Who is mommy tonight? Lesbian parenting issues

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1-13

  Ciano Boyce, Claudia ^a   Shelley Sireci, Lynn ^a  

^a WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Division of childcare; Gay lesbian parenting; Mothering roles; Nurturing; Parental roles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MOTHER; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY;

ADOPTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING;

EID: 0036973365     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v43n02_01     Document Type: Article

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