In-depth interviews with participants in non-traditional families are used to argue that same-sex marriage cannot be understood as simply entrenching or contesting heterosexual privilege. Instead, Katrina Kimport contends that these new legally sanctioned relationships can both reinforce as well as disrupt the association of marriage and heterosexuality. She provides a nuanced, accessible, and theoretically grounded framework for understanding the powerful effect of heterosexual expectations on both sexual and social categories.
KATRINA KIMPORT is an associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and a research sociologist with the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) program of the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California, San Francisco. Her research examines the (re)production of social inequality, with a particular focus on gender, health, and reproduction. She is the author of No Real Choice: How Culture and Politics Matter for Reproductive (Rutgers University Press) and coauthor of Digitally Enabled Social Change. She is the coauthor of Digitally Enabled Social Change.
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1. The Winter of Love 2. Marrying for the Movement 3. Marrying for Rights 4. Marrying for Love 5. Gender and Parenthood 6. The Persistent Power of Marriage 7. Exposing Heteronormativity 8. Conclusion
