Growg up wh gay parents: What is the big al?* - PMC

Contents:

• 12 POPULAR CHILDREN’S TV SHOWS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS
• NICKELOON’S ‘LOUD HOE’ TO FEATURE MARRIED GAY COUPLE
• NICKELOON'S 'LOUD HOE' WILL FEATURE A MARRIED, GAY COUPLE – AND THE TWTERSPHERE CAN'T WA
• GROWG UP WH GAY PARENTS: WHAT IS THE BIG AL?*
• NICKELOON'S "THE LOUD HOE" INTRODUC TWO PERFECTLY IMPERFECT GAY DADSHAROLD AND HOWARD MCBRI MIGHT JT BE THE MOST OVERPROTECTIVE PARENTS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY DAN AVERYJULY 17, 2016/10:15 PMBY DAN AVERYJULY 17, 2016 / 10:15 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NICKELOON'S \"THE LOUD HOE\" INTRODUC TWO PERFECTLY IMPERFECT GAY DADS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-07-18T02:15:08.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-07-18T02:15:08.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NICKELOON IS FG AHEAD WH MORE LGBT REPRENTATNS ON S KID'S RTOONS: A GAY MARRIED UPLE APPEARS ON THIS WEEK'S EPISO OF THE POPULAR ANIMATED SERI THE LOUD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE SHOW, 11-YEAR-OLD LLN LOUD TRI TO PE WH FAY CHAOS AS THE ONLY BOY WH TEN SISTERS. IN THE JULY 20 EPISO, "OVERNIGHT SUCCS," HIS BT IEND, CLY MCBRI, BY FOR A SLEEPOVER AFTER MUCH PLEADG WH PARENTS ON BOTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE VIEWER LEARNS, CLY HAS TWO DADS—'S MA CRYSTAL CLEAR THE EPISO, BUT 'S FELY NOT TREATED LIKE A BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN FACT, THE MCBRIS' FG FACTOR SEEMS TO BE HOW OVERPROTECTIVE THEY ARE: HOWARD (MADTV'S MICHAEL MCDONALD) AND HAROLD (WAYNE BRADY, CURRENTLY KKY BOOTS) UNDATE LLN WH SENTIALS—SLEEPG BAG, FOOTIE PAJAMAS, WHE-NOISE MACHE, HUMIDIFIER, HUMIDIFIER, ETC—AND A LNDRY LIST OF EMERGENCY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"REMEMBER, CLY, NO NUTS, NO GLUTEN, NO SUGAR AND BE REFUL WH ORANGE JUICE," WARNS HAROLD. "YOU KNOW HOW YOU GET WH PULP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE IS A NICE HUG, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME NICKELOON SHOWS HAVE CLUD QUEER REPRENATNS: RUPL APPEARED AN EPISO OF BUBBLE GUPPI LAST YEAR, AND LEGEND OF KORRA END WH THE PROTAGONIST KISSG HER FEMALE BT IEND AS THEY HEAD OFF TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT DON'T LOOK LIKE THE MISTERS MCBRI FEATURE THE RT OF THE EPISO BUT THEIR SUAL AND HUMORO TRODUCTN IS A BREATH OF H AIR. WE HOPE TO SEE MORE OF THEM!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• GROUP LIVID OVER GAY COUPLE ON 'LOUD HOE' VOICED BY WAYNE BRADY, MICHAEL MCDONALD

12 POPULAR CHILDREN’S TV SHOWS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS

In fact, three of the leadg mastream children’s ble channels — cludg Disney, Nickeloon and Cartoon Network — have shows wh gay or lbian are twelve popular children’s shows wh gay characters:Photo urty: Getty Imag/LtleBee80.

This popular live-actn tween-centric seri 2017 showsed a primary character, 13-year-old Cys Goodman, revealg he is gay. ” The storyle ntued to this year, wh Cys sayg for the first time, “I’m gay” The seri was nceled after three seasons. GLAAD is a proment gay rights watchdog.

The children’s TV work will troduce a bi-racial gay uple on the animated show “The Loud Hoe. As evint the clip, the seri mak no hoopla over the appearance of the married gay uple.

NICKELOON’S ‘LOUD HOE’ TO FEATURE MARRIED GAY COUPLE

Super proud of @NickeloonTV and @TheLoudWrers "The Loud Hoe" Introduc Two Perfectly Imperfect Gay Dads — Chris Nee ?️‍? (@chrisdoee) July 18, 2016. Nickeloon's 'Loud Hoe' Will Feature a Married, Gay Couple – and the Twtersphere Can't Wa.

NICKELOON'S 'LOUD HOE' WILL FEATURE A MARRIED, GAY COUPLE – AND THE TWTERSPHERE CAN'T WA

An terracial gay uple? He opens the ont door to meet his bt iend’s parents – an terracial gay McBri and Mr McBri, as Loud lls them, will make their but on Wednday as the work’s first married gay uple on the show. “The Loud Hoe has an unambiguo gay married uple that isn’t an exce for a punchle, God bls Nickeloon, ” one er wrote.

“Thank you Loud Hoe, for the wonrful gay dads, ” tweeted another. 8 ln viewers before was renewed for a send season on 25 shows have shown LGBT characters and parents the 2005, the PBS show Postrds om Bter, which showed the rabb om the rtoon Arthur teractg wh real kids, pulled an episo which picted gay parents, acrdg to the Associated Prs.

GROWG UP WH GAY PARENTS: WHAT IS THE BIG AL?*

Cartoon Network’s current animated seri Clarence, which buted April 2014, featured a gay uple kissg on the cheek – though reports state that the kiss was censored and origally tend to be on the lips. A 2013 Canadian study (Allen 2013), which analyzed data om a very large populatn-based sample, revealed that the children of gay and lbian upl are only about 65 percent as likely to have graduated om high school as are the children of married, oppose-sex upl.

Three key fdgs stood out this study: children of married, oppose-sex parents have a high graduatn rate pared to the others; children of lbian fai have a very low graduatn rate pared to the others; and children the other four typ of livg arrangements (mon law marriage, gay uple, sgle mother, and sgle father) are siar to each other and fall between the extrem of married heterosexual parents and lbian upl. A study of 174 primary school children Atralia (Sarantakos 1996) pared the social and tnal velopment of 58 children livg married fai, 58 livg wh habg heterosexuals, and 58 livg homosexual unns.

The thors found that married upl offer the bt environment for a child's social and tnal velopment, followed by habg heterosexual upl and lastly by homosexual upl. In a study (Goldberg 2007) of 36 adults raised by lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) parents, 15 of them (42%) scribed challeng relatg to their abily to tst other people.

NICKELOON'S "THE LOUD HOE" INTRODUC TWO PERFECTLY IMPERFECT GAY DADSHAROLD AND HOWARD MCBRI MIGHT JT BE THE MOST OVERPROTECTIVE PARENTS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY DAN AVERYJULY 17, 2016/10:15 PMBY DAN AVERYJULY 17, 2016 / 10:15 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NICKELOON'S \"THE LOUD HOE\" INTRODUC TWO PERFECTLY IMPERFECT GAY DADS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-07-18T02:15:08.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-07-18T02:15:08.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NICKELOON IS FG AHEAD WH MORE LGBT REPRENTATNS ON S KID'S RTOONS: A GAY MARRIED UPLE APPEARS ON THIS WEEK'S EPISO OF THE POPULAR ANIMATED SERI THE LOUD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE SHOW, 11-YEAR-OLD LLN LOUD TRI TO PE WH FAY CHAOS AS THE ONLY BOY WH TEN SISTERS. IN THE JULY 20 EPISO, "OVERNIGHT SUCCS," HIS BT IEND, CLY MCBRI, BY FOR A SLEEPOVER AFTER MUCH PLEADG WH PARENTS ON BOTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE VIEWER LEARNS, CLY HAS TWO DADS—'S MA CRYSTAL CLEAR THE EPISO, BUT 'S FELY NOT TREATED LIKE A BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN FACT, THE MCBRIS' FG FACTOR SEEMS TO BE HOW OVERPROTECTIVE THEY ARE: HOWARD (MADTV'S MICHAEL MCDONALD) AND HAROLD (WAYNE BRADY, CURRENTLY KKY BOOTS) UNDATE LLN WH SENTIALS—SLEEPG BAG, FOOTIE PAJAMAS, WHE-NOISE MACHE, HUMIDIFIER, HUMIDIFIER, ETC—AND A LNDRY LIST OF EMERGENCY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"REMEMBER, CLY, NO NUTS, NO GLUTEN, NO SUGAR AND BE REFUL WH ORANGE JUICE," WARNS HAROLD. "YOU KNOW HOW YOU GET WH PULP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE IS A NICE HUG, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME NICKELOON SHOWS HAVE CLUD QUEER REPRENATNS: RUPL APPEARED AN EPISO OF BUBBLE GUPPI LAST YEAR, AND LEGEND OF KORRA END WH THE PROTAGONIST KISSG HER FEMALE BT IEND AS THEY HEAD OFF TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT DON'T LOOK LIKE THE MISTERS MCBRI FEATURE THE RT OF THE EPISO BUT THEIR SUAL AND HUMORO TRODUCTN IS A BREATH OF H AIR. WE HOPE TO SEE MORE OF THEM!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

A study (Sirota 2009) of 68 women wh gay or bisexual fathers and 68 women wh heterosexual fathers found a statistilly signifint difference between the two groups. The women (whose average age both groups was 29) wh gay or bisexual fathers had difficulty wh adult attachment issu three areas: (1) they were ls fortable wh closens and timacy; (2) they were ls able to tst and pend on others; and (3) they experienced more anxiety relatnships pared to the women raised by heterosexual fathers (and mothers). The study is noteworthy for several reasons: (1) his study sample was large, reprentative, and populatn-based (not a small, self-selected group); (2) Regnes studied the rpons of adult children rather than askg same-sex parents to scribe how their young pennt children are dog; and (3) he was able to draw parisons on up to 80 measur for children who had lived wh (or had) parents who fell to one of eight tegori—tact fai wh both blogil parents who were married to each other, lbian mothers, gay fathers, heterosexual sgle parents, parents who later divorced, habg parents, parents who adopted the rponnt, and other (such as a ceased parent).

The children of lbians and gays fared worse than those tact heterosexual fai on 77 of the 80 oute measur. Exceptns related only to the votg habs of children wh gay fathers, and alhol e by children of lbian mothers. In recent years, married or habg gay and lbian upl have acquired children through artificial sematn or vro fertilizatn.

Men gay unns are now also seekg blogilly related children through the e of surrogate mothers. 4) as prevalent among children wh same-sex parents than the general populatn, after ntrollg for age, sex, ethnicy, and parent soc-enomic stat (Sulls 2015b) n one rencile the signifint fdgs wh the wily publicized studi showg no harmful effects to children who have, or have lived wh, lbian or gay parents?

GROUP LIVID OVER GAY COUPLE ON 'LOUD HOE' VOICED BY WAYNE BRADY, MICHAEL MCDONALD

For example, 2005, the Amerin Psychologil Associatn (APA) issued an official brief on lbian and gay parentg, which clud this assertn: “Not a sgle study has found children of lbian and gay parents to be disadvantaged any signifint rpect relative to children of heterosexual parents” (Amerin Psychologil Associatn 2005). The thor remend further flaws exist the vast majory of studi published before 2012 on this subject (Marks 2012) cludg the fact that they relied upon small, nonreprentative sampl that are not reprentative of children typil homosexual fai the Uned major studi, published by Gartrell and Bos (2010) and Biblarz and Stacey (2010), are often ced by gay activists and extensively the media. Lbian & gay parentg.