num_pages: 233
description: A woman shares her struggle with the legal establishment to adopt the son of her lesbian partner, describing her entry into motherhood, her growing politicization, and her battle against the forces that would deny lesbians the right to become mothers. Reprint. Tour.
language: English
title: Family Values: A Lesbian Mother's Fight for Her Son
titlecomplete: Family Values: A Lesbian Mother's Fight for Her Son
genres: Queer, LGBT, Lesbian, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 20
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Stonewall Book Award
category: Non-Fiction, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Lesbian Biography/Autobiography
publisher: Vintage