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Contents:

• AFTER ORLANDO, 21 PHOTOS OF GAY DADS AND THEIR KIDS TO HELP YOU SE AGA
• KIDS OF GAY PARENTS FARE WORSE, STUDY FDS, BUT REARCH DRAWS FIRE OM EXPERTS
• CHILDREN ADOPTED BY GAY FATHERS MORE LIKELY TO SHOW STRONG ATTACHMENT THAN CHILDREN OF HETEROSEXUAL UPL
• 33 FAMO GAY DADS FOR FATHER'S DAY
• ADULT CHILDREN OF GAY FATHERS: PARENT-CHILD RELATNSHIP QUALY AND MENTAL HEALTH
• ‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
• GAY FATHERS FACE STIGMA AS PARENTS

AFTER ORLANDO, 21 PHOTOS OF GAY DADS AND THEIR KIDS TO HELP YOU SE AGA

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KIDS OF GAY PARENTS FARE WORSE, STUDY FDS, BUT REARCH DRAWS FIRE OM EXPERTS

Ten narrative studi volvg fay histori of 262 children of gay fathers and lbian mothers were evaluated statistilly rponse to Morrison's (2007) ncerns about Cameron's (2006) rearch that had volved three narrative studi. Dpe numero attempts to bias the rults favour of the null hypothis and allowg for up to 20 (of 63, 32%) dg errors, Cameron's (2006) hypothis that gay and lbian parents would be more likely to have gay, lbian, bisexual or unsure (of sexual orientatn) sons and dghters was nfirmed.

Percentag of children of gay and lbian parents who adopted non-heterosexual inti ranged between 16% and 57%, wh odds rats of 1. Data om ethnographic sourc and om prev studi on gay and lbian parentg were re-examed and found to support the hypothis that social and parental fluenc may fluence the exprsn of non-heterosexual inti and/or behavur.

CHILDREN ADOPTED BY GAY FATHERS MORE LIKELY TO SHOW STRONG ATTACHMENT THAN CHILDREN OF HETEROSEXUAL UPL

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33 FAMO GAY DADS FOR FATHER'S DAY

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ADULT CHILDREN OF GAY FATHERS: PARENT-CHILD RELATNSHIP QUALY AND MENTAL HEALTH

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‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD

It tells somethg important: We need fewer broken hom among gays, jt as we do among straights. This rearch on gay fathers ntradicts beliefs that fathers have ls nate rg abily than mothers and challeng the historil emphasis on mothers.

GAY FATHERS FACE STIGMA AS PARENTS

Rearchers at Cambridge Universy the UK have found that 10- to 14-year-old adopted children of gay fathers showed higher levels of “secure tonomo attachment” than did adopted children of heterosexual parents. Sendly, adopted children of gay fathers also showed lower levels of “secure preoccupied attachment” than children adopted by eher lbian or heterosexual upl. Fally, children of gay fathers showed lower levels of “disorientated-disanised attachment” – ntradictory or patible pg strategi – than children of heterosexual upl.

But before shg to the ncln that gay fathers are nately better parents, as opposed to equally good parents, the rearchers pot out other possible explanatns. For example, gay fathers, who are still leadg a social change and fg a new way the world, are on average more motivated and well-adjted than heterosexual parents. Ined, this rearch, gay fathers rated lower prsn and parentg strs than heterosexual adoptive parents.

Or perhaps the adoptn screeng procs for adoptn by gay men is more strgent, meang gay fathers have to monstrate stronger motivatn and petence than do other adoptive parents.