Love Makes a Family - Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Parents and Their Families

This handsome volume combines interviews and photographs to document the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered parents and their children. It allows all of the family members to speak candidly about their lives, their relationships, and the ways in which they have dealt with the pressures of homophobia.Included in the book are people from a diverse array of racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds, representing a wide range of family structures. Together, they provide clear evidence that family roles and responsibilities need not be based on gender, and that children thrive in an atmosphere in which understanding, respect, and love transcend the prejudices of the day.

Summary

This volume combines interviews and photographs to document the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered parents and their children. All of the family members speak candidly about their lives, their relationships and how they have dealt with the pressures of homophobia.

Product details

• Authors: Gigi Kaesar
• Assisted by: Gigi Kaeser (Photographs), Peggy Gillespie (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Massachusetts Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.05.1999
• EAN: 9781558491618
• ISBN: 978-1-55849-161-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 253 mm x 253 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 1202 g
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ratgeber für Eltern, Soziologie: Familie und Beziehungen, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBT Studies / Lesbian Studies