Book Chapters


Tornello, S. L. & **Fang, S. (Accepted). Sexual and gender minority parents and their children: Research relevant to custody cases. In Leslie Drozd and Michael Saini (Eds.), Parenting Plan Evaluations: Applied Research for the Family Court, 2nd Edition (pp. XXX-XXX). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Tornello, S. L., & **Berry, T. (in press, 2023). Mixed orientation marriages. In Abbie Goldberg (Ed.), Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies (2nd ed., pp. XX-XX). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Tornello, S. L., **Cunningham, C., & Shapiro, J., (in press, 2023). Legal consideration of surrogacy. In Abbie Goldberg (Ed.), Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies (2nd ed., pp. XX-XX). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.


Farr, R. H., & Tornello, S. L. (2023). Chapter 13: The transition to parenthood and early child development in families with LGBTQ+ parents. In M. Nolan and S. Gore (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Perinatal Education: A Handbook of content and practice (pgs. 92-101). Abingdon, Oxon: Taylor & Francis/Routledge. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003223771-15


Tornello, S. L. (2021). Adoption and foster care. In Abbie Goldberg & Genny Beemyn (Eds.), The Sage Encyclopedia of Trans Studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.


Tornello, S. L. (2021). Decisions to parent. In Abbie Goldberg & Genny Beemyn 

(Eds.), The Sage Encyclopedia of Trans Studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.


Tornello, S. L. (2016). Mixed orientation marriages. In Abbie Goldberg (Ed.), Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications. 

Tornello, S. L., **Blanchfield, B. V., & **Sumontha, J. (2016). LGBTQ romantic relationships. In Dana S. Dunn (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.

Johnson, S., O’Connor, E., & Tornello, S. L. (2016). Gay and lesbian parents and their children: Research relevant to custody cases. In Leslie Drozd and Michael Saini (Eds.), Parenting Plan Evaluations: Applied Research for the Family Court. New York, New York: Oxford University Press. 

Patterson, C. J., Blanchfield, B., Tornello, S. L., & Riskind, R. (2015). Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender relationships and families with children. Prepared for H. Makadon, J. Potter,K. Mayer, & H. Goldhammer (Ed.), The Fenway guide to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender health (2nd ed.). American College of Physicians Press. 

Patterson, C. J., Riskind, R. G., & Tornello, S. L. (2014). Sexual orientation and parenting: A global perspective. In A. Abela & J. Walker (Eds.), Contemporary issues in family studies: Global perspectives on partnership, parenting, and support in a changing world (pp.189-202). New York: Wiley Blackwell.


Tornello, S. L., Riskind, R., & Farr, R. H. (2011). Sexual minority parenting. Oxford Bibliographies Online Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/OBO/9780199828340-0028 

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