Homosexuality and the Family

List of contents

Contents
Preface

• Coming Out to Parents and Self-Esteem Among Gay and Lesbian Youths
• “You’re a What?”: Family Member Reactions to the Disclosure of Homosexuality
• Response of Parents to Learning That Their Child Is Homosexual and Concern Over AIDS: A National Study
• Heterosexual Women’s Perceptions of Their Marriages to Bisexual or Homosexual Men
• Lesbian Mothers and the Motherhood Hierarchy
• A Comparative Study of Self-Esteem of Adolescent Children of Divorced Lesbian Mothers and Divorced Heterosexual Mothers
• Gay Fathers: A Review of the Literature
• The Value of Children to Gay and Heterosexual Fathers
• Parenting Behaviors of Homosexual and Heterosexual Fathers
• Afterword
• Index

About the author

Frederick. W. Bozett

Summary

This enlightening new book details the variety of family forms in which gays and lesbians live and explores the effects of homosexuality on individuals in families and on the family as a whole.

Product details

• Assisted by: Frederick W. Bozett (Editor), Frederick. W. Bozett (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780918393579
• ISBN: 978-0-918393-57-9
• No. of pages: 204
• Weight: 340 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Gay & Lesbian studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics