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LGBTQ Divorce and Relationship Dissolution: Psychological and Legal Perspectives and Implications for Practice brings together social science and legal perspectives to examine the timely topic of relationship dissolution and divorce among sexual and gender minorities.
List of contents
- Introduction
- Abbie E. Goldberg and Adam Romero
- Chapter One: Implications of Obergefell for Same-Sex Marriage, Divorce, and Parental Rights
- Nancy J. Knauer
- PART I - Same-Sex Couples and Relationship Well-Being, Dissolution, and Divorce
- Introduction to Part I
- Abbie E. Goldberg and Adam Romero
- Chapter 2: Demographic Approaches to Same-Sex Relationship Dissolution and Divorce: Research Findings, Data Challenges, and Implications for Further Research
- Wendy D. Manning and Kara Joyner
- Chapter 3: What Makes Same-Sex Relationships Endure?
- Sharon S. Rostosky and Ellen D.B. Riggle
- Chapter 4: Stress in the Lives of Same-Sex Couples: Implications for Relationship Dissolution and Divorce
- David M. Frost and Allen J. LeBlanc
- Chapter 5: Same-Sex Binational Families: Risk Factors for Relationship Dissatisfaction, Conflict, and Divorce
- Daniela F. Domínguez, Jacqueline Coppock, and Marcela Polanco
- Chapter 6: What We Know (And Don't Know) About the Bereavement Experience of Same-Sex Spouses
- Rachel Donnelly, Corinne Reczek, and Debra Umberson
- Chapter 7: Consensual Dispute Resolution with Same-Sex Couples
- Diane M. Goodman and Mariette Geldenhuys
- PART II: Same-Sex Couples with Children: Navigating Relationship Dissolution and Divorce as a Family
- Introduction to Part II
- Abbie E. Goldberg and Adam Romero
- Chapter 8: Same-Sex Relationship Dissolution and Divorce: How will Children be Affected?
- Rachel H. Farr and Abbie E. Goldberg
- Chapter 9: Social Science Research on Heterosexual Relationship Dissolution and Divorce Where One Parent Comes Out as LBG
- Fiona Tasker and Katy Rensten
- Chapter 10: Child Custody in the Context of LGBTQ Relationship Dissolution and Divorce
- Kim H. Pearson
- Chapter 11: Family, Loss, and Change: Navigating Family Breakup Before the Advent of Legal Marriage and Divorce
- Katherine R. Allen
- Chapter 12: A Lesbian Parent's Perspective on LGBTQ Families of Choice: Sharing Custody When There is No Legal Requirement to Do So
- Joyce Kauffman
- Chapter 13: Tying Tight or Splitting Up: An Adult's Perspective of His Parents' Same-Sex Relationship Dissolution
- Aaron Sachs
- Chapter 14: From Conflict to Co-parenting: Considerations in Clinical Practice with Separating and Divorcing Same-Sex Parent Couples
- Mark Gianino and Elisabeth Sackton
- PART III: Transgender and Gender Variant Individuals: Relationship Dissolution and Divorce
- Introduction to Part III
- Abbie E. Goldberg and Adam Romero
- Chapter 15: Trans Partnership and Marriage: Risk Factors for Conflict, Dissolution, and Divorce
- Carla A. Pfeffer and Natalie N. Castaneda
- Chapter 16: Legal Issues in Divorce for Transgender Individuals
- Shannon P. Minter
- Chapter 17: Transition Through a Shattered Crystal Snowglobe: Reflections on Transitioning and Divorce
- Denise Brogan Kator
- Chapter 18: A Daughter of a Transgender Parent's Perspective on Relationship Dissolution
- Amanda Veldorale-Griffin
- PART IV: Perspectives on Gender, Heteronormativity, Monogamy, and Marriage
- Introduction to Part IV
- Abbie E. Goldberg and Adam Romero
- Chapter 19: The Role of Gender and Gender Dynamics in Same-Sex Divorce and Dissolution
- Suzanne A. Kim and Edward Stein
- Chapter 20: Emerging Legal Issues in Same-Sex Divorces: A Lawyer's View of the Unanticipated Effects of Heteronormative Marital Law
- Frederick Hertz
- Chapter 21: Exploring the Polysemy of Voice and Silence: (Not) Talking about Divorce after the US Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage
- Gust A. Yep, Rebecca N. Gigi, and Briana E. Avila
- Chapter 22: Dissolution of Polyamorous Relationships: Multiple Parent Families, and Other Complex Arrangements
- Jodi Argentino and Celeste Fiore
- CONCLUSION: Conversations with Long-Term Couples Who Have Faced Challenges and Navigated Through Them
- Nanette K. Gartrell and Esther D. Rothblum
About the author
Abbie E. Goldberg is a Professor of Psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her research and teaching focuses on diverse families, genders, and sexualities. She is the author of two books on LGBTQ parent families, and the co-editor of a book on LGBTQ parent families. She is also the editor of the Sage Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies. She has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Spencer Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Williams Institute, and other private foundations for her work on LGBTQ parent families and adoptive families.
Adam P. Romero is the Arnold D. Kassoy Scholar of Law and Director of Legal Scholarship at the Williams Institute, and is a Lecturer-in-Law at UCLA School of Law. His research concerns how the law shapes and responds to vulnerabilities, disparities, and discrimination in society. He is the co-editor of Feminist and Queer Legal Theories: Intimate Encounters, Uncomfortable Conversations. He
successfully represented the plaintiffs in the first case in the nation to declare unconstitutional laws barring the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages in the veterans-benefits context.
Summary
LGBTQ Divorce and Relationship Dissolution: Psychological and Legal Perspectives and Implications for Practice brings together social science and legal perspectives to examine the timely topic of relationship dissolution and divorce among sexual and gender minorities.
Foreword
Included in the 2019 Over the Rainbow Recommended Book List
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This book delivers the goods like no other -- all 600+ pages of it.[1] It is an essential guide for experienced practitioners in particular--lawyers or mental health professionals with dispute resolution training or experience...This book is long overdue. Its contribution to the field cannot be overstated. I for one am so grateful to the editors for making it happen.
