Gay Men Choosing Parenthood

by Gerald P. Mallon

Book Overview

Gay parenting is a topic on which almost everyone has an opinion but almost nobody has any facts. Here at last is a book based on a thorough review of the literature, as well as interviews with a pioneering group of men who in the 1980s chose to become fathers outside the boundaries of a heterosexual union--through foster care, adoption, and other kinship relationships. This book reveals how very natural and possible gay parenthood can be. What factors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231117965
• ISBN13: 9780231117968
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 153 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher