Lbian and gay parentg: Theoretil and nceptual examatns

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LBIAN AND GAY PARENTG

Rearch on lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and other sexual and genr mory (LGBTQ+) parents and their children has found that both parents and children are generally well adjted and that they do not differ well-beg or multiple velopmental out om parents and children the general populatn. 35–36 Rearch has also revealed that both lbian and gay parents and their children are ls likely to feel alienated, and more likely to have favorable experienc overall, when school curricula and polici are explicly clive of them.

In: The Future of Children, 25(2), (Accsed: 12/18/2018)To terme those who are “planng” to have children, we bed rpons om those who are actively tryg, those who plan to expand their fai wh 5 years, and those who plan to expand their fai (2010), People g out as gay at younger age, rearch shows, (Accsed: 12/18/2018)Center for Amerin Progrs (2018), Discrimatn Prevents LGBTQ People om Accsg Health Care, (Accsed: 12/18/2018). 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. The mte broaned the foc of the publitn to clu the empiril rearch on gay fathers, as well as lbian mothers, and the clil lerature relevant to psychologil servic for lbian and gay parents, their children, and their fai.

Unlike heterosexual parents and their children, however, lbian and gay parents and their children are often subject to prejudice bee of their sexual orientatn that n turn judg, legislators, profsnals, and the public agast them, sometim rultg negative out, such as loss of physil ctody, rtrictns on visatn, and prohibns agast adoptn (ACLU Lbian and Gay Rights Project, 2002; Appell, 2003; Patterson, Fulcher, & Waright, 2002).