• About the Authors
• Preface
• Foreword
• Economic Security and Financial Management Issues Facing Same-Sex Couples - Elizabeth M. Dolan and Marlene S. Stum
• Do Wedding Dresses Come in Lavender? The Prospects and Implications of Same-Sex Marriage - Angela Bolte
• Child Custody Determination: Implications for Lesbian Mothers - Candan Duran-Aydintug and Kelly A. Causey
• The Effects of Traditional Family Values on the Coming Out Process of Gay Male Adolescents - Bernie Sue Newman and Peter Gerard Muzzonigro
• Lesbian Stepfamilies: A Unique Family Structure - Pauline I. Erera and Karen Fredriksen
• Psychotherapy with Gay and Lesbian Families: Opportunities for Cultural Inclusion and Clinical Challenge - Susan O'Dell
• The Description of Gay and Lesbian Families in Second-Parent Adoption Cases - Catherine Connolly
• Lesbian Motherhood: Negotiating Marginal-Mainstream Identities - Amy L. Hequembourg and Michael P. Farrell
• Family and Friendship Relationships After Young Women Come Out as Bisexual or Lesbian - Ramona Faith Oswald
• Gay stepfamilies: A Triple-Stigmatized Group - Roni Berger
• Children of Lesbian Parents: The What, When and How of Talking about Donor Identity - Susan E. Barrett
• Lesbian Couples Who Are Survivors of Incest: Group Work Utilizing a Feminist Approach - Patricia Groves and Connie Schondel
• Recreating Mother: The Consolidation of ‘Heterosexual’ Gender Identification in the Young Son of Homosexual Men - Barbara K. Eisold
• Closeting and the Quality of Lesbian Relationships - Sandra L. Caron and Marjorie Ulin
• Bottoms v. Bottoms: In Whose Best Interest? Analysis of a Lesbian Mother Child Custody Dispute - Peter Nash Swisher and Nancy Douglas