We Don't Exactly Get the Welcome Wagon: The Experiences of Gay and Lesbian Adolescents in Child Welfare Systems

By Gerald P. Mallon

Book Overview

Drawing on extensive interviews conducted with 54 gay and lesbian young people who lived in out-of-home care child welfare settings in three North American cites--Los Angeles, New York, and Toronto--Mallon presents narratives of marginalized young people struggling to find the "right fit."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231104553
• ISBN13: 9780231104555
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher