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Sexual and Relationship Therapy Volume 20, 2005 - Issue 3
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Lesbian and gay parenting: babes in arms or babes in the woods?

Damian McCann Consultant Family and Systemic Psychotherapist, Associate Pink Therapy Services and visiting lecturer at City UniversityConsultant Family Psychotherapist, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Edgware Community Hospital, Institute of Family Therapy and The Tavistock Centre, London, UKView further author information
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Howard Delmonte Couples Counsellor and Co-ordinator PACE Family Support Service, London, UK
Pages 333-347 | Received 01 May 2005, Accepted 01 Jul 2005, Published online: 11 Aug 2006

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Debora Lee. (2010) Gay Mothers and Early Childhood Education: Standing Tall. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 35:1, pages 16-23.
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Catherine Butler. (2009) Sexual and gender minority therapy and systemic practice. Journal of Family Therapy 31:4, pages 338-358.
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Walter R. Schumm. (2008) Re-Evaluation of the “No Differences” Hypothesis concerning Gay and Lesbian Parenting as Assessed in Eight Early (1979–1986) and Four Later (1997–1998) Dissertations. Psychological Reports 103:1, pages 275-304.
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