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Lesbian and Gay Parenting: Securing Social and Educational Capital

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This book explores the intersections between class and sexuality in lesbians and gay men's experiences of parenting and the everyday pathways navigated therein, from initial routes into parenting, to location preferences, schooling choice and community supports.

Author(s): Yvette Taylor
Year: 2009

Language: English
Pages: 224

Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 7
Introduction......Page 8
1 The Straight and Narrow?......Page 16
2 Gay Parents, Games Lessons and Gambling with the Future......Page 42
3 Ticking All the Wrong Boxes? Gay Parents and the (Im)possibility of Being Right......Page 73
4 Family Fortunes......Page 105
5 Mixed Signals at the School Crossing......Page 129
6 Privileged Locations? Sexuality, Class and Geography......Page 154
7 Just Cause or Impediment? Costs of Civic Acceptance......Page 182
Concluding Thoughts......Page 205
Appendix......Page 208
Notes......Page 213
Bibliography......Page 215
E......Page 227
N......Page 228
Z......Page 229