What is it about?
The experience of becoming a lesbian step family. This article explores the process, the barriers and the supports for families headed by two women.
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Why is it important?
Helps to demonstrate that heterosexism continues to play an important and negative role in the development of sense of family.
Perspectives
This article highlights the research and demonstrates how heterosexism and marginalization persist despite our great strides forward. The article celebrates some of the creative ways that family members of lesbian stepfamilies pull together to feel legitimate.
Professor Tracey Suzan Rickards
University of New Brunswick Fredericton
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This page is a summary of: Authenticating Family, The Family Journal, February 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1066480716628583.
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