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What Shall We Call Ourselves? Last Names Among Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Couples and Their Adopted Children

Charlotte J. PattersonDepartment of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Rachel H. FarrDepartment of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Pages 97-113 | Published online: 18 May 2016

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