.
The Rainbow Babies
The Rainbow Babies vision is to provide a central area for general information on the many aspects of GLBT pregnancies and parenting. We will also provide space for parents or would-be parents to share their stories about their respective paths to parenthood.
Rainbow Rumpus
The Magazine for Kids with LGBT Parents.
Ten Oaks Project
The Ten Oaks Project is a not-for-profit, charitable organization that serves children and youth of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, two-spirit, queer) and/or non-traditional families, youth who identify as LGBTQ and their allies.