TY - BOOK AU - Kath Weston AU - Kath Weston TI - Families we choose : : lesbians, gays, kinship T2 - Between men--between women SN - 9780231110938 U1 - 306.87 WES PY - 1991/// CY - New York PB - : Columbia University Press KW - Social Science KW - Gay men--Family relationships KW - Kinship N1 - Exiles from kinship -- Coming out to "blood" relatives -- Kinship and coherence: the stories -- Families we choose -- Lovers through the looking glass -- Parenting in the age of AIDS -- The politics of gay families N2 - This study draws upon fieldwork and interviews conducted in the San Francisco Bay area to explore the contemporary manner in which gay men and lesbians are constructing their own notions of kinship by drawing on the symbolism of love, friendship and biology ER -