Different storks for different folks: Gay and lesbian parents' experiences with alternative insemination and surrogacy

Journal of GLBT Family Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 81-104

  Mitchell, Valory ^a   Green, Robert Jay ^a  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative parenting; Gay parents; GLBT parents; Insemination; Lesbian parents; Reproductive technology; Surrogacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749155984     PISSN: 1550428X     EISSN: 15504298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J461v03n02_04     Document Type: Article

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