| About the Authors vii Publisher’s Preface ix Editor’s Foreword xvi Elizabeth M. Dolan and Marlene S. Stum emd@cisunix.unh.edu Economic Security and Financial Management Issues Facing Same-Sex Couples.....1 Angela Bolte bolte@twinearth.wustl.edu Do Wedding Dresses Come in Lavender? The Prospects And Implications of Same-Sex Marriage.....25 Candan Duran-Aydintug and Kelly A. Causey candanda@hotmail.com Child Custody Determination: Implications for Lesbian Mothers.....47 Bernie Sue Newman and Peter Gerard Muzzonigro bnew@vm.temple.edu The Effects of Traditional Family Values on the Coming Out Process of Gay Male Adolescents.....65 Pauline I. Erera and Karen Fredriksen ererap@u.washington.edu Lesbian Stepfamilies: A Unique Family Structure.....80 Susan O’Dell susanodell@aol.com Psychotherapy with Gay and Lesbian Families: Opportunities for Cultural Inclusion and Clinical Challenge.....95 Catherine Connolly cconn@uwyo.edu The Description of Gay and Lesbian Families in Second-Parent Adoption Cases.....109 Amy L. Hequembourg and Michael P. Farrell alh5@acsu.buffalo.edu Lesbian Motherhood: Negotiating Marginal-Mainstream Identities.....126 Ramona Faith Oswald roswald@uiuc.edu Family and Friendship Relationships After Young Women Come Out as Bisexual or Lesbian.....149 Roni Berger bergerroni@yahoo.com Gay Stepfamilies: A Triple-Stigmatized Group.....171 Susan E. Barrett barrettse@aol.com Children of Lesbian Parents: The What, When and How of Talking about Donor Identity.....195 Patricia Groves and Connie Schondel pgroves@utnet.utoledo.edu Lesbian Couples Who are Survivors of Incest: Group Work Utilizing a Feminist Approach.....209 Barbara K. Eisold beisold@psychoanalysis.net Recreating Mother: The Consolidation of “Heterosexual” Gender Identification in the Young Son of Homosexual Men.....221 Sandra L. Caron and Marjorie Ulin sandy.caron@umit.maine.edu Closeting and the Quality of Lesbian Relationships.....239 Peter Nash Swisher and Nancy Douglas Cook pswisher@richmond.edu Bottoms v. Bottoms: In Whose Best Interest? Analysis Of a Lesbian Mother Child Custody Dispute.....251 Permissions.....300 | Testimonials | How to Contact Us | Gordian Knot Books | | Richard Altschuler & Associates | |