Blog# 9

CLOSE READINGS

MODERN LOVE: Dating & Intimacy.

Reference: Drucker, J. (2008). MODERN LOVE: Dating & Intimacy. Lesbian News, 33(12), 28. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete database

INTRO

1. In the first paragraph the author talks about how she was shock when she received a wedding invitation in the mail to her lesbian friends wedding

PAST EXPERIENCE AT A LESBIAN CERMONY

2. In this paragraph the author talks about how she has many lesbian friends, and yes some have had commitment ceremonies but this was more elaborate

LEGAL TO WED IN NEW JERSEY

3. In this paragraph the author talks about how New Jersey mad it legal for homosexual couples to get married

METHOD

4. In this paragraph the author talks about how she got excited when she made her RSVP call for the wedding

FINDING A DATE

5. In this paragraph the author talks about finding the right date to attend the wedding with her

SUMMARY

6. In this paragraph the author talks about how she decide that she would attend the ceremony by herself

CONCLUSION

7. In the last paragraph the author talks about her feelings and how it would be awaked that should would be going alone, but how she just loved being apart of such a milestone

 

Growing up with a lesbian or gay parent: young people’s perspectives.

References: Fairtlough, A. (2008). Growing up with a lesbian or gay parent: young people’s perspectives. Health & Social Care in the Community, 16(5), 521-528. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2524.2008.00774.x.

INTRO

1. In the first paragraph the author talks about how the number of children in the USA who have a lesbian or gay parent range from 1 to 13 million (Martin 1993, Stacey & Biblarz 2001)

RESEARCH INTO THE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN W/ LESBIAN AND GAY PARENTS

2. In this paragraph the author talks about how in some cases it has been argued that homosexual couples can affected their children’s sexuality

METHODS

3. In this paragraph the author talk about how he use real life situations and research from youth who were born or grew up with lesbian or gay parents

LIFE STORIES

4. In this paragraph the author talks about the life stories of these young people and how in involves acts of interpreting and reinterpreting the past and present

CONTENT ANALYSIS

5. In this paragraph the author talks about the data collected from his research

YOUNG PEOPLE’S RESPONSES TO THEIR PARENTS’ SEXUALITY

6. In this paragraph the author talks about some of the case studies and how some of the youth embrace their parents “lesbianism”

EXPERIENCE OF PREJUDICE AND NEGATIVE TREATMENT

7. In this paragraph the author talks about the young people reaction to being judge about their parent’s sexuality. Also how some of the prejudice came from other family members, kids at school and even some teachers

SUMMARY

8. In this paragraph the author talks about what he achieve from the study and he realize most of the youth communicated that their parents sexuality didn’t determine their parenting ability

IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICES

9. In this paragraph the author talks about how he believes that agencies and government services need to identify children with lesbian and gay parents to evaluate appropriateness in these services

CONCLUSION

10. In the last paragraph the authors concludes his research

2. What is the difference between the intro and the lit review? On what ways did the authors attempt to hook the reader’s interest?