The intersection of multiple minority identities: Perspectives of white lesbian couples adopting racial/ethnic minority children

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 4 SPECIAL ISSUE, 2010, Pages 340-353

  Richardson, Hannah B ^a   Goldberg, Abbie E ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Intersectionality; Lesbian; Parenthood; Qualitative; Transracial

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650784017     PISSN: 0814723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/anft.31.4.340     Document Type: Article

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