LGBTQ Divorce and Relationship Dissolution

Abbie E. Goldberg is a Professor of Psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her research and teaching focuses on diverse families, genders, and sexualities. She is the author of two books on LGBTQ parent families, and the co-editor of a book on LGBTQ parent families. She is also the editor of the Sage Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies. She has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Spencer Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Williams Institute, and other private foundations for her work on LGBTQ parent families and adoptive families. Adam P. Romero is the Arnold D. Kassoy Scholar of Law and Director of Legal Scholarship at the Williams Institute, and is a Lecturer-in-Law at UCLA School of Law. His research concerns how the law shapes and responds to vulnerabilities, disparities, and discrimination in society. He is the co-editor of Feminist and Queer Legal Theories: Intimate Encounters, Uncomfortable Conversations. He successfully represented the plaintiffs in the first case in the nation to declare unconstitutional laws barring the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages in the veterans-benefits context.

Introduction
Abbie E. Goldberg and Adam Romero

Chapter One: Implications of Obergefell for Same-Sex Marriage, Divorce, and Parental Rights
Nancy J. Knauer


PART I - Same-Sex Couples and Relationship Well-Being, Dissolution, and Divorce

Introduction to Part I
Abbie E. Goldberg and Adam Romero

Chapter 2: Demographic Approaches to Same-Sex Relationship Dissolution and Divorce: Research Findings, Data Challenges, and Implications for Further Research
Wendy D. Manning and Kara Joyner

Chapter 3: What Makes Same-Sex Relationships Endure?
Sharon S. Rostosky and Ellen D.B. Riggle

Chapter 4: Stress in the Lives of Same-Sex Couples: Implications for Relationship Dissolution and Divorce
David M. Frost and Allen J. LeBlanc

Chapter 5: Same-Sex Binational Families: Risk Factors for Relationship Dissatisfaction, Conflict, and Divorce
Daniela F. Domínguez, Jacqueline Coppock, and Marcela Polanco

Chapter 6: What We Know (And Don't Know) About the Bereavement Experience of Same-Sex Spouses
Rachel Donnelly, Corinne Reczek, and Debra Umberson

Chapter 7: Consensual Dispute Resolution with Same-Sex Couples
Diane M. Goodman and Mariette Geldenhuys

PART II: Same-Sex Couples with Children: Navigating Relationship Dissolution and Divorce as a Family

Introduction to Part II
Abbie E. Goldberg and Adam Romero

Chapter 8: Same-Sex Relationship Dissolution and Divorce: How will Children be Affected?
Rachel H. Farr and Abbie E. Goldberg

Chapter 9: Social Science Research on Heterosexual Relationship Dissolution and Divorce Where One Parent Comes Out as LBG
Fiona Tasker and Katy Rensten

Chapter 10: Child Custody in the Context of LGBTQ Relationship Dissolution and Divorce
Kim H. Pearson

Chapter 11: Family, Loss, and Change: Navigating Family Breakup Before the Advent of Legal Marriage and Divorce
Katherine R. Allen

Chapter 12: A Lesbian Parent's Perspective on LGBTQ Families of Choice: Sharing Custody When There is No Legal Requirement to Do So
Joyce Kauffman

Chapter 13: Tying Tight or Splitting Up: An Adult's Perspective of His Parents' Same-Sex Relationship Dissolution
Aaron Sachs

Chapter 14: From Conflict to Co-parenting: Considerations in Clinical Practice with Separating and Divorcing Same-Sex Parent Couples
Mark Gianino and Elisabeth Sackton


PART III: Transgender and Gender Variant Individuals: Relationship Dissolution and Divorce

Introduction to Part III
Abbie E. Goldberg and Adam Romero

Chapter 15: Trans Partnership and Marriage: Risk Factors for Conflict, Dissolution, and Divorce
Carla A. Pfeffer and Natalie N. Castaneda

Chapter 16: Legal Issues in Divorce for Transgender Individuals
Shannon P. Minter

Chapter 17: Transition Through a Shattered Crystal Snowglobe: Reflections on Transitioning and Divorce
Denise Brogan Kator

Chapter 18: A Daughter of a Transgender Parent's Perspective on Relationship Dissolution
Amanda Veldorale-Griffin


PART IV: Perspectives on Gender, Heteronormativity, Monogamy, and Marriage

Introduction to Part IV
Abbie E. Goldberg and Adam Romero

Chapter 19: The Role of Gender and Gender Dynamics in Same-Sex Divorce and Dissolution
Suzanne A. Kim and Edward Stein

Chapter 20: Emerging Legal Issues in Same-Sex Divorces: A Lawyer's View of the Unanticipated Effects of Heteronormative Marital Law
Frederick Hertz

Chapter 21: Exploring the Polysemy of Voice and Silence: (Not) Talking about Divorce after the US Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage
Gust A. Yep, Rebecca N. Gigi, and Briana E. Avila

Chapter 22: Dissolution of Polyamorous Relationships: Multiple Parent Families, and Other Complex Arrangements
Jodi Argentino and Celeste Fiore


CONCLUSION: Conversations with Long-Term Couples Who Have Faced Challenges and Navigated Through Them
Nanette K. Gartrell and Esther D. Rothblum