Queer Stepfamilies

Katie L. Acosta is Associate Professor of Sociology at Georgia State University. She is the author of Amigas y Amantes: Sexually Nonconforming Latinas Negotiate Family.

"This is a fantastic and important book. Putting forth profound and often heartbreaking narratives about the struggles and strengths of LBQ stepparent families, Katie L. Acosta advocates for family forms that resist the limited-and limiting-terms used to describe them today. Queer Stepfamilies offers the reader useful roadmaps and pathways for better understanding these complexities." - Carla A. Pfeffer, author of Queering Families: The Postmodern Partnerships of Cisgender Women and Transgender Men "While grounded in academic research, the book generally avoids jargon, quotes extensively from the family interviews, and feels readable for anyone interested in the subject ... Those engaged in plural parenting will likely value this book for sharing the stories, solutions, and struggles of others in similar situations. Others involved with supporting, advocating for, or writing about LGBTQ families in general should read it, too, in order to better understand the full range of what being part of a queer family may encompass." (Mombian) "Drawing on in-depth interviews with more than forty US families, Acosta contextualizes the legal realities of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer stepparent families and considers the actions that these parents take to protect their families in the absence of comprehensive policies or laws geared to meet their needs." (Law and Social Inquiry)