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A powerful collection of personal essays from lesbian moms who fought for the right to raise children For generations, lesbians across the United States were systematically denied opportunities to raise children and build families, opportunities that were readily available to straight people. Radical Family honors the history-making struggles and triumphs of lesbian families in Madison, Wisconsin, who raised children in the 1980s, ’90s, and early 2000s—a time when lesbian motherhood was widely considered extreme and unnatural. In a collection of nine profoundly personal essays, the contributors recount their diverse paths to parenthood, as well as the hopes and challenges each family experienced. While the stories in Radical Family are unique, they all share a common thread: the mothers’ resilience and the risks they took, both small and sweeping, to defend their family’s right to exist. For lesbians, the desire to raise children has historically been met with vilification and legal and social prejudice. Adoption agencies consistently rejected applications from out lesbians. Doctors and clinics refused to provide fertility treatments and other medical options to help them get pregnant. Lesbians who were able to raise children commonly lost custody to estranged spouses or grandparents. Trailblazing lesbian mothers—and their children—fought to defy and, ultimately, shift this paradigm. Lesbian parents, like those in Radical Family, created informal networks in their local communities, where they could share survival strategies and find acceptance among other families that looked like theirs. With no rule book to guide them, and few laws to protect them, lesbian mothers created a new—some might even say radical—standard for what it means to be a family. Over and over, the stories in Radical Family show how families fought back against hatred and homophobia with love, resilience, commitment, and creativity. Their stories deepen our understanding of what it means to be a mother—while showing how safety, belonging, and acceptance are universal human needs.
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Radical Family: Trailblazing Lesbian Moms Tell Their Stories
A powerful collection of personal essays from lesbian moms who fought for the right to raise children. For generations, lesbians across the United States .
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Radical Family: Trailblazing Lesbian Moms Tell Their Stories by Margaret Mooney ; Format Paperback ; Year 2025 ; Pages 160 ; Publisher Wisconsin Historical Society .
Radical Family: Trailblazing Lesbian Moms Tell Their Stories .
A powerful collection of personal essays from lesbian moms who fought for the right to raise children. For generations, lesbians across the .
Radical Family: Trailblazing Lesbian Moms Tell Their Stories
A powerful collection of personal essays from lesbian moms who fought for the right to raise children. For generations, lesbians across the United States .
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