Love Makes a Family

Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents and Their Families

• Author(s): Peggy Gillespie,
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Pages: 260
• ISBN_10: 1558491600
  ISBN_13: 9781558491601
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Family & Relationships / Alternative Family , Family & Relationships / Parenting / General , Family & Relationships / LGBTQ , Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies , Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Lesbian Studies , Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family , Social Science / Gender Studies , Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Bisexual Studies , Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Transgender Studies ,

Description:... This handsome volume combines interviews and photographs to document the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered parents and their children. It allows all of the family members to speak candidly about their lives, their relationships, and the ways in which they have dealt with the pressures of homophobia.

Included in the book are people from a diverse array of racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds, representing a wide range of family structures. Together, they provide clear evidence that family roles and responsibilities need not be based on gender, and that children thrive in an atmosphere in which understanding, respect, and love transcend the prejudices of the day.