Lesbian Step Families: An Ethnography of Love

Lesbian Step Families: An Ethnography of Love explores five lesbian step families’ definitions of the step parent role and how they accomplish parenting tasks, cope with homophobia, and define and interpret their experiences. An intensive feminist qualitative study, the book offers guidelines for counselors and lesbian step families for creating healthy, functioning family structures and environments. It is the first book to concentrate exclusively on lesbian step families rather than on le...