The economics profession has only recently begun to include research on lesbians and gay men, but we argue that a … costs, and practical work for change. This tradition, along with the newer traditions built upon work with gay men and … bisexual people, provides a basis for feminists to expand work in economics on lesbian and gay issues. The articles in the …

to the study of economic issues for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. …

This essay argues that a focus on gender alone is inadequate for the development of the economics of sexuality because … of important differences between “gender” and “sexuality” as analytical categories. Examples of gender-based models of … the family reveal the limitations of applying those models to the families of lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals …

The postmodern theoretical questioning of such categorizations as “gay” or “lesbian” raises difficult theoretical …

Instead of simply mirroring heterosexual families, lesbian and gay families often consist of extended family webs …

gender, sexuality, citizenship, and race. Such critique opens the opportunity to better understand gender, integrate …

lesbian and gay family structures in order to develop comparative models of the family. Yet she fails to acknowledge that … distinction between homosexuality and heterosexuality. Ironically, Badgett's advocacy of domestic partners benefits for lesbian … and gay couples is likely to assimilate such formations to the model of the traditional family, resulting in the loss of …