The second edition of this award-winning textbook provides an accessible and engaging
introduction to the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer …

Families We Keep is a surprising look at the life-long bonds between LGBTQ adults and
their parents. Alongside the importance of “chosen families” in the queer community, Rin …

In the fight for legitimacy, understanding the rules of status games is critical. This idea holds
true in the wedding marketplace. However, when legalization of marriage for same-sex …

Civil partnerships first became available to mixed-sex couples in England and Wales in
December 2019. To date, there has been no research exploring the perspectives of mixed …

In addition to the emotion work that occurs in families, I theorize that adult children also
engage in comfort work with their parents, navigations, and strategies to reduce the …

Historically, wedding traditions have reflected unequal power dynamics between women
and men. Anglo-American studies suggest that despite growing gender equality in society …

This topical book explores the ally perspective in advocating for Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual,
Transgender, Queer and Inter-sex (LGBTQI+) human rights across American, Canadian, and …

The field of critical heterosexualities studies invites sociologists to untether heterosexuality
from biology. In this article, I leverage the findings of 113 interviews with a racially diverse …

Though marriage is seemingly attached to the private sphere and politics to the public
sphere, marriage and politics operate as intertwined institutions. Political parties routinely …

From 1998 to 2008, conservative activists placed initiatives on ballots in 30 states seeking
preemptively to ban marriage for LGBTQ couples. They succeeded in every state, commonly …