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GAY RIGHTS
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LGBTQ Fay Law and Policy the Uned StatEr Mayo-AdamDepartment of Polil Science, Hunter CollegeLims and Advanc LGBTQ Fay Regnn and AcceptanceThe legal landspe for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) fai vari tremendoly across the Uned Stat bee, wh few exceptns, the thory to ci what nstut a fay li predomantly wh the realm of state and lol law. The unrlyg assumptn is based old homophobic logic that lbians n always get pregnant by engagg heterosexual terurse, they merely choose not to—an overt nial of the Soller-Mihleks’ immutable inty (Fairygton, 2015) plitns Obergefell v. When differenc do exist they are largely attributable to stabily, as when, for example, a fay’s full legal regnn is qutn (Gat, 2015), the amount of social science rearch that supports the health and well-beg of children lbian and gay fai is astoundg.
THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
People around the world face vlence and equaly—and sometim torture, even executn—bee of who they love, how they look, or who they are. Sexual orientatn and genr inty are tegral aspects of our selv and should never lead to discrimatn or abe. Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu. We document and expose ab based on sexual orientatn and genr inty worldwi, cludg torture, killg and executns, arrts unr unjt laws, unequal treatment, censorship, medil ab, discrimatn health and jobs and hog, domtic vlence, ab agast children, and nial of fay rights and regnn. We advote for laws and polici that will protect everyone’s digny. We work for a world where all people n enjoy their rights fully. * gay rights in family law *
For example, Farr (2016) ed a longudal study that“pared out for children, parents, upl, and the overall fay system among adoptive fai wh LG [lbian or gay] and heterosexual parents at two time pots: Wave 1 (W1), when children were prchool-age, and Wave 2 (W2), approximately five years later, when children were middle childhood” (Farr, 2016, p. For example, rearchers have wrten about the visibily of bisexual people LGBTQ parentg rearch and how many studi on bisexual parents tend to llapse bisexual parents wh lbian and gay parents (Biblarz & Savci, 2010; Ross & Dobson, 2013). Both studi had bisexual parents their data sets and did not report different out children raised by bisexual parents vers children raised by lbian and gay parents (Costello, 1997; Murray & McCltock, 2005).