Focus on the Family: The Psychosocial Context of Gay Men Choosing Fatherhood

The Story of Sexual Identity: Narrative Perspectives on the Gay and Lesbian Life Course

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  DeBoer, David ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Gay fathers; Gay identity; Gay men; Homosexuality; Parenthood; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920624275     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195326789.003.0014     Document Type: Chapter

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