Contents: Introduction; Part I Adult Relationships: Chatting with the lady in the grocery store about Hernandez v Robles, the New York same-sex marriage case, John B. Mitchell; Marriage or liberation? Reflections on two strategies in the struggle for lesbian and gay rights and relationship recognition, Edward Stein; From functional family to spinster sisters: Australia's distinctive path to relationship recognition, Reg Graycar and Jenni Millbank; Law that values all families: beyond (straight and gay) marriage, Nancy D. Polikoff; The legal recognition of same-sex relationships within the European Union, Katharina Boele-Woelki; The 'inevitability' of same-sex marriage in South Africa's post-apartheid state, Pierre De Vos; Is Barbados ready for same-sex marriage? Analysis of legal and social constructs, Céline Abramschmitt; A mere switch or a fundamental change? Theorizing transgender marriage, Ruthann Robson. Part II Parenting: (When) are rights wrong? Rights discourses and indeterminacy in gay and lesbian parents' custody cases, Kimberley D. Richman; From Fretté to E.B.: the European Court of Human Rights on gay and lesbian adoption, Kathleen A. Doty; One, two or three parents? Lesbian co-mothers and a known donor with 'family life' under Dutch law, Machteld Vonk; Gendering legal parenthood: bio-genetic ties, intentionality and responsibility, Susan B.

Boyd. Part III Youth and the Elderly: The legally queer child, Bruce MacDougall; Who will make room for the intersexed?, Kate Haas; When your attorney is your enemy: preliminary thoughts on ensuring effective representation for queer youth, Sarah Valentine; From jailbird to jailbait: age of consent laws and the construction of teenage sexualities, Kate Sutherland; Nursing wounds: why LGBT elders need protection from discrimination and abuse based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Jaime E. Hovey; Name index.