Radical relations : lesbian mothers, gay fathers, and their children in the United States since World War II / Daniel Winunwe Rivers.

  • Rivers, Daniel Winunwe
Date:
[2013]
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Description

Based on extensive archival research and 130 interviews conducted nationwide, the author looks at lesbian and gay parenthood from the early 1950s through today.

Publication/Creation

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2013]

Physical description

xii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-279) and index.

Contents

Families in hiding: lesbian and gay parents and their children, 1945-1969 -- The seeds of change: forging lesbian and gay families, 1950-1969 -- In the best interests of the child: lesbian and gay parenting custody cases, 1967-1985 -- Lesbian mother activist organizations, 1971-1980 -- Gay fathers groups, 1975-1992 -- The culture of lesbian feminist households with children in the 1970s -- She does not draw distinctions based on blood or law: the lesbian/gay-by boom, 1980-2003 -- Epilogue: lesbian mothers, gay fathers, and their children after Lawrence v. Texas.

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    History of Medicine
    TPO.U.6
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781469607184
  • 1469607182