LEADER 04341nam 22006495 450 001 9910797609303321 005 20230912193502.0 010 $a1-4798-7965-7 024 7 $a10.18574/9781479879656 035 $a(CKB)3710000000493436 035 $a(EBL)4044665 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001569235 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16221295 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001569235 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13136789 035 $a(PQKB)11130112 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4044665 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001533270 035 $a(OCoLC)926101611 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse47607 035 $a(DE-B1597)548268 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781479879656 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000493436 100 $a20200723h20152015 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|un|u 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLegalizing LGBT Families $eHow the Law Shapes Parenthood /$fAmanda K. Baumle, D'Lane R. Compton 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cNew York University Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (310 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-4798-5764-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tPREFACE --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tIntroduction --$t1. The State of the Law for LGBT Parents --$t2. Routes to Parenthood --$t3. Locating Legality --$t4. Parenting before the Law --$t5. Parenting with the Law --$t6. Parenting against the Law --$tConclusion: LGBT Parents Constructing Legality --$tAPPENDIX: METHODOLOGY --$tNOTES --$tREFERENCES --$tINDEX --$tABOUT THE AUTHORS 330 $aThe decision to have a child is seldom a simple one, often fraught with complexities regarding emotional readiness, finances, marital status, and compatibility with life and career goals. Rarely, though, do individuals consider the role of the law in facilitating or inhibiting their ability to have a child or to parent. For LGBT individuals, however, parenting is saturated with legality ? including the initial decision of whether to have a child, how to have a child, whether one?s relationship with their child will be recognized, and everyday acts of parenting like completing forms or picking up children from school. Through in-depth interviews with 137 LGBT parents, Amanda K. Baumle and D?Lane R. Compton examine the role of the law in the lives of LGBT parents and how individuals use the law when making decisions about family formation or parenting. Baumle and Compton explore the ways in which LGBT parents participate in the process of constructing legality through accepting, modifying, or rejecting legal meanings about their families. Few groups encounter as much variation in access to everyday legal rights pertaining to the family as do LGBT parents. This complexity and variation in legal environments provides a rather unique opportunity to examine the manner in which legal context affects the ways in which individuals come to understand the meaning and utility of the law for their lives. The authors conclude that legality is constructed through a complex interplay of legal context, social networks, individual characteristics, and familial desires. Ultimately, the stories of LGBT parents in this book reflect a rich and varied relationship between the law, the state, and the private family goals of individuals. 606 $aSexual minorities' families$zUnited States 606 $aGay parents$zUnited States 606 $aChildren of gay parents$zUnited States 606 $aSame-sex marriage$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aSame-sex marriage$zUnited States 615 0$aSexual minorities' families 615 0$aGay parents 615 0$aChildren of gay parents 615 0$aSame-sex marriage$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aSame-sex marriage 676 $a306.8480973 700 $aBaumle$b Amanda K.$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0872252 702 $aCompton$b D'Lane R$g(D'Lane Rebecca),$f1977-$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797609303321 996 $aLegalizing LGBT Families$93770396 997 $aUNINA