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Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals Becoming Parents or Remaining Childfree - Confronting Social Inequalities (Paperback)
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Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals Becoming Parents or Remaining Childfree - Confronting Social Inequalities (Paperback)
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This book recognizes that intense public battles are being waged in
the U.S. over the rights of LGB people to form legally and
culturally recognized families. Their families are under a kind of
sociopolitical scrutiny at this historical moment that compels us
all to take stock of our strategies of family-building and, more
broadly, the meaning of family in the U.S. today. Through in-depth,
open-ended, qualitative interviews with 61 self-identified lesbian,
gay, and bisexual people regarding how they came to have children
or remain childless/childfree, this book reveals the challenges
posed by homophobia and discrimination and showcases the creative
strategies, resilience, and resourcefulness of lesbians, bisexuals,
and gays as they build families (with or without children) after
coming out. From descriptions of how the early process of coming
out affected the desire to parent or remain childfree, to stories
about the impact of homophobia and discrimination on the
decision-making process, to the dynamics within couples that lead
to becoming parents or remaining childfree, to examining how
cultural notions of the strength of biology are employed when
having children, to accounts of how the closet can be used
strategically when bringing children into a family, their voices
form the heart of this book. In a sociopolitical context in which
gay, lesbian, and bisexual people often have to struggle to access
the array of rights and opportunities that are afforded to most
heterosexual people without question, addressing the questions
raised in this book is an urgent and necessary endeavor.
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