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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 ...
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.
Nancy J. Mezey, Monmouth University, Susan J. Ferguson, series editor.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175 - 204) and index.