Radical relations
Subtitle: lesbian mothers, gay fathers, and their children in the United States since World War II
By: Daniel Winunwe Rivers
Series: Gender and American culture; Gender & American culture
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781469607184
Subjects: Children of gay parents; Families; Gay rights; Gay parents; History
Description: Based on extensive archival research and 130 interviews conducted nationwide, the author looks at lesbian and gay parenthood from the early 1950s through today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Families in hiding: lesbian and gay parents and their children, 1945-1969; title: The seeds of change: forging lesbian and gay families, 1950-1969; title: In the best interests of the child: lesbian and gay parenting custody cases, 1967-1985; title: Lesbian mother activist organizations, 1971-1980; title: Gay fathers groups, 1975-1992; title: The culture of lesbian feminist households with children in the 1970s; title: She does not draw distinctions based on blood or law: the lesbian/gay-by boom, 1980-2003; title: Epilogue: lesbian mothers, gay fathers, and their children after Lawrence v. Texas.