Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- PART I: Re-imagining Relations -- 2 Imagining Queer Parenthood -- 3 Strategic Outings -- 4 Out for the Children, or Childhood Outings? -- 5 Misreadings -- PART II: Negotiating Relatedness -- 6 Legal (Re)Framings -- 7 Figuring Anonymity -- 8 Mediating Knowing -- 9 Contracting Kinship -- PART III: Reproductive 'Assistance' -- 10 Matters of Health -- 11 Screening Pasts -- 12 Screening Futures -- 13 Reflections -- Appendix A: Timeline of Significant Events -- Appendix B: Biographies of Women Interviewed -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y
Summary
An in-depth study of lesbian, bi, and queer women's experiences of thinking about and trying to become a parent, Beyond Expectation draws on eighty-two narrative interviews conducted during the late 1990s in British Columbia