"Queer Families, Common Agendas serves as a primer to assist you in understanding the legal struggles that lesbian and gay families are facing today. You will explore concerns about family law, protection of women-headed households, motherhood, fatherhood, adoption and family ideology, and how to make social services responsive to gay and lesbian families." "Comprehensive and thorough, this reference provides you with the necessary background and techniques to create services that are responsive and effective with sexual minority families."--Jacket.