Bathrooms, baseball, and bra shopping: Lesbian and gay parents talk about engendering their children

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 329-350

  Berkowitz, Dana ^a   Ryan, Maura ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Doing gender; Lesbian and gay parenting; Queer theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053168446     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2011.54.3.329     Document Type: Article

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