Let's Get This Straight
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: March 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780231111379
Subjects: Child welfare; Social institutions; Social Science; Gender Studies; Sociology; Gay Studies; Lesbian Studies; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Social Science / Social Work; Gay youth; Services for; Social work with gay youth; Social work with lesbian youth
First sentence: An examination about persons whose lives are affected by issues of sexual orientation in the child welfare system is in its genesis (Mallon 1992, 1997, 1998; Stein 1996; Steinhorn 1979; Sullivan 1993), nonetheless, issues of sexual orientation have been and will continue to be an area that child welfare practitioners and policy makers must face.