Authors: Jerry J. Bigner
ISBN-13: 9780789024978, ISBN-10: 0789024977
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: January 2005
Edition: New Edition
Gain a better understanding of the special therapeutic issues and needs of GLBT families
In terms of research, GLBT families constitute a neglected segment of society. Gender and sexual orientation can make the issues in family studies even more difficult to work through. An Introduction to GLBT Family Studies tackles a challenging research topic by presenting noted experts examining the latest information on the newest type of family studiesGLBT families. This groundbreaking text explores a wide range of unique problems faced by nontraditional families, as well as issues common to traditional families that need to be approached with a GLBT perspective.
Though homophobia and heterosexism constantly influence GLBT families, these factors do not necessarily overwhelm the dynamic of their basic family unit. Issues present in many traditional families are found when researching GLBT families. An Introduction to GLBT Family Studies spotlights the issues, research, and future trends that provide a foundation for the study of GLBT families. This breakthrough volume focuses not only on the obvious unique factors within GLBT families, but also on the elements encountered within families that are present regardless of sexual orientation and gender, such as physical and emotional abuse. Expert contributors present research findings on family pattern issues relating to parent-child relationships, child development, sibling relationships, family structure, intimate relationships, stepfamilies, alternative family structures, and extended family relationships. Each chapter is extensively referenced and offers possibilities for further research.
An Introduction to GLBT Family Studies discusses family studies topics such as:
Ch. 1 | A process of change : the intersection of the GLBT individual and his or her family of origin | 5 |
Ch. 2 | Life-course social science perspectives on the GLBT family | 23 |
Ch. 3 | Translove : transgender persons and their families | 51 |
Ch. 4 | A family matter : when a spouse comes out as gay, lesbian, or bisexual | 67 |
Ch. 5 | Genograms redrawn : lesbian couples define their families | 89 |
Ch. 6 | Siblings and sexual orientation : products of alternative families or the ones who got away? | 117 |
Ch. 7 | Stress and adaptation among families of lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth : research challenges | 135 |
Ch. 8 | Polyamory and gay men : a family systems approach | 161 |
Ch. 9 | Coming out as "we 3" : using personal ethnography and the case study to assess relational identity and parental support of gay male, three-partner relationships | 183 |
Ch. 10 | Same-sex marriage and legalized relationships : I do, or do I? | 203 |
Ch. 11 | Same-sex marriage : the difficult road ahead | 215 |
Ch. 12 | Sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll ... and children : redefining male couples in the twenty-first century | 223 |
Ch. 13 | Achieving competent family practice with same-sex parents : some promising directions | 245 |
Ch. 14 | Listening to lesbian couples : communication competence in long-term relationships | 271 |