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Author Herdt, Gilbert H., 1949-

Title Something to tell you : the road families travel when a child is gay / Gilbert Herdt and Bruce Koff.

Imprint New York : Columbia University Press, ©2000.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.874 H541S    Check Shelf
Description xxii, 156 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Between men--between women
Between men--between women.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Foreword / the Rev. Paul Beeman, PFLAG President -- Introduction: When Your Child Says, "I Have Something to Tell You" -- The Heterosexual Family Myth: How It Can Be Harmful -- What Affects a Family's Resilience? -- When a Family Loses Its Way: Disintegration -- Somewhere in the Middle: Ambivalence -- The Family Renewed: Integration -- You Have Something to Hear: New Cultural Ideals.
Summary "On the one hand, the book is a carefully researched and scholarly work that will appeal to researchers, policymakers, mental health professionals, and service providers. On the other, it is a highly readable, enjoyable, and informative work for families of gay sons or lesbian daughters."
Subject Parents of gay people.
Gay youth -- Family relationships.
Coming out (Sexual orientation)
HOMOSSEXUALIDADE.
FAMÍLIA.
Homosexuality. (DNLM)D006716
Adolescent. (DNLM)D000293
Family Relations. (DNLM)D005195
Parents. (DNLM)D010290
Social Values. (DNLM)D012945
Coming out (Sexual orientation) (OCoLC)fst00869198
Parents of gays. (OCoLC)fst01053511
Added Author Koff, Bruce.
ISBN 0231104383 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780231104388 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0231104391
9780231104395
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