ARTICLE

FindCenter AddIcon

In Good Faith? U.S. Legal Battle Over Gay Adoption Intensifies

By Oscar Lopez — 2020

When Fatma Marouf and her wife Bryn Esplin decided to foster refugee children in their home state of Texas, being rejected because of their sexual orientation never crossed their minds.

Read on www.reuters.com

FindCenter Post-Image

Queering Family Trees: Race, Reproductive Justice, and Lesbian Motherhood

One might be tempted, in the afterglow of Obergefell v. Hodges, to believe that the battle has been won, that gays and lesbians fought a tough fight and finally achieved equality in the United States through access to legal marriage.

Book
Sandra Patton-Imani
2025
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

The Other Mothers: Two Women’s Journey to Find the Family that Was Always Theirs

An LGBTQ memoir about one couple’s struggles to defy the patriarchy and redefine the nuclear family, The Other Mothers dives into the history and social challenges queer couples face when trying to make a family.

Book
Jennifer Berney
2021
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

She Looks Just Like You: A Memoir of (Nonbiological Lesbian) Motherhood

After ten years of talking about having children, two years of trying (and failing) to conceive, and one shot of donor sperm for her partner, Amie Miller was about to become a mother. Or something like that. Over the next nine months, as her partner became the biological mom-to-be, Miller became . .

Book
Amie Klempnauer Miller
2011
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
05:58

The Second Shift: Arlie Hochschild

Professor Arlie Hochschild examined what really happens in dual-career households.

Video
2016
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
06:01

The Surprising Loneliness of Parenthood

Everyone expects the addition of a new member of the family to lead to a steady stream of new friends and fun playdates with other parents. However, for many mums and dads, the joy of welcoming a new child can have unexpected consequences.

Video
2018
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Chicken Soup for the Mother & Daughter Soul: Stories to Warm the Heart and Honor the Relationship

The relationship between a mother and daughter is one of the most profound bonds in life. A mother feels her daughter's first kick during pregnancy, labors to bring her daughter into the world and watches as she takes her first breath of life.

Book
Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Dorothy Firman
2025
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Daughters and Mothers: Making it Work

The mother/daughter relationship is one of the most intense relationships a woman will ever experience-it is strong and primary. This first and essential relationship has a powerful, though often subtle, effect on an adult woman's interactions with her mate, children, friends-and herself.

Book
Julie Firman, Dorothy Firman
2003
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Mom & Me & Mom

For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence—a presence absent during much of Angelou’s early life.

Book
Maya Angelou
2013
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Winnicott on the Child

This delightful book presents a selection of D. W. Winnicott’s best writing about children. The remarkable, enduring essays from Babies and Their Mothers and Talking to Parents are here combined with several hard-to-find gems of insight into the world of the child.

Book
D. W. Winnicott
2002
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
06:59

Kristen Bell Talks Work, Motherhood, and Battling Anxiety

“The Good Place” star opens ups about balancing motherhood, her life and personal health.

Video
2017
FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Adoption