| Description |
154 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Louise Wakeling and Margaret Bradstock -- We Are Family / Susan Harben -- When Harry met Uncty Cam / Cameron Sharp -- Beyond Blood: the lesbian and gay family / Louise Wakeling -- More than a gift / Sue Ogle and Annie Holstock -- Poem: The Night Feed / Sue Ogle -- Marriages and Baptisms / Rev Cliff Connors -- Old woman, old woman, who lives in a shoe / Margaret Bradstock -- Poems: The Jesse Tree; And how are the boys? / Margaret Bradstock -- The Discourse of Difference in the International Year of the Family / Lea Crisante -- Raising Jordan / Miranda Kuijpers and Belinda Vlotman -- Sick of hiding / Rowan Savage -- Have you got two mums? / Maeve Savage -- Elton John's Cousin (or Come out, come out, wherever you are) / Jay Walker -- Relationship Counselling and the Lesbian Family / Julie Beauchamp -- No Absolute Rights / Kerry Sawtell -- Broadening the Options: The Family and the Bisexual Lesbian / Marilyn Mitchell |
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Donor Dads: the sperm givers' view / Paul van Reyk -- Poem: Beyond Blood / Paul van Reyk -- Happy little vegemites / Gary Dunne -- I was a closet Queer sperm donor / Stephen Dunne -- Here comes the groom / Pearlie McNeill -- I never really wanted to know / Cathy Brooker -- Dialogue on the alternative family / Michael Bradstock and Stephanie Bradstock -- Sharp hair and mother-blaming / Teresa Savage -- When I woke up I was in Thailand / Janet Peters -- Where have all the sperm gone? / Sasha Soldatow |
| Summary |
An exciting new book on the subject of alternative parenting, with the focus on lesbian and gay experience. These autobiographical, theoretical, analytical, practical and creative contributions offer a valuable and unique perspective on the subject of the alternative family |
| Analysis |
Alternative lifestyle |
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Families |
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Family |
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Homosexuality |
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Parents |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Children of gay parents -- Australia -- Anecdotes.
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Families -- Australia.
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Gay fathers -- Family relationships.
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Gay parents -- Australia -- Anecdotes.
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Lesbian mothers -- Family relationships.
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Lesbian mothers -- Australia -- Anecdotes.
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Parenting -- Australia -- Anecdotes.
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| Author |
Bradstock, Margaret.
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Wakeling, Louise Katherine.
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| LC no. |
95142424 |
| ISBN |
1875243178 |
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