From the margins to the center: Gay fathers reconstruct the fathering role

Journal of GLBT Family Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-29

  Benson, Adam L ^a   Silverstein, Louise B ^a   Auerbach, Carl F ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Father role; Fatherhood; Gay families; Gay fathers; Homosexual fathers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645786069     PISSN: 1550428X     EISSN: 15504298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J461v01n03_01     Document Type: Article

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