We don't exactly get the Welcome Wagon
Subtitle: the experiences of gay and lesbian adolescents in child welfare systems
By: Gerald P. Mallon.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Gay teenagers -- Institutional care -- North America; Child welfare -- North America; Homophobia -- North America
Other titles: We did not exactly get the Welcome Wagon
Description: Drawing on over twenty years of child welfare experience and extensive interviews with 54 gay and lesbian young people who lived in out-of-home-care child welfare settings in three North American cities - Los Angeles, New York, and Toronto - Gerald Mallon presents narratives of marginalized young people trying to find the "right fit.".

The first comprehensive examination of the experiences of gay and lesbian youths in the child welfare system, We Don't Exactly Get the Welcome Wagon makes solid recommendations to social work practitioners as well as to policy makers about how they can provide a competent practice for gay and lesbian adolescents, and offers a methods chapter which will be useful in classroom instruction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-185) and index.