Rivers, Daniel Winunwe, author.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : University of North Carolina Press, [2013];©2013
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Part of the series Gender and American culture;Gender & American culture.
Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-279) and index.
- Based on extensive archival research and 130 interviews conducted nationwide, the author looks at lesbian and gay parenthood from the early 1950s through today.
- 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.
Subjects:
- Gay parents — United States — History.
- Lesbians — History.
- Gay men — History.
- Children of gay parents — United States — History.
- Families — United States — History.
- Gay rights — United States — History.
- United States.
- Children of gay parents. fast (OCoLC)fst00855359
- Families. fast (OCoLC)fst01728849
- Gay men. fast (OCoLC)fst00939117
- Gay parents. fast (OCoLC)fst00939200
- Gay rights. fast (OCoLC)fst00939213
- Lesbians. fast (OCoLC)fst00996540
- United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155
- History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628
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