Gallup timat that 7.2% of the U.S. adult populatn is lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.
Contents:
- KIDS OF GAY PARENTS FARE WORSE, STUDY FDS, BUT REARCH DRAWS FIRE OM EXPERTS
- GROWG UP WH GAY PARENTS: WHAT IS THE BIG AL?*
KIDS OF GAY PARENTS FARE WORSE, STUDY FDS, BUT REARCH DRAWS FIRE OM EXPERTS
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Intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or queer (LGBTQ+). (CBS News) A new study that fds children of a gay or lbian parent may be more likely to have social and emotnal problems has sparked ntroversy on both sis of the same-sex marriage bate.
But those earlier studi have advertently masked real diversy among gay and lbian parentg experienc Ameri. In a jot statement om the Fay Equaly Council, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Freedom to Marry, and the Gay and Lbian Alliance agast Defamatn (GLAAD), advot lled the study a "flawed, misleadg, and scientifilly unsound paper that seeks to disparage lbian and gay parents. "People gay or straight should stick wh their partners, he said.
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GROWG UP WH GAY PARENTS: WHAT IS THE BIG AL?*
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It tells somethg important: We need fewer broken hom among gays, jt as we do among straights. Adults intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or somethg other than straight or heterosexual. Explore Gallup qutns and trends about gay and lbian rights on Gallup's Topics A-Z page.