Lesbian and bisexual grandmother's perceptions of the grandparent-grandchild relationship

Journal of GLBT Family Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-70

  Orel, Nancy A ^a   Fruhauf, Christine A ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual women; Grandmothers; Grandparent grandchild relationship; Grandparenthood; Lesbians; Qualitative research; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645745346     PISSN: 1550428X     EISSN: 15504298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J461v02n01_03     Document Type: Article

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