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Contents:
- GAY FATHERS FACE STIGMA AS PARENTS
- GROWG UP WH A GAY FATHER – CONFSNS OM A STRAIGHT SON
- HOW I ACCINTALLY FOUND OUT MY DAD IS GAY
- THE GAY FATHER I NEVER KNEW
- LBIAN DGHTERS-IN-LAW, GAY SONS-IN-LAW, AND THE IN-LAWS
- 10 THGS YOU’LL ONLY KNOW IF YOU’VE GROWN UP WH GAY PARENTS
GAY FATHERS FACE STIGMA AS PARENTS
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S., many gay men and their fai still experience discrimatn and are stigmatized by relativ, neighbors, salpeople and other members of their muni, a study suggts. Creatg fai has gotten easier over the years for gay men.
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One-third of gay fathers said their kids were stigmatized by other children, and one five dads said their children had avoid formg iendships out of fear of mistreatment or discrimatn. “Legal protectns today are much more expansive than they were a ago, which turn means that the stigma faced by gay fathers - and, by extensn, lbian mothers - should be ls than the past, ” said Brian Powell, a soclogy rearcher at Indiana Universy Bloomgton who wasn’t volved the study.
THE GAY FATHER I NEVER KNEW
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“But the protectns are not universally provid across all stat, ” Powell said by the study, rearchers surveyed 732 gay fathers wh 1, 316 children 47 stat. Rearchers ranked stat based on how many legal protectns they offered to gay parents that vered thgs like marriage, civil unns, domtic partnerships, adoptn, child ctody and anti-bullyg surprisgly, gay fathers were more likely to report stigma affectg their liv stat wh fewer legal protectns.
LBIAN DGHTERS-IN-LAW, GAY SONS-IN-LAW, AND THE IN-LAWS
Fai stat wh more legal protectns for gay parents were more likely to be formed by surrogacy, while men stat wh few legal protectns were more likely to bee fathers through heterosexual relatnships, the study fathers reported barriers to beg parents.
10 THGS YOU’LL ONLY KNOW IF YOU’VE GROWN UP WH GAY PARENTS
About 41 percent had difficulti wh adoptn and one-third enuntered problems arrangg ctody of children born heterosexual study n’t prove whether parentg stat or sexual orientatn directly impacts discrimatn, and wasn’t natnally participants were whe, and ’s also possible that gay fathers om other racial or ethnic groups might report different experienc, Dr. Ellen Perr of Tufts Medil Center Boston and lleagu wre so, the rults unrsre that legalizg gay marriage the U. “The fdgs suggt that stigma persists for gay fathers, who reported experiencg the most stigma relig stutns, rtrants, and om neighbors, ” Raifman said by email.