In his 1948 book, Sexual Behavr the Human Male, Aled Ksey shocked the world by announcg that 10% of the male populatn is gay. A 1993 Jan Report timated that ne percent of men and five percent of women had more than "ocsnal" homosexual relatnships. To some people, homosexualy is a matter of perceptn and fn. Furthermore, many people have trouble admtg their homosexualy to themselv, much ls to a rearcher. But when Gallup asked Amerins for their bt timate of the Amerin gay and lbian populatn, the rults ma all the figur mentned look nservative.
Contents:
- KIDS OF GAY PARENTS FARE WORSE, STUDY FDS, BUT REARCH DRAWS FIRE OM EXPERTS
- GAY PARENTS RAISG KIDS: HOW WILL THEY FARE?
- WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY?
KIDS OF GAY PARENTS FARE WORSE, STUDY FDS, BUT REARCH DRAWS FIRE OM EXPERTS
Jot statement om advocy groups lls study a "flawed, misleadg, and scientifilly unsound paper that seeks to disparage lbian and gay parents;" thor fends his study * percentage of gay parents *
(CBS News) A new study that fds children of a gay or lbian parent may be more likely to have social and emotnal problems has sparked ntroversy on both sis of the same-sex marriage bate.
But those earlier studi have advertently masked real diversy among gay and lbian parentg experienc Ameri. In a jot statement om the Fay Equaly Council, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Freedom to Marry, and the Gay and Lbian Alliance agast Defamatn (GLAAD), advot lled the study a "flawed, misleadg, and scientifilly unsound paper that seeks to disparage lbian and gay parents. "People gay or straight should stick wh their partners, he said.
In a mentary Slate, William Saletan wr, "What the study shows, then, is that kids om broken hom head by gay people velop the same problems as kids om broken hom head by straight people. It tells somethg important: We need fewer broken hom among gays, jt as we do among straights. Children of homosexuals more apt to be homosexuals?
GAY PARENTS RAISG KIDS: HOW WILL THEY FARE?
Ten narrative studi volvg fay histori of 262 children of gay fathers and lbian mothers were evaluated statistilly rponse to Morrison's (2007) ncerns about Cameron's (2006) rearch that had volved three narrative studi. Dpe numero attempts to bias the rults favou … * percentage of gay parents *
Ten narrative studi volvg fay histori of 262 children of gay fathers and lbian mothers were evaluated statistilly rponse to Morrison's (2007) ncerns about Cameron's (2006) rearch that had volved three narrative studi. Dpe numero attempts to bias the rults favour of the null hypothis and allowg for up to 20 (of 63, 32%) dg errors, Cameron's (2006) hypothis that gay and lbian parents would be more likely to have gay, lbian, bisexual or unsure (of sexual orientatn) sons and dghters was nfirmed.
Percentag of children of gay and lbian parents who adopted non-heterosexual inti ranged between 16% and 57%, wh odds rats of 1.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY?
Gallup timat that 7.2% of the U.S. adult populatn is lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. * percentage of gay parents *
Data om ethnographic sourc and om prev studi on gay and lbian parentg were re-examed and found to support the hypothis that social and parental fluenc may fluence the exprsn of non-heterosexual inti and/or behavur.
The days, gay parents are no novelty. * percentage of gay parents *
Children of homosexuals and transsexuals more apt to be homosexual. Children of homosexuals and transsexuals more apt to be homosexual: a reply to Cameron.
[Homosexual parenthood and child velopment: prent data]. Fay rejectn as a predictor of negative health out whe and Lato lbian, gay, and bisexual young adults.
Comg of age a heterosexist world: the velopment of gay and lbian adolcents. For years, rearchers have admted the possibily that he says he has now nfirmed -- that children raised by homosexual parents are more apt to bee homosexual themselv. Irate advot for the “normalizatn” of homosexualy acced him of iologil bias and shoddy rearch.