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100 1 Ball, Carlos A.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
nb2003007604
245 14 The right to be parents :|bLGBT families and the
transformation of parenthood /|cCarlos A. Ball.
246 3 Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families and the
transformation of parenthood
246 30 LGBT families and the transformation of parenthood
264 1 New York :|bNew York University Press,|c[2012]
264 4 |c©2012
300 1 online resource (vii, 239 pages) :|billustrations
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504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and
index.
505 0 Mothers on trial -- Fathers come out of the closet --
Breaking up is hard to do -- Donate here, parent there --
When the state discriminates -- Gender does not make a
parent.
520 "In 1975, California courts stripped a lesbian mother of
her custody rights because she was living openly with
another woman. Twenty years later, the Virginia Supreme
Court did the same thing to another lesbian mother. In
ordering that children be separated from their mothers,
these courts ruled that it was not possible for a woman to
be both a good parent and a lesbian. The Right to be
Parents is the first book to provide a detailed history of
how LGBT parents have turned to the courts to protect and
defend their relationships with their children. Carlos A.
Ball chronicles the stories of LGBT parents who, in
seeking to gain legal recognition of and protection for
their relationships with their children, have
fundamentally changed how American law defines and
regulates parenthood. Each chapter contains riveting human
stories of determination and perseverance as LGBT parents
challenge the widely-held view that having a same-sexual
orientation, or that being a transsexual, renders
individuals incapable of being good parents. To this day,
some courts are still not able to look beyond sexual
orientation and gender identity in order to fairly apply
legal principles in cases involving LGBT parents and their
children. Yet on the whole, stories are of progress and
transformation: as a result of these pioneering LGBT
parent litigants, the law is increasingly recognizing the
wide diversity in American familial structures. The Right
to be Parents explores why and how that has come to be"--
Provided by publisher.
588 0 Print version record.
590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic
Collection - North America
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650 0 Custody of children|zUnited States.|0https://id.loc.gov/
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651 7 United States.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155
655 4 Electronic books.
776 08 |iPrint version:|aBall M., Carlos A.|tRight to be parents.
|dNew York : New York University Press, ©2012
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