ISBN:
9780866569477
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (353 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Homosexuality and Family Relations
DDC:
306.87
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The first book of its kind, Homosexuality and Family Relations focuses on the effects of homosexuality and being homosexual on individuals in families and on the family as a group. Edited by Frederick W. Bozett, RN, DNS, and Marvin B. Sussman, PhD, this informative and enlightening volume examines the multiple varieties of family forms in which gay men and lesbians live, addresses the ramifications of homosexuality on family relationships, and explores the countless aspects of parenthood as they are experienced by gay men and lesbians, including adoption and foster care by lesbians and gay men
Description / Table of Contents:
Homosexuality and Family Relations; Copyright; Contents; Homosexuality and Family Relations: Views and Research Issues; A Commentary; Research Issues; Hidden Branches and Growing Pains: Homosexuality and the Family Tree; Social Stigma and Family Values; Homosexuality as a Personal Issue; Homosexuality: The Invisible Difference; The Revelation Crisis; The Long Term; Models of Adjustment and Their Mechanisms; Conclusion; Married Homosexual Men: Prevalence and Background; Kinsey Institute Studies on Married Homosexual Men; Prevalence of Marriage in Homosexual Men in Other Countrie
Description / Table of Contents:
Studies on Married Homosexual MeAdjustment in Married Homosexual Men; Conclusion; Guess Who's Coming to Dinner This Time? A Study of Gay Intimate Relationships and the Support for Those Relationships; Introduction; Problem Definition; Methodolog; Analysis and Discussion of the Data; Conclusions and Implications; Adoption and Foster Parenting for Lesbians and Gay Men: Creating New Traditions in Family; Introduction; The Recent History of Lesbian and Gay Foster and Adoptive Parenting; A Growing Trend: Opposition and Victorie; Foster Parenting and Gay and Lesbian Youth
Description / Table of Contents:
The Boston Foster Care CaseLegal Barriers to Lesbian/Gay Adoptive and Foster Parentin; A Special Word About Adoption; Progress in Lesbian/Gay Co-Adoption; Where There Is Only One Legal Parent; Some Areas of Concern/Suggestions for Future Stud; Additional Resources for Lesbian and Gay Foster and Adoptive Parents; Conclusion; The Married Lesbian; Reasons for Getting Married; Quality of the Marital Relationship; Important Elements of the Therapeutic Relationship; Conclusion; Lesbians and the Choice to Parent; A Look at the Reasons; Plans for Parenting Together; Becoming a Parent
Description / Table of Contents:
Sustaining and Maintaining RelationshipsImplications for Counselors and Therapists; Conclusion; Parenting by Gay Fathers; The Gay Father Enigma; Motivations for Fatherhood; The "Low Status Integration" Hypothesis; Gay Fathers and Their Children; Parenting of Gay Fathers; Issues of Disclosure for Gay Fathers; Implications for Practitioners; Psychological Fathers: A Parenthetical Note; Suggestions for Further Research; Conclusion; Children of Gay and Lesbian Parents; Introduction; Review of the Literature; Summary; Legal Implications; Clinical Implications; Suggestions for Future Research
Description / Table of Contents:
Gay and Lesbian AdolescentsOverview; Sexual Orientation, Sexual Behavior, and Sexual Identity; Problems and Promises of Gay and Lesbian Youth; Ethnic Minority Families and Minority Gays and Lesbians; Ethnic Minority Gays and Lesbians; Attitudes of Ethnic Minorities Toward Gays and Lesbians; Identity Formation of Minority Persons; Ethnic Minority Families' Reactions and Roles; Implications for Psychotherapy; Older Lesbian and Gay People: Responding to Homophobia; Review of the Literature; The Friend Model of Lesbian and Gay Identity Formation; Stereotypic Older Lesbian and Gay People
Description / Table of Contents:
Passing Older Lesbian and Gay People
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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