How Many People are Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr? - Williams Instute

Contents:

• IN GENERAL,GAY AND LBIAN COUPL
• WHAT DO THE SCHOLARLY REARCH SAY ABOUT THE WELL-BEG OF CHILDREN WH GAY OR LBIAN PARENTS?
• HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
• GERMAN CATHOLIC PRITS DEFY ROME TO OFFER BLSGS TO GAY COUPL
• MENTAL HEALTH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) YOUTH

IN GENERAL,GAY AND LBIAN COUPL

Even when gay and lbian parents took on different rol, they still generally felt was equable — which is not te as often heterosexual relatnships, and suggts a different mol for achievg equaly.

At most a handful of the children who were studied were actually raised by same-sex parents; the rt me om fai which oppose-sex parents raised their children for a perd of time, but which, often, one or more parent(s) subsequently me out as gay or lbian and left the fay or had a same-sex relatnship. Includg such children among those labeled as havg been “raised by same-sex parents” is so misleadg as to be accurate, sce the children were generally raised by oppose-sex fai and only later, after a fay disptn, did they live hoeholds wh one or more gay parent(s), and only rarely did two parents of the same sex, a stable, long-term relatnship, actually raise the children together. Authors of the outlier studi argue that, neverthels, such nfiguratns often reprent fai wh gay or lbian parents, and hence is reasonable to unt them as ditors of what happens when children live wh one or more gay parent(s).

Evaluatg Studi that Fd No Differenc Rultg om Havg a Gay Parent: Some crics of the LGB parentg rearch object to the small, non-random samplg methods known as “nvenience samplg” that rearchers the field often e to gather their data. While the surveys show a fairly wi variatn the overall percentage of adults who intify as LGB, the proportn who intify as lbian/gay vers bisexual is somewhat more nsistent (see Figure 2). The Natnal Survey of Sexual Health and Behavr and the Atralian Longudal Study of Health and Relatnships both found a majory of rponnts (55% and 59%, rpectively) intifyg as surveys show even greater nsistency differenc between men and women associated wh lbian/gay vers bisexual inty.

WHAT DO THE SCHOLARLY REARCH SAY ABOUT THE WELL-BEG OF CHILDREN WH GAY OR LBIAN PARENTS?

In s 2004 endorsement of what is monly referred to as the “no differenc” theory, the Amerin Psychologil Associatn (APA) clared that “there is no scientific evince that parentg effectivens is related to parental sexual orientatn: lbian and gay parents are as likely as heterosexual parents to provi supportive and healthy environments for their children, ” and “rearch has shown that the adjtment, velopment, and psychologil well-beg of children is unrelated to parental sexual orientatn and that the children of lbian and gay parents are as likely as those of heterosexual parents to flourish.

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMore than 100 Roman Catholic parish Germany held servic to bls gay upl, fiance of the Vatin’s refal to regnize same-sex Hoerhager/DPA, via Associated PrsBERLIN — More than 100 Roman Catholic parish Germany offered blsgs to gay upl on Monday fiance of church teachg and their own ll for natnwi blsgs me rponse to a cree issued by the Vatin on March 15, rercg the church’s prohibn of prits askg for God’s benevolence for gay upl, statg that God “do not and nnot bls s. “In view of the refal of the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah to bls homosexual partnerships, we raise our voic and say: We will ntue to acpany people who enter to a bdg partnership the future and bls their relatnship, ” the group said a statement.

” Pope Francis has not changed this teachg, but has ocsnally raised the hop of gay Catholics by speakg of the need to love and wele gay and transgenr German church is among the most powerful and liberal the world, and Roman Catholics everywhere were watchg the rponse to the blsgs for signals of how the church might rpond to attempts at reform om those the pews and om the prits who are often among those most active fdg ways to clu gay men and lbians the church. “There has been this credible discsn Germany about same-sex upl specifilly that has not taken place anywhere else, ” said Francis DeBernardo, the executive director of New Ways Mistry, which reprents gay and lbian Catholics the Uned Stat.

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?

“We held a blsg service this Valente’s Day, but was important to view of this story om Rome to send a clear signal that the church mt regnize, honor and appreciate life all of s many lors, ” said Father Mönkebüscher, who intifi as gay. Extensive data available om more than 30 years of rearch reveal that children raised by gay and lbian parents have monstrated rilience wh regard to social, psychologil, and sexual health spe enomic and legal dispari and social stigma.

Children whose parents are gay and lbian have historilly been subjected to laws, social polici, and disapprovg attus that create social distance and ostracism and challenge the stabily of their fai as well as their optimal social and psychologil velopment.

This technil report provis the scientific ratnale, based on the current available evince, to support the remendatns outled the policy statement “Promotg the Well-Beg of Children Whose Parents are Gay or Lbian”1: support for marriage equaly, cludg repeal of the feral Defense of Marriage Act and siar public polici that lim accs to feral benefs associated wh civil marriage for gay and lbian upl, and the right of gay and lbian adults to adopt and provi foster re for eligible children. A few stat, eher by statute, regulatn, or legal terpretatn, rtrict or prohib foster parentg by same-genr upl and/or lbians and gay regardg jot adoptn by same genr upl, where both dividuals bee the legal parents of a blogilly unrelated child, vary om state to state. 13 Jot adoptn by lbian and gay upl is exprsly prohibed a few stat, granted by law fewer than half, and not addrsed by statut most stat that regnize civil marriage or other forms of domtic relatnships n a lbian or gay spoe or partner be regnized as a legal parent or step-parent to the child(ren) she or he is helpg raise.

GERMAN CATHOLIC PRITS DEFY ROME TO OFFER BLSGS TO GAY COUPL

Such laws are important to children when adult uple relatnships are dissolutn and appropriate ctody is unr arrangements wh a surrogate rrier are available only a few stat to gay men who wish to have a blogilly related the event of ath of a spoe, partner, or parent, state laws do not provi for Social Secury or veteran’s survivor benefs for the survivg spoe/partner and children. Bee children nnot legally nsent to medil treatment, the lack of uniform legal regnn of lbian and gay parents rults parents beg prohibed om acpanyg their child(ren) and makg medil cisns for them route and even emergency suatns.

MENTAL HEALTH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) YOUTH

As a rult of the feral Defense of Marriage Act, employers are not required to, although some choose to, offer health benefs to same-genr spo or partners or children of lbian and gay employe, even if those workers are legally married their state. However, the COBRA, as feral legislatn, do not require employers, even those who provi benefs for same-genr spo/partners and their pennts, to offer lbian and gay employe the opportuny to enroll their spo, partners, or children.

The reactn a fay may enunter rang om acceptance to disda: sometim pediatricians and others enuntered health re settgs or stutns may exprs stigmatizg attus or refe to regnize an unmarried parent, pecially when that parent is part of a gay or lbian uple. Among rponnts a survey of gay and lbian parents New York, 42% reported that dislike of lbian and gay people was a barrier to accsg health re and reported a lack of appropriately traed, petent profsnals to liver health re to lbian and gay people.

For parents who mt rely on medil profsnals wh unknown attus toward lbian and gay patients, ncerns lger about treatment of them and their children, which n make re more difficult to obta.