Parents of gay adults

Family Formation and Stressors

• Overall, 47% of partnered LGBTQ parents are in a same-gender or transgender-inclusive partnership; however, the majority of cisgender lesbian/gay parents are vs. 10% of cisgender bisexual/queer parents.
• 78% of LGBTQ parents became parents through current or previous sexual relationships, 20% through stepparenthood, and 6% through adoption.
• Among parenting households, same-sex couples adopt (21%), foster (4%), and have stepchildren (17%) at significantly higher rates than different-sex couples (3%, %, 6%).
  • Notably among parents, 24% of married same-sex couples have adopted a noun versus 3% of married different-sex couples.
• Approximately 35, same-sex couple parents have adopted children, and 6, are fostering children. The majority of these couples are married.
• Among all LGBTQ parents, approximately 57, are fostering children (%). Less than half of these parents are married.
• Approximately 30% of LGBQ parents are not legally recognized or are unsure about their legal status as the parent/guardian of at least one chi

  Understanding Parenting Intentions Among Childfree Gay Men: A Comparison With Lesbian Women and Heterosexual Men and Women

  Introduction

  Becoming a parent is a universal desire for many adj people (Purewal and Van den Akker, ), however, parenthood is not always possible for sexual minority people, especially gay men. Gay men who want to become parents experience a number of legal (Kazyak et al., ) and financial barriers (Smietana, ), along with greater experiences of stigmatization (e.g., Berkowitz and Marsiglio, ; Baiocco et al., ; Goldberg et al., ; Carone et al., ). In addition, gay men more often face greater complexities when deciding how to become a parent (surrogacy, adoption, co-parenting, and foster care; Murphy, ; Smietana et al., ; Carone et al., ; Smietana, ). Nevertheless, many gay men want to become parents in the future (Gates et al., ; Goldberg et al., ; Scandurra et al., ). Yet little is known about the decision-making process of childfree gay men toward becoming parents in the future (Mezey, ; Gato et al., ; Riskind and Tornello, ; Scandurra et al., ). The pre
  

  Adult children of lesbian parents less likely to identify as straight, study finds

  The children of lesbian parents are less likely to identify as heterosexual as adults and much more likely to report same-sex attraction, according to a long-term study by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, a consider tank focused on sexual orientation and gender.

  As many as 6 million children and adults in the U.S. have lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender parents, according to the institute, and its study found that “the female and male offspring of lesbian parents were significantly more likely to report same-sex attraction, sexual minority identity, and same-sex experience.”

  “Perhaps we should be celebrating that the culture has evolved enough that these young people undergo free to explore who they are."

  Dr. Nanette Gartrell, M.D.

  “These findings suggest that adult offspring from planned lesbian families may be more likely than their peers to demonstrate diversity in sexual attraction, identity, and expression," the report said.

  The study employs the National Longitudin
  

  Study of Gay Parenting Draws Criticism

  June 11, &#; -- A adj study finds that adult children of parents in same-sex relationships fare worse socially, psychologically and physically than people raised in other family arrangements.

  Critics call the study deeply flawed, saying the results don't accurately describe -- or even measure -- any children raised in stable households with two same-sex parents.

  The learn surveyed nearly 3, U.S. adults, ages 18 to 39, about their upbringing and their lives today, asking questions about factors such as income, relationship stability, mental health and history of sexual abuse. Of the 3, respondents, 73 reported that their father had engaged in a same-sex relationship and reported that their mother had done so.

  People who reported that their mother or father had a same-sex relationship at some point were different than children raised by their biological, still-married parents in 25 of the study's 40 measures. And most of the time, they fared worse. The children of parents who at some point had a same-sex partner were more li