Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son

Raising My Rainbow is Lori Duron's frank, heartfelt, and brutally funny account of her and her family's adventures of distress and happiness raising a gender-creative son.

Whereas her older son, Chase, is a Lego-loving, sports-playing boy's boy, Lori's younger son, C.J., would much rather twirl around in a pink sparkly tutu, with a Disney Princess in each hand while singing Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi."

C.J. is gender variant or gender nonconforming, whichever you prefer. Whatever the term, Lori has a boy who likes girl stuff--really likes girl stuff. He floats on the gender-variation spectrum from super-macho-masculine on the left all the way to super-girly-feminine on the right. He's not all pink and not all blue. He's a muddled mess or a rainbow creation. Lori and her family choose to see the rainbow.

Written in Lori's uniquely witty and warm voice and launched by her incredibly popular blog of the same name, Raising My Rainbow is the unforgettable story of her wonderful family as they navigate the often challenging but never dull privilege of raising a slightly effeminate, possibly gay, totally fabulous son.

Now with Extra Libris material, including a reader's guide and bonus content

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 09/03/2013
ISBN: 9780770437725
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d
Award: Triangle Awards - Finalist

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/17/2013
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2013
People Weekly 10/07/2013 pg. 55
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/04/2013 pg. 33
New York Times Book Review 02/02/2014 pg. 26
Library Journal 03/01/2014 pg. 46