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Drawing on the rarely heard voices of Canada’s lesbian mothers, Transforming Law’s Family explores the legal dimensions of planned lesbian parenthood and proposes avenues for legal change.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 The Legal and Social Context

2 On Whose Terms? On What Terms? Lesbian and Gay FamilyRecognition

3 Defining Queer Kinship: How Do Lesbian Mothers Understand TheirFamilial Relationships?

4 Engaging with Reform: Legal Mechanisms for the Recognition of theLesbian Family

5 (Re)forming Law’s Family

6 Some Concluding Thoughts on Law Reform and Progressive SocialChange

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Transforming Laws Family The Legal Recognition

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: 05/05/2011
      ISBN13: 9780774819633, 978-0774819633
      ISBN10: 0774819634
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      LGBTQIA+ Studies / topics Sociology: family, kinship and relationships

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Drawing on the rarely heard voices of Canada’s lesbian mothers, Transforming Law’s Family explores the legal dimensions of planned lesbian parenthood and proposes avenues for legal change.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      1 The Legal and Social Context

      2 On Whose Terms? On What Terms? Lesbian and Gay FamilyRecognition

      3 Defining Queer Kinship: How Do Lesbian Mothers Understand TheirFamilial Relationships?

      4 Engaging with Reform: Legal Mechanisms for the Recognition of theLesbian Family

      5 (Re)forming Law’s Family

      6 Some Concluding Thoughts on Law Reform and Progressive SocialChange

      Appendix

      Notes

      Bibliography

      Index

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