Full Description
LGBT-Parent Families is the first handbook to provide a comprehensive examination of this underserved area. Reflecting the nature of this issue, the volume is notably interdisciplinary, with contributions from scholars in psychology, sociology, human development, family studies, gender studies, sexuality studies, legal studies, social work, and anthropology. Additionally, scholarship from regions beyond the U.S. including England, Australia, Canada, and South Africa is presented. In addition to gender and sexuality, all contributors address issues of social class, race, and ethnicity in their chapters.
Contents
Foreword: LGBT-Parent Families: Innovations in Research and Implications for Practice.-I.Research: Overview Chapters.-Lesbian and Gay Parenting Post-Heterosexual Divorce and Separation.-Lesbian-Mother Families Formed Through Donor Insemination.-Lesbian and Gay Adoptive Parents and their Children.-II. Research: Understudied Topics and Groups.-How Lesbians and Gay Men Decide to Become Parents or Remain Childfree.-Gay Men and Surrogacy.-Where is the "B" in LGBT Parenting?: A Call for Research on Bisexual Parenting.-Transgender-Parent Families.-"These are Our Children": Polyamorous Parenting.-Race and Ethnicity in the Lives of Sexual Minority Parents and Their Children.-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents and the Question of Gender.-The "Second Generation": LGBTQ Youth with LGBTQ Parents.-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Grandparents.-Place Matters: LGB Families in Community Context.-LGBT Parents and Their Children: Non-Western Research and Perspectives.-LGBT Parents and the Workplace.-III. Applications: Clinical Work, Policy, and Advocacy.-Clinical Work with LGBTQ Parents and Prospective Parents.-Clinical Work with Children and Adolescents Growing up with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Parents.-Schools and LGBT-Parent Families: Creating Change Through Programming and Advocacy.-The Law Governing LGBT-Parent Families.-IV. Methodology: Research Strategies.- Multilevel Modeling Approaches to the Study of LGBT Parent-Families: Methods for Dyadic Data Analysis.-Qualitative Research on LGBT-Parent Families.-The Use of Representative Datasets to Study LGBT-Parent Families: Challenges, Advantages, and Opportunities.-V. Conclusion: Reflections on the Volume and Visions for the Future.
