Conceiving and negotiating reproductive relationships: Lesbians and gay men forming families with children

Sociology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1145-1162

  Dempsey, Deborah ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

donor insemination; gay fathers; kinship; lesbian mothers; reproductive decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650489318     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038510381607     Document Type: Article

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