LEADER 03683nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910807077703321 005 20240516124212.0 010 $a0-8147-3932-6 010 $a0-8147-3931-8 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814739310 035 $a(CKB)2670000000185561 035 $a(EBL)865543 035 $a(OCoLC)793193045 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000658427 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11395074 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000658427 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10689515 035 $a(PQKB)11790791 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001324037 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865543 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19862 035 $a(DE-B1597)548163 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814739310 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865543 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10555032 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000185561 100 $a20111101d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe right to be parents$b[electronic resource] $eLGBT families and the transformation of parenthood /$fCarlos A. Ball 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4798-0316-2 311 $a0-8147-3930-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMothers on trial -- Fathers come out of the closet -- Breaking up is hard to do -- Donate here, parent there -- When the state discriminates -- Gender does not make a parent. 330 $aIn 1975, California courts stripped a lesbian mother of her custody rights because she was living openly with another woman. Twenty years later, the Virginia Supreme Court did the same thing to another lesbian mother. In ordering that children be separated from their mothers, these courts ruled that it was not possible for a woman to be both a good parent and a lesbian.The Right to be Parents is the first book to provide a detailed history of how LGBT parents have turned to the courts to protect and defend their relationships with their children. Carlos A. Ball chronicles the stories of LGBT parents who, in seeking to gain legal recognition of and protection for their relationships with their children, have fundamentally changed how American law defines and regulates parenthood. Each chapter contains riveting human stories of determination and perseverance as LGBT parents challenge the widely-held view that having a same-sexual orientation, or that being a transsexual, renders individuals incapable of being good parents.To this day, some courts are still not able to look beyond sexual orientation and gender identity in order to fairly apply legal principles in cases involving LGBT parents and their children. Yet on the whole, stories are of progress and transformation: as a result of these pioneering LGBT parent litigants, the law is increasingly recognizing the wide diversity in American familial structures. The Right to be Parents explores why and how that has come to be. 606 $aParent and child$zUnited States 606 $aGay parents$xLegal status, laws, etc$zUnited States 606 $aCustody of children$zUnited States 615 0$aParent and child 615 0$aGay parents$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aCustody of children 676 $a346.7301/73 686 $aLAW038010$aSOC012000$2bisacsh 700 $aBall M$b Carlos A$01657940 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807077703321 996 $aThe right to be parents$94011670 997 $aUNINA