Radical Relations Lesbian Mothers, Gay Fathers, and Their Children in the United States Since World War II.
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (573 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover Page; Radical Relations; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Families in Hiding; CHAPTER TWO: The Seeds of Change; CHAPTER THREE: In the Best Interests of the Child; CHAPTER FOUR: Lesbian Mother Activist Organizations, 1971-1980; CHAPTER FIVE: Gay Fathers Groups, 1975-1992; CHAPTER SIX: The Culture of Lesbian Feminist Households with Children in the 1970s; CHAPTER SEVEN: She Does Not Draw Distinctions Based on Blood or Law; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
In Radical Relations, Daniel Winunwe Rivers offers a previously untold story of the American family: the first history of lesbian and gay parents and their children in the United States. Beginning in the postwar era, a period marked by both intense repression and dynamic change for lesbians and gay men, Rivers argues that by forging new kinds of family and childrearing relations, gay and lesbian parents have successfully challenged legal and cultural definitions of family as heterosexual. These efforts have paved the way for the contemporary focus on family and domestic rights in lesbia.
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