We are a lesbian couple, with two young children, and authors of ‘Pride and Joy: A guide for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans parents’, published this year by Pinter and Martin.

‘Pride and Joy’ is positive and practical and ncludes stories, advice and interviews from more than 70 LGBT parents and their children – ages 8 to 80 – on topics from how to start a family, dealing with schools and extended family to keeping an LGBT identity once you become a parent - and much more.

‘Pride and Joy’ has been covered in the i paper, on radio stations from Sydney to London, and in the Huffington Post.

Rachel is a clinical psychologist and Sarah works in charity communications. They have written together before, and published their first book (‘Living It Out: A guide for lesbian, gay and bisexual Christians’) in 2009.

Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/prideandjoybook/

Twitter page Twitter.com/LGBTparentbook