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In 'Queer Stepfamilies', Katie L. Acosta offers a wealth of insight into their complex experiences as they negotiate parenting among multiple parents and family-building in a world not designed to meet their needs. Drawing on in-depth interviews, Acosta follows the journeys of more than forty families as they navigate a legal and social landscape that fails to recognise their existence. Acosta contextualises the legal realities of LGBTQ stepparent families and considers the actions these parents take to protect their families in the absence of comprehensive policies or laws geared to meet their needs.

Gay-parent families --- Sexual minority parents --- Stepparents

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Sexual minorities --- Gay couples --- Lesbian couples --- Children of sexual minority parents --- Gender minorities --- GLBT people --- GLBTQ people --- Lesbigay people --- LBG people --- LGBT people --- LGBTQ people --- Non-heterosexual people --- Non-heterosexuals --- Sexual dissidents --- Minorities --- Sexual minority parents' children --- Sexual minority parents --- Family relationships --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- LGBTQ+ families. --- LGBTQ+ parents. --- Children of LGBTQ+ people.

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Sexual minority parents. --- Parents --- Famílies homoparentals --- Relacions familiars --- Parelles homosexuals --- Homosexuals --- Unions estables de parella --- Comunicació en la família --- Família --- Família homoparental --- Família homosexual --- Famílies homosexuals --- Homoparentalitat

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"Lesbian, bisexual, and queer families formed after the dissolution of a marriage face a range of obstacles. In Queer Stepfamilies, Katie L. Acosta offers a wealth of insight into their complex experiences as they negotiate parenting among multiple parents and family-building in a world not designed to meet their needs. Drawing on in-depth interviews, Acosta follows the journeys of more than forty families as they navigate a legal and social landscape that fails to recognize their existence. Acosta contextualizes the legal realities of LGBTQ stepparent families and considers the actions these parents take to protect their families in the absence of comprehensive policies or laws geared to meet their needs. Queer Stepfamilies reveals the obstacles these families face in family courts during divorce proceedings and custody cases, and highlights their distrust of courts when it comes to acting in their children's best interests, especially in the event of an origin parent's death. As LGBTQ families continue to make social and legal strides in acceptance and recognition, this important book shows how queer stepparents find ways to make their unconventional families work, despite the many social and legal obstacles they encounter. Acosta provides a fresh perspective, broadening our understanding about families in the twenty-first century." --

Sexual minority parents --- Stepparents --- Social conditions. --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Social conditions --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- United States --- Family --- Homosexuality --- Life-forms --- Reconstituted family --- Sexuality --- Romantic and sexual orientation --- Legislation --- Co-parenting --- Divorce