Lesbian And Gay Parents And Their Children

Author : Abbie E. Goldberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Children of gay parents
ISBN : 1433808307

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Lesbian and Gay Parents and Their Children by Abbie E. Goldberg Pdf

The past several decades have seen increasing controversies over lesbian and gay parenthood. More same sex couples than ever are becoming parents, building their families while others debate their legal rights pertaining to marriage and parenthood. Against this sociopolitical backdrop, how do same sex couples transition to parenthood, and what are their experiences as parents? Furthermore, what are the experiences of their children? This book provides a comprehensive overview of the research on same sex parenthood, exploring ways in which lesbian and gay parents resist, accommodate, and transform fundamental notions of gender, parenting, and family. The book takes a family life cycle approach, beginning with research on how same sex couples meet and build healthy relationships, then describing how and why same sex couples decide to have children and how they grapple with the changing roles each partner must adopt. Their experiences raising children through young adulthood are explored, including the challenges of interacting with their children's schools and teachers. In the end, the book considers the perspectives of the children themselves, as young adults and adults speak out about their experiences having lesbian or gay parents. Integrating both qualitative and quantitative research, this book incorporates a range of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, sexuality/gender studies, and human development. It also highlights understudied aspects of same sex parenting, such as termination of couple relationships. With practical recommendations in every chapter, this book is a resource for those who research lesbian and gay mental health and family issues, as well as those who provide services to lesbian and gay parents and parents-to-be.

Author : Judith E. Snow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UOM:39076002780752

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How it Feels to Have a Gay Or Lesbian Parent by Judith E. Snow Pdf

In their own words, children of different ages talk about how and when they learned of their gay or lesbian parent's sexual orientation, and the effect it has had on them.

Author : Laura Benkov
Publisher : Crown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009740155

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Reinventing the Family by Laura Benkov Pdf

In America today, more than 10 million children have gay or lesbian parents. Reinventing the Family is the first in-depth look at the joys, challenges, and issues facing these nontraditional families. It offers invaluable insight to gay and lesbian people who are choosing children, fighting for custody, and challenging our view of "family values".

Author : Jack Drescher,Deborah Glazer
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001-08-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0789013509

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Gay and Lesbian Parenting by Jack Drescher,Deborah Glazer Pdf

Find sources of support for raising a nontraditional family in a straight world! The experience of parenting is commonly overlooked in psychological theory, and lesbians and gay men are not typically considered as parents or parents to be. Gay and Lesbian Parenting examines the psychological issues related to developing family and becoming parents for gay men and lesbians. Instead of pathologizing gay and lesbian families, it explores the emotional growth and development issues inherent in child-rearing. Traditionally, coming out as gay or lesbian meant abandoning any hope of becoming a parent or keeping your children if you already had them. But with the “gayby boom” in full swing, more and more gay and lesbian couples are having new babies, adopting children, and continuing to raise the offspring of previous heterosexual relationships. Although gay and lesbian parents still face unique challenges in building and rearing a family, as well as the usual problems heterosexual couples encounter, Gay and Lesbian Parenting unflinchingly examines these concerns and offers positive suggestions and ideas for dealing with the difficulties. This life-affirming book takes a look at the practical and emotional realities of raising children in nontraditional family structures, including: issues of kinship, shared motherhood, and possessiveness in lesbian couples legal issues entailed by the lack of marriage and legal kinship parenthood as a powerful force for personal growth and development fatherhood as a process of creating connectedness in the family, community, and place of worship original empirical research on the mental health of lesbians’children the history of the gay and lesbian movement as it relates to child-rearing Gay and Lesbian Parenting affirms the power of gay and lesbian couples to raise healthy, happy children and to change and grow through their experience of parenting. This book is also essential for mental health professionals from psychiatric nurses to psychiatrists who are working with the gay and lesbian community.

Author : April Martin
Publisher : Harper Perennial
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Children of gay parents
ISBN : UOM:49015001443051

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The Lesbian and Gay Parenting Handbook by April Martin Pdf

Through the voices of lesbian and gay parents and their children talking about their experiences, Martin shows how to build the kind of support network that all parents need.

Author : Charlotte Patterson,Abbie E. Goldberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Children of gay parents
ISBN : OCLC:966432632

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Lesbian and Gay Parents and Their Children by Charlotte Patterson,Abbie E. Goldberg Pdf

Discusses the social and other statuses and well-being of lesbian and gay couples and their children in the United States and in general.

Author : Judith E. Snow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135023058

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How It Feels to Have a Gay or Lesbian Parent by Judith E. Snow Pdf

Sometimes I fantasize about having a magic wand. How awesome it would be to wave it and completely eliminate prejudice, hate, and ignorance. Just imagine what it would be like to live in a world like that. How It Feels to Have a Gay or Lesbian Parent: A Book by Kids for Kids of All Ages gives voice to the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of children, adolescents, and young adults who have a gay or lesbian parent. In their own words, they talk openly and candidly about how and when they learned of their parent’s sexual orientation and the effect it had on them—and their families. Their stories echo themes of prejudice and harassment, conflict and confusion, adaptation and adjustment, and hope for tolerance and a family that can exist in harmony. “Because it’s an issue for other people, it becomes an issue for me. I’m angry about the way it works against me.” The stories told in How It Feels to Have a Gay or Lesbian Parent not only reflect the day-to-day struggle of children with a GLBT parent, they also reveal the pain inherent in high-conflict divorce and child custody cases. Children of gay/lesbian parents ranging in age from seven to 31 recall the confusion and grief created when the disclosure of their parent’s true sexual orientation ended a marriage and divided a family. The “straight” parent’s resentment can lead to angry remarks that—intentionally or unintentionally—disparage the gay/lesbian parent and threaten the natural love and affection the child feels for both. “I guess the hardest part about having a gay dad is that no matter how okay you are with it, there’s always going to be someone who will dislike you because of it.” The one-on-one interviews presented in How It Feels to Have a Gay or Lesbian Parent document first-hand the effects of homophobia on family life. Children struggle with the choice between living in a closet, shamed by peers and family members, or dealing with discrimination as a parent’s sexual orientation is used against them. Taken together, these stories make a statement for acceptance, understanding, and tolerance as children do their best to make the transition from a traditional family to a nontraditional lifestyle. “My mom is a normal person just like everyone else. The only thing that’s different about her is that she’s gay and if you can’t deal with it, you’re just going to have to live with it.” How It Feels to Have a Gay or Lesbian Parent: A Book by Kids for Kids of All Ages offers comfort and support to children from those who share their journey. The book is a valuable aid for practitioners working with children of GLBT parents and an educational tool for GLBT adults considering children.

Author : Daniel Winunwe Rivers
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469607191

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Radical Relations by Daniel Winunwe Rivers Pdf

In Radical Relations, Daniel Winunwe Rivers offers a previously untold story of the American family: the first history of lesbian and gay parents and their children in the United States. Beginning in the postwar era, a period marked by both intense repression and dynamic change for lesbians and gay men, Rivers argues that by forging new kinds of family and childrearing relations, gay and lesbian parents have successfully challenged legal and cultural definitions of family as heterosexual. These efforts have paved the way for the contemporary focus on family and domestic rights in lesbian and gay political movements. Based on extensive archival research and 130 interviews conducted nationwide, Radical Relations includes the stories of lesbian mothers and gay fathers in the 1950s, lesbian and gay parental activist networks and custody battles, families struggling with the AIDS epidemic, and children growing up in lesbian feminist communities. Rivers also addresses changes in gay and lesbian parenthood in the 1980s and 1990s brought about by increased awareness of insemination technologies and changes in custody and adoption law.

Author : Fiona Tasker,Jerry J. Bigner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-14
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781136783449

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Gay and Lesbian Parenting by Fiona Tasker,Jerry J. Bigner Pdf

Over the past 30 years, research on gay and lesbian parents has produced findings that challenge deeply rooted beliefs in child psychology about the processes through which parents influence the development of their children. Gay and Lesbian Parenting: New Directions builds on this important research with a detailed multidisciplinary examination of established knowledge and emerging information. In addition to evaluating already substantiated findings, this innovative collection marks a turning point in the field by showcasing a new wave of research that examines the dynamics of same-sex parenting and addresses questions about newly emerging concerns such as the consequences of different routes to same-sex parenthood and the effects of social perceptions on gay and lesbian family life.

Author : Julianna Fields
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781422298923

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Gay and Lesbian Parents by Julianna Fields Pdf

Same-sex marriage is an often-debated topic these days. When children are added to the picture, the issue can become even more controversial. Does growing up in families with gay or lesbian parents harm children? Do they struggle with more issues as adults than those who were raised in more traditional families? These are some of the questions this book addresses. The families in this book have thought about issues like these. Except for those families who already had children when they came out as being homosexual, they have had to go through artificial insemination or adoption in order to have children. These families are intentional and they think a lot about how to give their children the best possible lives. What are the good things about growing up in a family with same-sex parents? What are the difficulties? The families in this book try to answer just those questions.

Author : Nicola Carone,Henny Bos,Geva Shenkman,Fiona Tasker
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889666355

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LGBTQ Parents and Their Children during the Family Life Cycle by Nicola Carone,Henny Bos,Geva Shenkman,Fiona Tasker Pdf

Author : Carolyn W. Griffin,Marian J. Wirth,Arthur G. Wirth
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781250109668

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Beyond Acceptance by Carolyn W. Griffin,Marian J. Wirth,Arthur G. Wirth Pdf

"Mom, Dad, I'm gay." When a parent hears these words, the initial shock is often followed by feelings ranging from anger and denial to fear and guilt. It's also the beginning of a difficult journey that, with understanding and emotional support, can lead to acceptance and beyond. Now fully revised and updated, Beyond Acceptance by co-authors Carolyn W. Griffin, Marian J. Wirth, and Arthur G. Wirth remains a ground-breaking book that provides parents the comfort and knowledge they need to accept the gay children and build stronger family relationships. Based on the experiences of other parents, this book lets them know they are not alone and helps them through the emotional stages leading to reconciliation with their children.

Author : Christina I. Belling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:49015002980648

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Lesbian and Gay Parents by Christina I. Belling Pdf

Author : Lisa Saffron
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019569230

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"What about the Children?" by Lisa Saffron Pdf

'What about the children?' -- a concern commonly expressed about children raised by lesbian and gay parents -- is here addressed through the life stories of twenty sons and daughters of lesbians or gay men. With a combination of humour and serious reflection, they examine the effect of their upbringing on their adult lives and place the sexuality of their parents in perspective. Pejorative and stereotypical representations of lesbian and gay parents are firmly rejected in these stories, while associated problems are realistically and sensitively explored. At the core of the book is the belief that parents cannot be responsible for other people's bigotry, but they must aim to equip their children with the moral fortitude and integrity to deal with the prejudice and injustice that they may encounter in their lives. Some of the interviewees identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual, most identify as heterosexual. They are aged from eleven to sixty-six and vary in class and race. Their stories are supported by an analysis of recent research on the children of lesbians and gay men, as well as consideration of the issues raised by interviewees: living with prejudice, what children need from parents, influences on sexuality and who counts as family. This book is essential reading for lesbian and gay people contemplating parenthood, for children raised in lesbian and gay families, for childcare professionals and anyone who wants to understand the diversity of today's families.

Author : Abbie E. Goldberg,Katherine R. Allen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461445555

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LGBT-Parent Families by Abbie E. Goldberg,Katherine R. Allen Pdf

LGBT-Parent Families is the first handbook to provide a comprehensive examination of this underserved area. Reflecting the nature of this issue, the volume is notably interdisciplinary, with contributions from scholars in psychology, sociology, human development, family studies, gender studies, sexuality studies, legal studies, social work, and anthropology. Additionally, scholarship from regions beyond the U.S. including England, Australia, Canada, and South Africa is presented. In addition to gender and sexuality, all contributors address issues of social class, race, and ethnicity in their chapters.