LGBTQ Divorce and Relationship Dissolution

Abbie E. Goldberg is a Professor of Psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her research and teaching focuses on diverse families, genders, and sexualities. She is the author of two books on LGBTQ parent families, and the co-editor of a book on LGBTQ parent families. She is also the editor of the Sage Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies. She has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Spencer Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Williams Institute, and other private foundations for her work on LGBTQ parent families and adoptive families. Adam P. Romero is the Arnold D. Kassoy Scholar of Law and Director of Legal Scholarship at the Williams Institute, and is a Lecturer-in-Law at UCLA School of Law. His research concerns how the law shapes and responds to vulnerabilities, disparities, and discrimination in society. He is the co-editor of Feminist and Queer Legal Theories: Intimate Encounters, Uncomfortable Conversations. Hesuccessfully represented the plaintiffs in the first case in the nation to declare unconstitutional laws barring the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages in the veterans-benefits context.

• IntroductionAbbie E. Goldberg and Adam Romero Chapter One: Implications of Obergefell for Same-Sex Marriage, Divorce, and Parental RightsNancy J. Knauer PART I - Same-Sex Couples and Relationship Well-Being, Dissolution, and Divorce Introduction to Part IAbbie E. Goldberg and Adam Romero Chapter 2: Demographic Approaches to Same-Sex Relationship Dissolution and Divorce: Research Findings, Data Challenges, and Implications for Further ResearchWendy D. Manning and Kara Joyner Chapter 3: What Makes Same-Sex Relationships Endure? Sharon S. Rostosky and Ellen D.B. Riggle Chapter 4: Stress in the Lives of Same-Sex Couples: Implications for Relationship Dissolution and DivorceDavid M. Frost and Allen J. LeBlanc Chapter 5: Same-Sex Binational Families: Risk Factors for Relationship Dissatisfaction, Conflict, and DivorceDaniela F. Domínguez, Jacqueline Coppock, and Marcela Polanco Chapter 6: What We Know (And Don't Know) About the Bereavement Experience of Same-Sex SpousesRachel Donnelly, Corinne Reczek, and Debra Umberson Chapter 7: Consensual Dispute Resolution with Same-Sex CouplesDiane M. Goodman and Mariette Geldenhuys PART II: Same-Sex Couples with Children: Navigating Relationship Dissolution and Divorce as a Family Introduction to Part II Abbie E. Goldberg and Adam Romero Chapter 8: Same-Sex Relationship Dissolution and Divorce: How will Children be Affected?Rachel H. Farr and Abbie E. Goldberg Chapter 9: Social Science Research on Heterosexual Relationship Dissolution and Divorce Where One Parent Comes Out as LBGFiona Tasker and Katy Rensten Chapter 10: Child Custody in the Context of LGBTQ Relationship Dissolution and DivorceKim H. Pearson Chapter 11: Family, Loss, and Change: Navigating Family Breakup Before the Advent of Legal Marriage and DivorceKatherine R. Allen Chapter 12: A Lesbian Parent's Perspective on LGBTQ Families of Choice: Sharing Custody When There is No Legal Requirement to Do So Joyce Kauffman Chapter 13: Tying Tight or Splitting Up: An Adult's Perspective of His Parents' Same-Sex Relationship DissolutionAaron Sachs Chapter 14: From Conflict to Co-parenting: Considerations in Clinical Practice with Separating and Divorcing Same-Sex Parent CouplesMark Gianino and Elisabeth Sackton PART III: Transgender and Gender Variant Individuals: Relationship Dissolution and Divorce Introduction to Part IIIAbbie E. Goldberg and Adam Romero Chapter 15: Trans Partnership and Marriage: Risk Factors for Conflict, Dissolution, and DivorceCarla A. Pfeffer and Natalie N. Castaneda Chapter 16: Legal Issues in Divorce for Transgender IndividualsShannon P. Minter Chapter 17: Transition Through a Shattered Crystal Snowglobe: Reflections on Transitioning and DivorceDenise Brogan Kator Chapter 18: A Daughter of a Transgender Parent's Perspective on Relationship Dissolution Amanda Veldorale-Griffin PART IV: Perspectives on Gender, Heteronormativity, Monogamy, and Marriage Introduction to Part IVAbbie E. Goldberg and Adam Romero Chapter 19: The Role of Gender and Gender Dynamics in Same-Sex Divorce and DissolutionSuzanne A. Kim and Edward Stein Chapter 20: Emerging Legal Issues in Same-Sex Divorces: A Lawyer's View of the Unanticipated Effects of Heteronormative Marital LawFrederick Hertz Chapter 21: Exploring the Polysemy of Voice and Silence: (Not) Talking about Divorce after the US Legalization of Same-Sex MarriageGust A. Yep, Rebecca N. Gigi, and Briana E. Avila Chapter 22: Dissolution of Polyamorous Relationships: Multiple Parent Families, and Other Complex ArrangementsJodi Argentino and Celeste Fiore CONCLUSION: Conversations with Long-Term Couples Who Have Faced Challenges and Navigated Through ThemNanette K. Gartrell and Esther D. Rothblum

A fascinating read that fills a big gap in the literature and lays the groundwork for further theoretical, empirical, and professional inquiries