Charting LGBTQ Parenting Through Memoir and Research
Three new books variously offer insight, inspiration, and social science rigor as they chart the contours of queer parents’ lives.
Parental Outcomes/Experiences
New Report Looks at Need to Support LGBTQ Parents and Parents of LGBTQ Kids
The first report from a new project dedicated to families with LGBTQ children or parents shows the negative impact of stigma on both groups—and points the way forward to keeping these families strong and healthy.
For Transgender Parents, the Positive Experiences of Parenthood May Help Counteract Effects of Stigma
An estimated 19 percent of transgender adults in the U.S. are parents, according to a new study—the first to use a nationally representative sample of transgender parents and nonparents. The study authors also hypothesize that the fulfilling experiences of parenthood may even improve transgender parents’ well-being and help counter the negative effects of stigmatization in a cisgenderist/heterosexist society.
New Study Looks at Experience of Pregnancy Loss Among Trans/Masculine and Nonbinary People
A new, peer-reviewed study looks at the experiences of trans/masculine and nonbinary people who were gestating but experienced pregnancy loss.
American Psychological Association Revises and Reaffirms Support of LGBTQ Parents, LGBTQ Children, and Anti-Discrimination Laws
The American Psychological Association (APA) on Monday issued updated resolutions in support of LGBTQ parents and LGBTQ children, and opposing laws, policies, and practices that discriminate against LGBTQ people.
New Study Highlights Best and Most Challenging Parts of Being a Pioneering Lesbian Mom
What did 131 lesbian moms, part of the first generation of LGBTQ families begun through donor insemination, say are the best and most challenging parts of 25 years of parenthood? A new study is the first to look at the overall experiences of any LGBTQ parents from their children’s conception through young adulthood, and sheds light on the ups and downs.
Love and Science: How Science Has Helped LGBTQ Families
Today, the March for Science in Washington, D.C. and hundreds of other global locations will encourage science that “upholds the common good” and allows evidence-based policymaking in the public interest. I thus thought this was a good time to look at how science has specifically helped LGBTQ parents and our children.
Same-Sex Couples More Equitable in Childcare, Chores than Different-Sex Ones
Same-sex couples tend to share child care and certain household chores more equitably than different-sex ones, according to a new study.
Same-Sex Parents Spend More Time with Kids, Study Says
A new study has found that children with same-sex parents receive significantly more “child-focused parent time” each day than those with different-sex parents.
Most Lesbian Moms Satisfied with Type of Sperm Donor
The majority of lesbian moms who conceived through donor insemination are satisfied with their choice of a known, unknown, or open-identity (child may contact when 18) donor, according to new research based on the National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (NLLFS), the longest-running and largest study of U.S. lesbian families.