Gay Parenting Complete Guide for Same-Sex Families

by Priwer, Shana; Phillips, Cynthia

• ISBN13: 9780882822716
• ISBN10: 0882822713
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-01
• Publisher: New Horizon Press

Summary

This insightful, thoroughly researched guide offers sage advice for same-sex families in every stage, from making the decision to have children to dealing with embarrassed teenagers. Discover the ways same sex parents should accent family pride to deal with being more visibly out.  Explore the options for bringing children into your lives, including adoption, fostering, surrogacy, and donor insemination. 

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Choosing a Family	1	(13)
Chapter 2: First Things First: Legal Protection	14	(14)
Chapter 3: Adoption and Fostering	28	(17)
Chapter 4: Surrogacy	45	(15)
Chapter 5: Donor Insemination	60	(16)
Chapter 6: Mommy and Daddy Roles	76	(12)
Chapter 7: Making Same Sex Parenting Legal	88	(13)
Chapter 8: Transgender Parents	101	(8)
Chapter 9: A Healthy Pregnancy	109	(15)
Chapter 10: Delivery and Birth	124	(12)
Chapter 11: The First Two Years	136	(11)
Chapter 12: The Toddler Period	147	(11)
Chapter 13: Your Child's Middle Years	158	(11)
Chapter 14: Teenagers	169	(10)
Chapter 15: Coming Out Later in Life	179	(11)
Chapter 16: The Future of Gay and Lesbian Parenting	190	(5)
Appendix 1: State-by-state table of information about adoption, second parent adoption, domestic partnerships, surrogacy and donor insemination, as of April 2005.	195	(10)
Appendix 2: Domestic adoption agencies reported to be friendly to single and coupled gay/lesbian adoptive parents, and reproductive technology centers (sperm banks and surrogacy) friendly to gay/lesbian clients	205	(3)
Appendix 3: Gay parenting organizations and other resources for gay families	208	(3)
Appendix 4: Sample Contracts for Sperm Donation and Surrogacy	211	(18)
Index	229