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LGBT-parent families : innovations in research and implications for practice

Title

LGBT-parent families : innovations in research and implications for practice / Abbie E. Goldberg, Katherine R. Allen, editors.

Format

Book

Published

New York : Springer, [2013] ©2013

Description

xv, 371 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Other contributors

Goldberg, Abbie E. Allen, Katherine R.

Variant title

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender-parent families

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Research: Overview Chapters. Lesbian and Gay Parenting Post-Heterosexual Divorce and Separation ; Lesbian-Mother Families Formed Through Donor Insemination ; Lesbian and Gay Adoptive Parents and their Children.
• Research: Understudied Topics and Groups. How Lesbians and Gay Men Decide to Become Parents or Remain Childfree; Gay Men and Surrogacy; Where is the "B" in LGBT Parenting?: A Call for Research on Bisexual Parenting; Transgender-Parent Families ; "These are Our Children": Polyamorous Parenting ; Race and Ethnicity in the Lives of Sexual Minority Parents and Their Children ; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents and the Question of Gender ; The "Second Generation": LGBTQ Youth with LGBTQ Parents ; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Grandparents ; Place Matters: LGB Families in Community Context ; LGBT Parents and Their Children: Non-Western Research and Perspectives ; LGBT Parents and the Workplace.
• Applications: Clinical Work, Policy, and Advocacy. Clinical Work with LGBTQ Parents and Prospective Parents ; Clinical Work with Children and Adolescents Growing up with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Parents ; Schools and LGBT-Parent Families: Creating Change Through Programming and Advocacy ; The Law Governing LGBT-Parent Families.
• Methodology: Research Strategies. Multilevel Modeling Approaches to the Study of LGBT Parent-Families: Methods for Dyadic Data Analysis ; Qualitative Research on LGBT-Parent Families ; The Use of Representative Datasets to Study LGBT-Parent Families: Challenges, Advantages, and Opportunities.
• Conclusion: Reflections on the Volume and Visions for the Future.

Summary

"Paralleling their gains in legal rights and social acceptance is a rapidly growing knowledge base concerning sexually diverse families. Emphasizing what we know and what we still need to know about this maturing field, LGBT-Parent Families covers both major and less-studied areas of research, exploring clinical, methodological, policy, and advocacy issues alongside the contexts in which parents practice their craft and children experience their world. Inclusiveness beyond sexuality and gender is a crucial dimension of this volume: issues of race/ethnicity, social class, and geographic diversity are discussed by most of the contributors, including a chapter devoted to non-Western perspectives. Diverse, too, are the disciplines represented in the book, from psychology and psychiatry to human development and legal studies. Among the topics covered: Lesbian and gay adoptive parents ; A call for research on bisexual parenting ; Transgender-parent families ; LGBTQ youth with LGBTQ parents ; Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender grandparents ; Clinical work with LGBTQ parents and prospective parents ; Qualitative research on LGBT-parent families ; Use of representative datasets to study LGBT-parent families ; Use of multilevel modeling to study LGBT-parent families. Geared toward researchers in family relations, family sociology, and public health as well as to policymakers and clinicians, LGBT-Parent Families breaks progressive new ground with an eye toward an egalitarian future."--Publisher's website.

Subject headings

Sexual minorities' families. Gay parents. Children of gay parents.

ISBN

9781461445555 1461445558 9781461445562 (e-book)