Category Archives: Families

The Polyamorists Next Door on the publisher’s website

Now you can find my new book about poly families with children, The Polyamorists Next Door, on the publisher’s website at https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442222953 You can pre-order now, or get it hot off the presses in November 2013

Three Policies that could Support Human Rights in Gender and Sexual Minority Families

In the United States some (mostly white and heterosexual) people wax poetic about “the traditional family” of the 1950s, looking back on or imagining relationships of that period as iconic of “real” families with moms who worked at home for free (AKA “didn’t work”), married to dads who worked outside the home for pay, andContinueContinue reading “Three Policies that could Support Human Rights in Gender and Sexual Minority Families”

Unicorn Hunting, Poly Kids Speak, and Queer Academia, Oh My! See Elisabeth Sheff at Frolicon

See Elisabeth Sheff at Frolicon March 28-31, 2013 at the Sheraton Gateway hotel in Atlanta Georgia. You can find more information about the Frolicon Think Track at http://frolicon.hugme.org/?page_id=71 Friday from 5 to 6:30 pm Dr. Sheff will present “Freaky academia: Being Queer at the University” in Brussels: Queerness can encompass a wide variety of identities and practices,ContinueContinue reading “Unicorn Hunting, Poly Kids Speak, and Queer Academia, Oh My! See Elisabeth Sheff at Frolicon”

Did you miss hearing the live interview with Dr. Sheff on Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino? Hear it on VoiceAmerica

Listen to me on Tristan Taormino’s radio show “Sex Out Loud” on The VoiceAmerica Network. http://sexoutloudradio.com. Click  on the March 8 show, I am the second guest.

Make a difference in the lives of abused and neglected children with CASA 5K

I volunteer for the Fulton County CASA program in Atlanta, Georgia, and wanted to inform you about a fundraiser 5K run to benefit the children in the program. The Super Hero 5K Fun Run happens on November 10 at 4pm in Piedmont Park in Atlanta. For more information check out their website at http://www.casarun.org, and www.gacasa.orgContinueContinue reading “Make a difference in the lives of abused and neglected children with CASA 5K”

Polyamory and Divorce

My most recent publication, this selection will appear in the forthcoming A Cultural Sociology of Divorce (2013).  **************************************************************************************** POLYAMORY AND DIVORCE According to a study of polyamorous families with children by Elisabeth Sheff, some people seek poly relationships as an alternative to divorce, while others become poly subsequent to divorce from (ostensibly) monogamous marriages. StillContinueContinue reading “Polyamory and Divorce”

Support Research on Transgender Families

Parent Questionnaire

Recently I attended a fascinating session on family dynamics in transgendered families at the recent Southern Comfort Conference in Atlanta dedicated to transgender people and their loved ones. Dr. Amanda Veldorale-Griffin with The Family Alliance presented her research on transgendered parents with adult children to a rapt crowd. She is still looking for research participants, so if you or anyone you know are involved in a family with transgendered parents and adult children, please consider participating or passing this information along to those who would be appropriate. All participants who provide an email address will receive a $25 gift certificate as a thank you for their time.
 
For more information you can contact Dr. Veldorale-Griffin at The Family Alliance, 850-273-2540 or thefamilyalliance@gmail.com.