Radical relations : lesbian mothers, gay fathers, and their children in the United States since World War II / Daniel Winunwe Rivers.

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2013]

xii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-279) and index.

Families in hiding: lesbian and gay parents and their children, 1945-1969 -- The seeds of change: forging lesbian and gay families, 1950-1969 -- In the best interests of the child: lesbian and gay parenting custody cases, 1967-1985 -- Lesbian mother activist organizations, 1971-1980 -- Gay fathers groups, 1975-1992 -- The culture of lesbian feminist households with children in the 1970s -- She does not draw distinctions based on blood or law: the lesbian/gay-by boom, 1980-2003 -- Epilogue: lesbian mothers, gay fathers, and their children after Lawrence v. Texas.