| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 277 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-263) and index. |
| Contents |
Family sensitization -- Family discovery : youth come out -- Family discovery : parents react -- Family recovery -- Family renewal : the gift of the gay or lesbian child -- Race and ethnicity -- Areas for future research and concluding thoughts. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Parents of gay people.
|
|
Parents of gay men.
|
|
Gay people -- Family relationships.
|
|
Gays. |
|
Families. |
|
Parent and child.
|
|
Parent and child. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
| Subject |
Parents of gay men. |
|
Homosexuals. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: LaSala, Michael C. Coming out, coming home. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2010 9780231143820 (DLC) 2009045335 (OCoLC)463675282 |
| ISBN |
9780231512992 (electronic book) |
|
0231512996 (electronic book) |
|
9780231143820 |
|
0231143826 |
|
9780231143837 |
|
0231143834 |
| Standard No. |
9786612796401 |
|
