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A sociologist looks at the contemporary lesbian and gay relationships and comes up with a view of the contemporary family. Gretchen Stiers has talked with scores of gay and lesbian couples. She has delved into their personal feelings about their relationships and how they define them. At a time when the gay and lesbian community is transforming itself from a community many once conceived of as composed of singles, to a community increasingly composed of families with and without children, this book presents a look at gay and lesbian lifestyles and shows the complexity of community life at the end of the 20th century. Stiers finds lesbian women and gay men who advocate inclusion in the institutions of marriage and family both accept and resist traditional conceptions of marriage and family life, thereby providing another variation of the idea of what really makes a family. The book should be of interest to lesbian women, gay men, their families, their ministers, their priests, their rabbis and anyone interested in their lives.