Gay Resources for Adoption

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Gay Bibliography

Child Welfare League resolution Adamec, Christine, "Explaining Adoption to Your Child," National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, Rockville, MD, 1993.

Adamec, Christine, and Pierce, William, Ph.D., The Encyclopedia of Adophion, Facts on File, Inc., New York, 1991.

Benkov, Laura, Ph.D., Reinvenhng the Family: Lesbian and Gay Parents, Crown Publishing, New York, 1994.

Bozett, Frederick W., ed., Gay and Lesbian Parents, Praeger, New York, 1987.

Bozett, Frederick W., and Sussman, Marvin B., eds. Homosexuality and Family Relations, The Haworth Press, New York, 1990.

Chira, Susan, "Gay and Lesbian Parents Grow More Visible," The New York Times, September 30, 1993, p. B-3.

Corley, Rip, The Final Closet: The Gay Parents' Guide for Coming Out to Their Children, Editech Press, Miami, 1990.

Flaks, Ficher, Masterpasqua, and Joseph, "Lesbians Choosing Motherhood: A Comparative Study of Lesbians and Heterosexual Parents and Their Children," Developmental Psychology, 1995, volume 31, pp. 105-114.

Hoffman, Jan, "Unmarried Couples Challenging State Law Barring Their Adoption Plans," The New York Times, June 15, 1995, p. B-5.

Knight, Robert H. and Garcia, Daniel S., "Homosexual Parenting: Bad For Children, Bad For Society," Insight, Family Research Council, Washington, DC, 1995.

Martin, April, Ph.D., Lesbian and Gay Parenhng Handbook, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1993.

Melina, Lois, "Gay and Lesbian Parents Try to Prove Suitability to Raise Children," Adopted Child, April 1994.

Morgen, Kenneth B., Ph.D., Getting Simon: Two Gay Doctors ' Journey to Fatherhood, Bramble Books, New York, 1995.

Patterson, Charlotte, "Adoption of Minor Children by Lesbian and Gay Adults: A Social Science Perspective" Duke Journal of Gender LAW and Policy, Spring 1995, volume 2 number 1, pp. 191-205.

Patterson, Charlotte, "Children of Lesbian and Gay Parents," Child Development, 1992, pp. 1025-1039.

Perry, David, "Homes of Last Resort" The Advocate, December 5, 1989, pp. 45-48.

Potter, Sandra J., and Darty, Trudy E., SSodal Work and the Invisible Minority An Exploration of Lesbianism Social Work, May 1981, volume 26 number 3, pp. 187-192.

Poverny, Linda M., and Finch, Wilbur A., Jr., "Gay and Lesbian Domestic Partnerships: Expanding the Definition of Family," Social Casework, volume 69 number 2, February 1988, pp. 116-121.

Ricketts, Wendell, Lesbians and Gay Men as Foster Parents, National Child Welfare Resource Center, Portland, ME, 1942.

Wendell Ricketts and Roberta Achtenberg, "Adoption and Foster Parenting for Lesbians and Gay Men: Creating New Traditions in Family," Homosexuality and Family Relations, edited by Frederick W. Bozett and Marvin B. Sussman (New York Haworth Press, 1990)