Growing Up in a Lesbian Family: The Life Experiences of the Adult Daughters and Sons of Lesbian Mothers

Journal of GLBT Family Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-257

  Leddy, Anna ^a   Gartrell, Nanette ^a   Bos, Henny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

lesbian families; resilience; same sex parents; stigmatization; young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862205926     PISSN: 1550428X     EISSN: 15504298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1550428X.2012.677233     Document Type: Article

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