Who Needs a Father? Negotiating Biological Fatherhood in British Lesbian Families Using Self-Insemination

Sexualities

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-164

  Donovan, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

families; fathering; lesbian; parenting; self insemination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993813759     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346000003002003     Document Type: Article

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