We Don't Exactly Get the Welcome Wagon: The Experiences of Gay and Lesbian Adolescents in Child Welfare Systems

by Gerald P. Mallon

Book Overview

Drawing on over twenty years of child welfare experience and extensive interviews with 54 gay and lesbian young people who lived in out-of-home-care child welfare settings in three North American cities--Los Angeles, New York, and Toronto--Gerald Mallon presents narratives of marginalized young people trying to find the "right fit." Mallon permits the voices of these young people to guide the research, allowing them to tell their own stories and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231104553
• ISBN13: 9780231104555
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher