Planned Lesbian Families

Adoption by Lesbians and Gay Men: A New Dimension in Family Diversity

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gartrell, Nanette ^a,b   Peyser, Heidi ^c   Bos, Henny ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c US National Longitudinal Lesbian Study   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adoptive families; Donor insemination; Homophobia; Lesbian families; Lesbian mothers; Lesbian parents; Mental health; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920624760     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195322606.003.0033     Document Type: Chapter

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