02613nam 22005411 450 991014956010332120221006211518.01-4833-5442-31-4833-7862-41-4833-2177-01-4833-1115-5(CKB)3710000000933821(MiAaPQ)EBC4733125(OCoLC)1017717888(CaToSAGE)SAGE000002397(EXLCZ)99371000000093382120170412d2015 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierLGBT families /Nancy J. Mezey, Monmouth University, Susan J. Ferguson, series editorLos Angeles :Sage,2015.1 online resource (214 pages) illustrationsContemporary family perspectives1-4522-1738-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.chapter 1. LGBT families -- chapter 2. Marriage -- chapter 3. LGBT parents -- chapter 4. LGBT youth -- chapter 5 Intimate partner violence -- chapter 6. Learning from LGBT families.Part of the SAGE Contemporary Family Perspective series, this book presents a comprehensive yet accessible understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families today by drawing upon and making sense of the burgeoning scholarly literature about LGBT families from the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. It pays particular attention to how structures of race, class, gender, sexuality, and age shape LGBT families, and how members of such families negotiate the social landscapes within which they exist. The book will help readers better understand the formation, experiences, challenges, and strengths of LGBT families, and address two main questions: Why are new family forms so threatening to certain groups of people in society? and How are new family forms beneficial to the society in which they ...Contemporary family perspectives.Gay parentsUnited StatesGay couplesUnited StatesLesbian couplesUnited StatesSexual minorities' familiesUnited StatesGay parentsGay couplesLesbian couplesSexual minorities' families306.874086/6Mezey Nancy J.1965-1061669CaToSAGECaToSAGEUtOrBLWBOOK9910149560103321LGBT families2519641UNINA