On the Road to Same-Sex Marriage: A Supportive Guide to Psychological, Political, and Legal Issues. Robert P. Cabaj and David W. Purcell, eds.
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998. Hardcover. 224 pages. $23.00.
The editors of this book remark that we are currently living in a time of great social change. As greater numbers of lesbians and gay men gain personal pride in their sexual identities and "come out" to the public, lesbian and gay families have greater visibility. Despite this increased visibility, or perhaps because of it, there has been a strong backlash in the name of "family values" based on strict heterosexual models. Embedded within this tumultuous …