Local notes
"One drizzly day nearly five years ago, I sat in the kitchen of my six-lesbian household in Auckland, New Zealand, musing with my roommates about our mothers' lack of understanding of our lives." - Louise Rafkin, p7. Rafkin lived in New Zealand for a time in the 1980s.
"The women in this book ... hail from all over the United States, plus New Zealand." - p10.
"The women in this book ... hail from all over the United States, plus New Zealand." - p10.
Description
Coming out to Mom is a lesbian rite of passage. In the third edition of this landmark anthology, 34 remarkable women face their fears and confusion, prejudice and misunderstandings, and speak honestly and bravely about the difficulties and joys of life with their "different daughters." Among the topics of discussion are family, community, religion, grandchildren, bisexuality, transgenderism, and coming out.
Publication
Cleis Press, Pittsburgh, San Francisco (1987), First Edition, 154 pages
Call number
306.8 RAF
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154 p.; 8.5 inches