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Lesbian Couples

LESBIAN GUIDE - For more than fifteen years, lesbian couples has offered sound advice and practical information to thousands of readersWritten by two lesbian therapists, Lesbian Couples covers a range of topics, including commitment ceremonies and marriage, living arrangements, work, money, maintaining personal identities, coming out to family and friends, resolving conflict, and raising children. The book gives a variety of examples and problem-solving techniques drawn from extensive research, and emphasizes the issues that arise with couples of different races, classes, ages, and physical abilities. The authors address situations in which one or both partners are recovering from substance or sexual abuse, and focus on such issues as butch/feme and transgender identities, bisexuality, monogamy and s/m. Thoroughly readable and extremely helpful, with an updated resource guide and bibliography, Lesbian Couples is a book that every lesbian will want to own. D Merilee Clunis, PhD, and G Dorsey Green, PhD, both psychologists in private practice, are also the co-authors of The Lesbian Parenting Book: A Guide to Creating Families and Raising Children. "My friends are lining up three-deep to borrow [Lesbian Couples]. I suggest they buy it - they'll want to keep it around." - New Directions for Women "This is a practical book aimed at helping, not lecturing, women who take their relationship seriously. I highly recommend it." - Pepper Schwartz, PhD, author of Everything You Know about Love and Sex Is Wrong