Gay Dads: Transns to Adoptive Fatherhood (Qualative Studi Psychology, 6): 9780814732243: Goldberg, Abbie E.: Books

Contents:

• GAY DADS: TRANSNS TO ADOPTIVE FATHERHOOD (QUALATIVE STUDI PSYCHOLOGY, 6) PAPERBACK – JULY 23, 2012
• ADOPTN BY LBIANS AND GAY MEN: A NEW DIMENSN FAY DIVERSY 1ST EDN
• PROCR FOR GAY COUPL LOOKG TO ADOPT
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• LGBT ADOPTN FACTS | GAY ADOPTN FACTS

GAY DADS: TRANSNS TO ADOPTIVE FATHERHOOD (QUALATIVE STUDI PSYCHOLOGY, 6) PAPERBACK – JULY 23, 2012

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A wrenchg, mt-read memoir of the two Whe women’s adoptn and raisg of their Black dghter and son om fancy to adulthood, and a hard look at the very personal effects of systemic racism and homophobia our untry.

ADOPTN BY LBIANS AND GAY MEN: A NEW DIMENSN FAY DIVERSY 1ST EDN

To lim the spe of this hysterilly funny, often bawdy, and unexpectedly touchg book to gay parentg alone is to miss s universaly—even if the book also ntas some supremely sharp observatns about beg both gay and a parent. Rollerasters and Sons, by Chase Turner, is a gay man’s story of fosterg three sons, the last of whom he adopted. Rebel Dad: Triumphg Over Burecracy to Adopt Two Orphans Born Worlds Apart, by David McKstry, tak to Canada where 1997, McKstry beme the first openly gay man the untry to be allowed to adopt ternatnally, and then the first to be allowed to -adopt wh a same-sex partner or spoe.

It’s a thoughtful study based on tailed terviews wh gay, lbian, and heterosexual parents who created their fai through open adoptn. Gay Dads: Transns to Adoptive Fatherhood, also by Goldberg (2012), is an examatn of gay (male) upl before and jt after they adopt children. Gay dads (and prospective gay dads), as well as adoptn provirs, social workers, and lawyers, among others, will fd much of value .

PROCR FOR GAY COUPL LOOKG TO ADOPT

Adoptn by Lbians and Gay Men: A New Dimensn Fay Diversy, eded by David Brodzsky and Adam Pertman (2011), brgs together experts across several discipl—social welfare, psychology, soclogy, and law—to provi a picture of this “rapidly growg new fay form. ” It summariz our knowledge of lbian and gay adoptive fai, ntribut to , and pots out directns for future rearch, tn, and policy chang.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

This book provis a plete explanatn of the many ways gay or lbian upl n create a fay and the legal hoops they mt jump through as part of the procs. Wrten by an attorney an-easy-to-unrstand style, this gui provis a prehensive look at the optns available to gay upl and offers advice and rmatn on how bt to proceed.

LGBT ADOPTN FACTS | GAY ADOPTN FACTS

Prentg a llectn of personal acunts of lbian and gay parents om many different social and ethnic backgrounds, this volume is signed to dispel misnceptns and enurage gay men and lbians who are thkg about adoptg or fosterg children. This is the story of one man's journey down the road ls traveled—a sgle gay man adoptg and raisg his two sons.

McGarry reunts his passage to parenthood after years of havg his natural fatherg stcts stifled by the lims—real and perceived—of beg gay. John Malone's excellent state-of-the-unn addrs on the stat of gay rights—such as domtic partners benefs, civil unns, same-sex adoptn, and gays the ary—is a readable and well-rearched addn to gay studi and a fe primer on social change.

While neher unreasonably psimist nor giddily ngratulatory, Malone scrib the stris ma gay civil rights the past 40 years and predicts which issu are more likely to go on Amazon ». How effectively do profsnal servic, such as support groups, serve gay fathers and prospective gay fathers?

This book provis a prehensive overview of the rearch on same-sex parenthood, explorg ways which lbian and gay parents rist, acmodate, and transform fundamental notns of genr, parentg, and fay. Gay parentg is a productive and posive cisn, but thor and lbian mother Arlene Lev adms isn't always an easy one.

Wh practil wisdom and advice and personal real-life stori, Lev prepar gay parents for this enavor wh everythg they need to know and everythg they n expect while makg their own signifint and challengg mark on fay life the 21st century.

It is a study that offers a specific wdow to the transn to parenthood for gay men via adoptn and pats a picture of the variety of cisns, challeng, and joys men face as they create fai together.

" ― PsycCRITIQUES"This highly readable text marks an important early step the velopment of an unrstandg of psychology of adoptive fatherhood for gay men, and one that is accsible to a variety of terted rears.

" ― Journal of GLBT Fay Studi"Goldberg provis a reful analysis of the rults of a qualative study of 35 gay male upl who have chosen to bee parents through adoptn. Wrg a book that is both accsible and theoretilly rmed, Goldberg scrib the plexy of gay mens fatherg as experienced through everyday cisn makg and social anizatn. Further, she argu agast easy tegorizatn of gay fathers as risters or acmodators, and stead explas their cisns and experienc by showg how even the most prosaic moments (like peopl reactns to two fathers passg their child back and forth a rtrant) oblige gay fathers to negotiate iologi and opportuny stctur plited ways.