Inclus a summary of rearch fdgs on lbian mothers, gay fathers and their children, an annotated biblgraphy of the published psychologil lerature and addnal rourc relevant to lbian and gay parentg.
Contents:
- GENR ROL THE RELATNSHIPS OF LBIANS AND GAY MEN
- GAY UNNS SHED LIGHT ON GENR MARRIAGE
- LBIAN AND GAY PARENTG
GENR ROL THE RELATNSHIPS OF LBIANS AND GAY MEN
Words such as butch, bear, femme or twk may not be faiar to LGBT dividuals but they have been ed to scribe genr rol lbian and gay relatnships. * gender roles in gay couples *
In a study parg lbian and gay male upl Atralia, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK, rearchers found that untri reportg higher levels of genr egalarianism, as measured by women’s enomic participatn, also found more equaly same-genr upl’ domtic labour divisn.
GAY UNNS SHED LIGHT ON GENR MARRIAGE
Recent rearch on gay male and lbian upl suggts that tradnal genr-role-playg sometim occurs their relatnships, though is ls mon than the relatnships of heterosexuals. This paper briefly explor three issu raised by the fdgs. First, we nsir reasons wh … * gender roles in gay couples *
Words such as “butch”, “bear”, “femme”, or “twk” may not be faiar to LGBT dividuals that are not as socially active wh other LGBT folks, but they have been ed to scribe genr rol lbian and gay relatnships for the majory of morn tim.
This lk of genr nformy to perceptns of shared power among the male same-sex upl this study suggts that some gay men may still assign signifint meang to mascule appearanc and meanors as means to negotiatg power wh their relatnships. Drawg om classic genr and velopment sights, if we know that women should not be treated as an sentialised, homogeno group of begs, we should not do the same for LGBTQI people, or people of diverse sexual orientatn and genr inty (SOGI).
LBIAN AND GAY PARENTG
Recent rearch on gay male and lbian upl suggt that tradnal genr-role-playg sometim occurs their relatnships, though is ls mon than fdgs. First were nsirg reasons why partners of the same genr might engage genr-role-playg. Send we discs the procs that might be volved allotg mascule and feme rol to partners a uple. Fally, we nsir the fdg that tradnal genr rol area associated wh dimished satisfactn and suggt possible reasons why this might be so. * gender roles in gay couples *
A study published by the Open Universy has found that gay upl are likely to be happier their relatnships than their heterosexual unterparts and several reasons have been posed, om ls genr stereotyp featurg the relatnship to a historil predisposn for ner ’s take a look at few more lsons to learn om our same-sex unterparts. Dpe the persistence of stereotyp that portray lbian, gay, and bisexual people as disturbed, several s of rearch and clil experience have led all mastream medil and mental health anizatns this untry to nclu that the orientatns reprent normal forms of human experience.