Growing up in a same-sex parented family: The adolescent voice of experience

Journal of GLBT Family Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 49-71

  Welsh, Marjorie G ^a  

^a Taunton State Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Gay families; Gay parents; Lesbian parents; Same sex parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751499737     PISSN: 1550428X     EISSN: 15504298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1550428X.2010.537241     Document Type: Article

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