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Radical relations : lesbian mothers, gay fathers, and their children in the United States since World War II / Daniel Winunwe Rivers.
LIBRA HQ75.28.U6 R58 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rivers, Daniel Winunwe.
- Series:
- Gender & American culture
- Gender and American culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay parents--United States--History.
- Gay parents.
- Children of gay parents--United States--History.
- Children of gay parents.
- Families--United States--History.
- Families.
- Gay rights.
- History.
- United States.
- Gay rights--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- Based on extensive archival research and 130 interviews conducted nationwide, the author looks at lesbian and gay parenthood from the early 1950s through today.
- Contents:
- Families in hiding: lesbian and gay parents and their children, 1945-1969
- The seeds of change: forging lesbian and gay families, 1950-1969
- In the best interests of the child: lesbian and gay parenting custody cases, 1967-1985
- Lesbian mother activist organizations, 1971-1980
- Gay fathers groups, 1975-1992
- The culture of lesbian feminist households with children in the 1970s
- She does not draw distinctions based on blood or law: the lesbian/gay-by boom, 1980-2003
- Epilogue: lesbian mothers, gay fathers, and their children after Lawrence v. Texas.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781469607184
- 1469607182
- OCLC:
- 811602977
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