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Title:
Coming out, coming home : helping families adjust to a gay or lesbian child
Author:
LaSala, Michael C.
ISBN:
9780231512992
Publication Information:
New York : Columbia University Press, ©2010.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xix, 277 pages)
Abstract:
The discovery that a child is lesbian or gay can send shockwaves through a family. A mother will question how she's raised her son; a father will worry that his daughter will experience discrimination. From the child's perspective, gay and lesbian youth fear their families will reject them and that they will lose financial and emotional support. All in all, learning a child is gay challenges long-held views about sexuality and relationships, and the resulting uncertainty can produce feelings of anger, resentment, and concern. Through a qualitative, multicultural study of sixty-fi.
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