Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-182) and index.
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Reinventing child welfare services -- Competent child welfare services for gay/lesbian children, youth, and their families -- Keeping families together: family-centered services and issues of sexual orientation -- Protecting gay/lesbian children and youth: issues of abuse, neglect, and familial violence -- Sexual orientation and the law: legal issues in child welfare -- Gays and lesbians as adoptive and foster parents -- Meeting the needs of gay/lesbian children and youth in out-of-home-care placements -- Runaways and homeless gay and lesbian youth -- Locked in the child welfare closet: who's got the key?