Researching LGBTQ Families

Demographics and social science that illuminate LGBTQ families.

Latest Posts: Demographics and Research

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New Study Looks at How Children of LGBTQ Parents Experience Stigma at School

A new study of LGBTQ parents found that two-thirds of the participants—and especially trans parents—said their children experienced structural and/or interpersonal stigma at school. The parents, however, shared a variety of proactive and reactive ways they worked to prevent or offset such stigma …
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Are Gay Dads Better Than Straight Parents? The Answer Isn’t Straightforward

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Students with LGBTQ+ Parents Often Experience Harassment and Exclusion: New Study

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Adults with Lesbian Parents Reflect on Their Donor Siblings

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New Study Sheds Light on Lesbian Grandparents and on Donor-Conceived People’s Parenting

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Two-Thirds of Parents in New Study Think Book Bans Are “A Waste of Time”

Happy Bisexual Visibility Day to the Millions of Bi Parents!

Happy Bisexual Visibility Day to the Millions of Bi Parents!

10 Myths About LGBTQ Families

10 Myths About LGBTQ Families

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Donor-Conceived Adults with Lesbian Parents Satisfied With Level of Donor Contact, Known or Unknown: Study

Relationships at Risk: Why We Need to Update State Parentage Laws to Protect Children and Families: Movement Advancement Project (MAP), COLAGE, Family Equality, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), and NCLR.

New Report: Patchwork of State Parentage Laws Leave LGBTQ Families at Risk

Latest Books of Social Science Research on LGBTQ Families

Visit the full Database of LGBTQ Family Books to search and filter books by topics and identities.

Queer Stepfamilies: The Path to Social and Legal Recognition
We Are Family - Golombok
Queering Family Trees
LGBTQ-Parent Families: Innovations in Research and Implications for Practice, 2nd Edition
Reproductive Losses: Challenges to LGBTQ Family-Making
Modern Families: Parents and Children in New Family Forms
LGBTQ Divorce and Relationship Dissolution: Psychological and Legal Perspectives and Implications for Practice
Random Families
Modern Families: Stories of Extraordinary Journeys to Kinship
The Right to Be Parents: LGBT Families and the Transformation of Parenthood
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Foster & Adoptive Parents: Recruiting Assessing, and Supporting Untapped Family Resources for Children and Youth
Courting Change: Queer Parents, Judges, and the Transformation of American Family Law

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