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An introduction to GLBT family studies /
"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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Haworth Press,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Haworth series in GLBT family studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Jerry J. Bigner
- pt. I. GLBT family issues
- 1. A process of change : the intersection of the GLBT individual and his or her family origin / Colleen M. Connolly
- Societal and familial constraints
- GLBT awareness and discovery
- The question of disclosure
- The process of change
- Conclusion
- 2. Life-course social science perspectives on the GLBT family / Bertram J. Cohler
- Life-course perspectives and the GLBT family
- From life-cycle to life-course family study
- Life-course perspectives on sexual-minority families
- Conclusion
- 3. Translove : transgender persons and their families / Gianna E. Israel
- General issues
- Family-of-origin issues
- Case study : a transwoman (MTF)
- Couples' issues
- Case study : a transman (FTM)
- Issues affecting children
- Conclusion
- Introductory transgender resources
- 4. A family matter : when a spouse comes out as gay, lesbian, or bisexual / Amity P. Buxton
- Where we are
- Gay, lesbian, and bisexual spouses
- Heterosexual spouses
- Mixed-orientation couples
- Children of mixed-orientation couples
- The future and how we might get there
- 5. Genograms redrawn : lesbian couples define their families / Mary Swainson, Fiona Tasker
- Lesbian family relationships
- Family life-cycle theory and genograms
- Method
- Results
- Discussion
- 6. Siblings and sexual orientation : products of alternative families or the ones who got away? / Esther D. Rothblum, Kimberly F. Balsam, Sondra E. Solomon, Rhonda J. Factor
- Siblings as a comparison group for GLBs : the studies
- Education and moving away from the family of origin
- Relationships, children, and division of labor
- Religion and politics
- Which siblings become lesbian, gay, bisexual, or heterosexual?
- 7. Stress and adaptation among families of lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth : research challenges / Anthony R. D'Augelli
- Stress and the discovery of GLB youths' sexual and gender identities
- Recent findings concerning GLB youth and their families
- Problems with research on familial reactions to disclosure of GLB youths' sexual orientation
- A human development model of GLB youth development in the family context
- Directions for future research.
- pt. II. Special issues in GLBT family studies
- 8. Polyamory and gay men : a family systems approach / Michael Bettinger
- Models of polyamory
- Making it work : essential skills
- Benefits of polyamorous relationships
- Understanding families
- Understanding a polyamorous gay male family
- Areas for future research
- Conclusion
- 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 / Eric Aoki
- Background
- The academic letter
- 10. Same-sex marriage and legalized relationships : I do, or do I? / Esther D. Rothblum
- Heterosexual marriage as a model for same-sex marriage?
- Same-sex marriage
- Do lesbians and gay men want to marry?
- Other data on legalized same-sex relationships
- Future directions
- 11. Same-sex marriage : the difficult road ahead / Vincent J. Samar.
- pt. III. Clinical issues in GLBT family studies
- 12. Sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll ... and children : redefining male couples in the twenty-first century / David E. Greenan, Gil Tunnell
- A systemic perspective
- Case illustration : Mark and Fred
- A work in progress
- Conclusion
- 13. Achieving competent family practice with same-sex parents : some promising directions / Jacky Coates, Richard Sullivan
- The requirements of ethical practice
- Family systems theory : role differentiation in same-sex parents
- Structural social work
- Ecological systems perspective
- Queer theory
- Weaving together strands of theory : role differentiation and queer parents
- Clinical implications
- 14. Listening to lesbian couples : communication competence in long-term relationships / Colleen M. Connolly, Mary Kay Sicola
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusion and recommendations.