Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship Paperback – April 15, 1997

I read this book in my Anthropology class as part of my final ethnography report paper, and I was blown away. If you are interested in LGBT history/studies, I highly recommend it. Intricately researched, with a diverse pool of subjects, it gives insight into the concept of what a "family" is and what it entails to the LGBT community, who all too often struggle with acceptance from their own biological families, and therefore explore forming their own, be it in conventional fashion or not.

This book is very informative. I got it quickly. I recommended many people buy it.

Read it for class.The idea is interesting. I hope there is more research on how these types of families not based onbiology but identity and affinity hold over time.

I found Kath Westons book "Families We Choose:lesbians, gays, kinship" to be a very interesting and informative book. This book brought many issues to the table regarding the idea of a family. What is a family? family is not solely limited to biology. This book explored the idea of kinship in lesbian and gay relationships and the family that is formed within this community. Also, the difference and the importance of "biological" family vs. chosen family and which becomes or is more important based on acceptance. This book explores issues concerning the lesbian and gay community in regards to raising children and creating families of their own in the nineties incorporating both biological and chosen families. In overview, The idea of kinship is culturally relative and it is suseptible to change. The word kinship and the meaing of family is constantly being challenged and changed to incorporate and include those previously unseen.

A L-I-T-T-L-E too academic for me! However, I admire the effort and would like to read more about queer families.