Category: Parenting & Families

Christopher Carrington | No Place Like Home | A study of the everyday details of domestic life within lesbian and gay households, NO PLACE LIKE HOME introduces the minutiae of these nontraditional

Ellen Lewin | Lesbian Mothers | Within a society that long considered ‘lesbian motherhood’ a contradiction in terms, what were the experiences of lesbian mothers at the end of the tw

Gifford Guy Gibson | By Her Own Admission | Texas custody battle covered by San Francisco investigative reporter with help from mom.

Gillian E. Hanscombe; Jackie Forster | Rocking The Cradle: Lesbian Mothers | This book would be a useful addition to any library used by the ‘caring professions’ and is written in an easily readable style. Quotations from vario

Nancy J. Mezey | New Choices, New Families | How do lesbians decide to become mothers or remain childfree? Why do new families form at particular historical moments? These questions are at the he

Gerald P. Mallon; Bridget Betts; British Association for Adoption & Fostering | Recruiting, Assessing and Supporting Lesbian and Gay Carers and Adopters | This is a clearly written and very practical summary of the issues facing gay and lesbian foster and adoptive families and the agencies in the UK whic

Ann Muller | Parents Matter | The mother of a gay son, Muller makes two key assertions in this simply written and sympathetic exploration of families with homosexual children. The

Maureen Sullivan | The Family of Woman | Amidst the shrill and discordant notes struck in debates over the make-up–or breakdown–of the American family, the family keeps evolving. This book

Gertrude Stein | To Do: A Book Of Alphabets And Birthdays | To Do is an alphabet book, meant originally for children, in which Stein planned an orderly progression through the alphabet with four names for each

David M. Brodzinsky; Adam Pertman | Adoption By Lesbians And Gay Men | The practice of adoption has changed dramatically over the past half century, with profound implications for children and families. Perhaps the most r