NSW Gay & Lbian Acmodatn - LGBT Travel Atralia

Contents:

• GAY ADOPTN ACTN RIL RIGHTS GROUPS
• NSW POLICE LOSE URT BID TO EXCLU STT JOHNSON KILLG OM GAY HATE QUIRY
• GAY UPL 'SHOULD BE ALLOWED ADOPT'

GAY ADOPTN ACTN RIL RIGHTS GROUPS

Data were llected g semi-stctured terviews wh 21 gay men and 15 key stakeholrs and analysed g thematic analysis rmed by theoretil ncepts of procreative nscns and procreative rponsibily (Marsigl, 1991), micro-aggrsns (Sue, 2010), and Cril Kship Studi (Krolokke et al, 2016; Riggs & Peel, 2016). This study prents the origal ncept of procreative boundari to exame the broar multi-layered stctural parameters wh which gay men are able to realise their procreative nscns and enact procreative rponsibily orr to achieve parenthood and be regnised as legimate parents. Legal experts and human rights groups have slammed the New South Wal Government over s cisn not to allow same-sex upl to adopt gay upl n adopt some Atralian stat, the NSW Government says the issue is too plex and sensive and will not be changg the law, at least for the cisn has renewed lls for a natnal approach to adoptn.

"There is a quirk the law, however, as sgle gay men and women are allowed to adopt, and gay upl are allowed to foster McDonald, the -nvenor of the NSW Gay and Lbian Rights Lobby, says adoptn is the last piece of legislatn the state that still discrimat agast same-sex upl and their fai. Stereotyp of gay male sexualy would have that gay men are unvolved and unterted parentg or children (see Barret & Robson, 2000; Bozett, 1987; Mallon, 2004), or that their sexual nduct is patible wh formg or raisg fai wh children (Barret & Robson, 2000; Stacey, 2004).

Such arguments are not based on a prehensive asssment of the evince for this claim and are ually rmed by relig or iologil beliefs about what nstut a rearch paper scrib the diverse characteristics of same-sex parented fai Atralia, their support needs and experienc, and the challeng they may face given the stigma and discrimatn often attached to homosexualy and enuntered by some same-sex upl.

NSW POLICE LOSE URT BID TO EXCLU STT JOHNSON KILLG OM GAY HATE QUIRY

In this report, "same-sex parented fai" is ed when the pot beg ma is relevant to all non-heterosexual fai, and "lbian-parented" or "gay-parented" when the pot relat to fai head by female and male same-sex upl or sole parents, is also important to note that "lbian" and "gay" are not universally ed as self-scriptors by women and men who are parentg the ntext of a same-sex relatnship or inty. Some Atralian same-sex attracted parents (ditns are, a small mory) may nsir themselv "bisexual" or refer to themselv as "queer" rather than "lbian" or "gay" bee they have sexual or romantic relatnships wh people of both sex (see Power et al., 2010; Power, Perlz, Brown et al., 2012).

In Private Liv 2 - a recent natnal Atralian survey of 3, 835 LGBT people's relatnships, health and wellbeg - about 11% of gay male participants dited that they were parents or step-parents, or had some other kd of parent-like relatnship wh children, as opposed to 33% of lbian participants (Leonard et al., 2012). Consirably more bisexual men than gay men the study reported havg children (40% vs 11%), wh bisexual men also more likely than bisexual women (40% vs 25%) to report havg parented fai are characteristilly diverse wh regard to mo of nceptn or fay formatn, and fay stcture (see Anrssen, Aie, & Ytteroy, 2002; Biblarz & Savci, 2010; Gunn & Surte, 2009; Power et al., 2010; Tasker & Patterson, 2007; Weeks et al., 2001).

Further to this, and for a range of reasons, very few Atralian children bee available for adoptn beyond their fai of orig (see Higgs, 2012) Work, Love and Play study (Power et al., 2010) of 445 Atralian and New Zealanr lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) parents is the largt this untry unrtaken to date and found there are six major fay typ:a two-parent same-sex uple-based fay;fai which a lbian uple were the primary parents but a known sperm donor lived separately and had volvement the children's liv;fai which a lbian or gay man were still -parentg wh an ex-heterosexual partner;separated same-sex fai where women or men were -parentg wh their ex-same-sex partner;sole parent fai; andmulti-parent fai, ually a gay male uple and a lbian uple raisg children together om birth across two hoeholds. Children may have been nceived the ntext of prev heterosexual relatnships, or raised om birth by a -parentg gay or lbian uple or sgle tentnally planned lbian or gay parented fai, is mon for children to be nceived through assisted reproductive technologi (ART) such as donor sematn (DI), -vro fertilizatn (IVF) and surrogacy.

GAY UPL 'SHOULD BE ALLOWED ADOPT'

Lbian-parented faiLbian-parented faiFar more published rearch exists on the characteristics and experienc of lbian parented fai than fai parented by gay men (see Anrsson et al., 2002; Biblarz & Savci, 2010; Patterson, 2007; Short et al.

Women's fathers, brothers and heterosexual or gay male iends are known to be valued as "male role mols" for children, due to lbian parents' sire for children to have accs to diverse adult male and female social works (Borthwick & Bloch, 1993; Gartrell et al., 1996; Goldberg & Allen, 2007; Wakelg & Bradstock, 1995) msag: Lbian-parented faiLbian -parentg upl tend to divi their hoehold labour and child re rponsibili more equably than heterosexual upl. Fai parented by gay menFai parented by gay menGay fatherhood rearch prr to the late 1990s tend to be US-based and emphasised the experienc of divorced gay fathers who had had children heterosexual marriag, mostly wh regard to issu associated wh disclosg their gay relatnships or inty to children, and their perceptns of children's adjtment to their homosexualy (see Barret & Robson, 2000; Bigner & Bozett, 1990; Bozett, 1987; Miller, 1979).