New Parenting : Opportunities and Challenges

C. Donovan, A. Wilson

Contents:- _We_re not Living on Planet Lesbian_: Constructions of Male Role Models in Debates about Lesbian Families / Victoria Clarke and Celia Kitzinger. - p. 137-152.- Is Gay Parenting Bad for Kids? Responding to the _Very Idea of Difference_ in Research on Lesbian and Gay Parents / Stephen Hicks. p. 153-168.- Welfare Moms and the Two Grooms: The Concurrent Promotion and Restriction of Marriage in US Public Policy / Sean Cahill. - p. 169-187.- Contested Heteronormativities: Discourses of Fatherhood among Lesbian Parents in Sweden and Ireland / Róisín Ryan-Flood. - p. 189-204.- Accessing Medicalized Donor Sperm in the US and Britain: An Historical Narrative / Sandra Barney. - p. 205-220.- Looking Like a Family: Negotiating Bio-Genetic Continuity in British Lesbian Families, Using Licensed Donor Insemination / Caroline Jones. - p. 221-237.- What_s in a Name? The Significance of the Choice of Surnames Given to Children Born within Lesbian-parent Families / Kathryn Almack. p. 239-254.