Over the past few s the number of children growg up LGBTQ-parent fai has creased dramatilly wh the ntext of shiftg socpolil and legal climat around the world, more favourable attus toward diverse fay forms, and expand accs to assisted reproductn technology and adoptn (Goldberg & Conron, 2018). Among diverse LGBTQ-parent fay forms, lbian and gay stepfay arrangements formed post heterosexual relatnship (PHR) dissolutn likely reprent the most mon formatn (Tasker & Lavenr-Stott, 2020). Contrary to prevailg expectatns, early studi wh mothers who me out as lbians showed that they were jt as likely to have good mental health and posive relatnships wh their children as were heterosexual mothers, and that their children were no more likely to show emotnal and behavral difficulti, poor performance at school, or atypil genr role behavr than were children wh heterosexual parents (Patterson, 2017; Tasker, 2010) wh rearch on lbian stepfay arrangements, what we currently know about parentg and the adjtment of children whose parents are a sexual and/or a genr mory is still maly limed to lbian-parent fai through donor sematn (Bos & Gartrell, 2020). Planned lbian-parent fai were also created by adoptn (Farr et al., 2020), by sexual terurse wh a man who would not be a father to the child and by elective -parentg, whereby the mo...
Contents:
- WHERE WE STAND: GAY AND LBIAN PARENTS
- KIDS OF GAY PARENTS FARE WORSE, STUDY FDS, BUT REARCH DRAWS FIRE OM EXPERTS
- IF THEY 'SAY GAY,' WILL MY CHILD BE SAFE? PARENTS OF LGBTQ KIDS ARE SRED OF PYT LAWS
WHERE WE STAND: GAY AND LBIAN PARENTS
typ-of-fai~Amerin Amy of Pediatrics (AAP) discs adoptn to gay and lbian dividual or fay hoeholds. * children of lgbt parents *
Increasg numbers of children have been adopted by gay or lbian dividuals or upl recent years.
A growg body of scientific lerature reveals that children who grow up wh one or two gay and/or lbian parents will velop emotnally, gnively, socially, and sexually as well as children whose parents are heterosexual. We believe that children who are born to, or adopted by, one member of a gay or lbian uple serve the secury of two legally regnized parents.
Therefore, we support statutory and legal means to enable children to be adopted by the send parent or parent fai head by gay and lbian upl.
KIDS OF GAY PARENTS FARE WORSE, STUDY FDS, BUT REARCH DRAWS FIRE OM EXPERTS
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 … * children of lgbt parents *
Addnal Informatn:Gay and Lbian ParentsDifferent Typ of Fai: A Portra GalleryPromotg the Well-Beg of Children Whose Parents Are Gay or Lbian (AAP Policy Statement).
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. In recent years, nsirable ntroversy has surround lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and other sexual and genr mory (LGBTQ+) parent fai the Uned Stat.
Consirable diversy characteriz LGBTQ+ parent fai, however, and studi of LGBTQ+ parent fai have foced more on sexual mory (gay, lbian, or bisexual) than on genr mory parents. Fai head by LGBTQ+ parents are sometim viewed as a homogeneo group, but the realy is that they are que diverse.
IF THEY 'SAY GAY,' WILL MY CHILD BE SAFE? PARENTS OF LGBTQ KIDS ARE SRED OF PYT LAWS
Democratic printial ndidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a history of repeatedly sharg unfound nspiraci that man-ma chemils the environment uld be makg children gay or transgenr and g the femizatn of boys and masculizatn of girls. * children of lgbt parents *
Studi of sexual mory parents, most of which foc on lbian mothers and gay fathers, have shown them to be generally healthy and well adjted. 3, 17 Many studi have found that lbian and gay parents are distguishable om heterosexual parents terms of overall mental health and adjtment.
Rearch wh transgenr and genr mory parents and their children is currently ls extensive than studi of lbian and gay parents and their children, but several studi wh the fai have been reported.
28 In a study of more than 700 gay fathers by Perr and lleagu, parents and their children were often found to face stigma and discrimatn om relig stutns as well as om their fai, iends, and neighbors. One study, nducted the Netherlands, found that adolcent offsprg of lbian mothers who reported more experienc of homophobic stigmatizatn also had more behavr problems.
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 * children of lgbt parents *
30 In a study nducted Italy of school-age children wh gay fathers, stigmatizatn was also associated wh greater behavr problems. Many rearchers have studied the experienc of children of lbian and/or gay parents wh regard to homophobic teasg or bullyg om peers, and all have reported that children scribed this as a negative experience.
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.
Strong Fay Alliance is a non-prof providg support and rourc to parents of LGBT (gay, trans, etc.) kids g out. Save liv. Prerve fai. * children of lgbt parents *
33 Siarly, the Uned Stat, Lick and lleagu found that populatn characteristics, such as higher nsy of same-sex uple hoeholds, were associated wh greater well-beg among adult children of lbian and gay parents. Bt known for her work on child velopment lbian- and gay-parented fai, her rearch has been published the field’s top journals, and she has wrten or eded several books. Fay relatnships of lbians and gay men.
* children of lgbt parents *
Parentg and the adjtment of children born to gay fathers through surrogacy.
Gay fathers by surrogacy: Prejudice, parentg, and well-beg of female and male children. Stigma experienc, mental health, perceived parentg petence, and parent-child relatnships among lbian, gay, and heterosexual adoptive parents the Uned Stat.
Italian gay father fai formed by surrogacy: Parentg, stigmatizatn, and children’s psychologil adjtment. Contact wh birth fay adoptive fai head by lbian, gay male, and heterosexual parents.