Abigail Garner

Who is Abigail Garner?

Abigail Garner is an American author and advocate for children with LGBT parents.

Garner is the creator of FamiliesLikeMine.com, a website for LGBT families. Her writing has appeared in publications throughout the country, including a commentary in Newsweek that earned her the Excellence in Journalism Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. She also presents lectures and workshops on LGBT families for colleges, businesses, and conferences.

Her book is a complication of interviews from more than 50 children of GLBT parents.

She has received numerous other awards including the “Best Column” award twice from the Minnesota Magazine and Publications Association. She was also the recipient of The Loft’s Minnesota Writers Career Initiative Grant to “support her outreach/marketing plan for Families Like Mine to non-traditional audiences.

Her career as an advocate has spawned to multiple national conferences such as Creating Change, Family Week, and Rainbow Families. At the True Colors conference, she gave a defining speech that served as the opening, touching more than 1,000 LGBTA teens, educators, and service providers. She also was a keynote speaker at the 2001 Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, and Transgender Ally College Conference.