Inclus a summary of rearch fdgs on lbian mothers, gay fathers and their children, an annotated biblgraphy of the published psychologil lerature and addnal rourc relevant to lbian and gay parentg.
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LBIAN AND GAY PARENTG
Goldberg will prent data om a qualative study of 30 gay male adoptive upl, 40 female adoptive upl, and 45 heterosexual adoptive upl, all of whom have a child krgarten, explorg parents’ experienc wh their children’s schools. And the ways anti-LGBTQ laws harm the kids specifilly are a gapg hole our natnal nversatn about the impact of legislatn like Florida’s recently implemented Parental Rights Edutn law — what crics have lled the “Don’t Say Gay” law — which lims discsn of LGBTQ issu krgarten through the third the dghter of a gay man, I am vastated to image what would have been like to keep my father’s inty a secret at school. The other issue that plays a part leavg straight children out of the discsn is that while there are many tablished advocy groups for LGBTQ children, straight children of gay parents fall to a murky middle area where rourc are srce.
The prev edn, which was tled Lbian and Gay Parentg: A Rource for Psychologists (1995) was the succsor to a publitn tled Lbian Parents and Their Children: A Rource Paper for Psychologists that was jotly produced by CLGBC and CWP 1991.