An Evaluation of Gay/Lesbian and Heterosexual Adoption

Averett, Paige; Nalavany, Blace A.; Ryan, Scott D.

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“…This legal change, however, has not been followed by practical opportunities for same-sex couples, thus lesbian couples generally have children through birth giving. Joint adoption is a well-established path to parenthood for lesbians in countries like the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada (Ausbrooks & Russel, 2011;Averett, Nalavany & Ryan, 2009;Brown et al, 2009;Farr & Patterson, 2009;Hicks, 2011;Kinkler & Goldberg, 2011;Ross et al, 2008;Woodford et al, 2010), again in contrast to results from the present Swedish study.…”

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“…Once the decision to parent is grounded, the prospective mother(s) might consider several routs to parenthood depending on social conventions, personal preferences and values, legal access and economic resources etcetera (Mezey, 2008; see also Ryan-Flood, 2009;Wojnar & Katzenmeyer, 2014). One route to parenthood is to apply for adoption or to have foster children (Ausbrooks & Russel, 2011;Averett, Nalavany, & Ryan, 2009;Brown, Smalling, Groza & Ryan, 2009;Farr & Patterson, 2009;Goldberg, 2009;Goldberg, Downing & Sauck, 2007;Goldberg, Moyer, Kinkler & Richardson, 2012;Goldberg & Smith, 2011;Mallon, 2011;Ross et al, 2008;Ross, Epstein, Anderson, & Eady, 2009;Ryan & Whitlock, 2007;Woodford et al, 2010). Others choose assisted reproduction and may have donor insemination or IVF.…”

Section: Studies On Lesbian Family Life and Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Pride and Prejudice : Lesbian Families in Contemporary Sweden

Malmquist

2015

Linköping Studies in Behavioural Science

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To my children, Emil, Nils, Myran and Tove Färgen på barns ögon kommer från arvet, glittret i barns ögon kommer från miljön.The colour of children's eyes comes from nature, the sparkle in children's eyes comes from nurture. AbstractOptions and possibilities for lesbian parents have changed fundamentally since the turn of the millennium. A legal change in 2003 enabled a same-sex couple to share legal parenthood of the same child. An additional legal change, in 2005, gave lesbian couples access to fertility treatment within public healthcare in Sweden. The present thesis focuses on families where two women share legal parenthood of their children. It aims to provide knowledge about lesbian parenting couples and their children, and to focus on the interplay between family members within lesbian families, and between family members and their surroundings. Furthermore, the thesis aims to visualize and analyse notions of heteronormativity and homonormativity in contemporary Sweden. The thesis draws on interviews with 118 parents in 61 families, and 12 children in 11 families. The participants' stories, descriptions, reflections and discourses have been analysed using discursive psychology and thematic analysis.The thesis includes five empirical papers. Paper I focuses on encounters with healthcare professionals prior to and during pregnancy, at childbirth and during the early stages of parenthood. Paper II deals with the participants' experiences of second-parent adoption processes. Paper III focuses on equality in parenting relations. Paper IV focuses on encounters with fertility clinics within public healthcare. Paper V highlights the children's reflections and shows how the children talk about fathers and donors.

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Section: Studies On Lesbian Family Life and Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pride and Prejudice : Lesbian Families in Contemporary Sweden

Malmquist

2015

Linköping Studies in Behavioural Science

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“…Perhaps some combination of the fathers and the adoption authorities they worked with believed that fathers are better suited to raise boys. Likewise, but to a lesser degree, Averett, Nalavany, and Ryan's (2009) study reported a 58% to 42% ratio of boys to girls in gay male-parented adoptive families while Goldberg, Kashy, and Smith's (2012) study reported a 45% to 55% ratio of boys to girls in lesbian parented families, 56% to 44% in gay male-parented families, and 48% to 52% in heterosexual families. None of these latter examples approach statistical significance, but the direction of the data remains the same.…”

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Child Care Responsibility in Gay Male-Parented Families: Predictive and Correlative Factors

Panozzo

2014

Journal of GLBT Family Studies

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Although the frequency of gay male parented families is increasing, little is known about child care responsibility in these families. A purposive and snowball-sampled, Internet-based survey of 76 gay male parented families who brought children into their families after the primary relationship had been formed were the study participants. A modified version of Cowan and Cowan's (1988) "Who Does What" measure was utilized to determine divisions of child care responsibility. It was determined that, to a statistically significant degree, fathers with greater child care responsibility made less money and had a greater desire to have a child before the arrival of the child. After the arrival of the child they also fulfill more of a "mothering role," make less money, and have lower career importance after the arrival of the child than their partners. These findings build upon the qualitatively derived knowledge of parenting responsibilities in these families by providing a quantitative lens for understanding a number of associations between parenting responsibilities and other factors in these fathers' lives.

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“…Les enfants adoptés par des pères gays vivent-ils davantage de problèmes que ceux adoptés par des mères lesbiennes ou des parents hétéro-sexuels ? Une étude montre que les problèmes psychologiques d'enfants adoptés par des parents hétérosexuels, des mères lesbiennes ou des pères gays ne dépendaient pas de l'orientation sexuelle des parents (Averett et al, 2009). Plusieurs études menées à partir d'échantillons constitués de parents adoptifs, sans distinguer les mères lesbiennes et les pères gays, à partir d'autoquestionnaires, décrivent un fonctionnement familial positif et des enfants présentant un ajustement psychologique positif (Erich et al, 2009 ;Erich et al, 2005 ;Leung et al, 2005).…”

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L’homoparentalité et la transparentalité au prisme des sciences sociales : révolution ou pluralisation des formes de parenté ?

Gross

2015

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Compte tenu des développements rapides tant des progrès scientifiques en matière de procréation que des pratiques sociales, l’homoparentalité et la transparentalité ont cristallisé de nombreuses interrogations portant sur la parenté ainsi que sur les définitions de la paternité et de la maternité dans plusieurs disciplines. L’homoparentalité et la transparentalité remettent en question le modèle biologique et biparental (une mère et un père) dans lequel les parents ont procréé leurs enfants ou peuvent passer pour l’avoir fait, et sont au plus au nombre de deux. Au-delà des inquiétudes concernant le développement psychologique des enfants nés dans ces types de famille, auxquelles de nombreuses études en psychologie ont tenté d’apporter une réponse, les familles homoparentales et transparentales offrent de nouvelles possibilités de questionnements et réflexions – que ce soit en sociologie, anthropologie, en droit de la famille et de la filiation. En effet, ces familles rassemblent dans leur diversité des situations de désintrication de la conjugalité, la procréation, la filiation et la parenté. Cette désintrication, qui met à mal le modèle dans lequel les dimensions procréative (être né de), légale (être fils/fille de) et affective (être élevé par) sont confondues, est aujourd’hui présente également dans plusieurs autres configurations familiales, notamment les recompositions familiales, le recours à la procréation assistée avec tiers donneur ou l’adoption.Cet article introductif sera l’occasion de rappeler ce qu’on entend par homoparentalité et transparentalité, et fera dialoguer autour des enjeux soulevés par ces thématiques des travaux issus de disciplines différentes. Une revue de la littérature rassemblera ensuite les travaux menés sur l’homoparentalité depuis les années 1990, selon trois approches principales : psychologique, socio-anthropologique et socio-juridique. Enfin, les travaux sur la transparentalité, moins nombreux et plus récents, seront regroupés dans une partie distincte. Cet article s’achèvera par une présentation des articles constituant ce numéro.In recent years, rapid changes in both assisted reproduction and social practices have given rise to numerous questions related to parenthood and the definitions of fatherhood and motherhood in a number of disciplines. Gay, lesbian, and trans families in particular call into question the two-parent biological model (one mother and one father) in which parents produce their own children or can pass as having done so. Beyond questions about the psychological development of children born into gay, lesbian, or trans families, which numerous psychological studies have tried to answer, these types of families provide further avenues for thought in the areas of sociology, anthropology, family law, and filiation. In their diversity, these families disassociate the notions of conjugality, procreation, filiation, and parenthood. This disassociation—which jeopardizes the model in which the procreative (born of), legal (the son/daughter of), and emotional (raised...

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An Evaluation of Gay/Lesbian and Heterosexual Adoption

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Cited by 54 publications

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Pride and Prejudice : Lesbian Families in Contemporary Sweden

Pride and Prejudice : Lesbian Families in Contemporary Sweden

Child Care Responsibility in Gay Male-Parented Families: Predictive and Correlative Factors

L’homoparentalité et la transparentalité au prisme des sciences sociales : révolution ou pluralisation des formes de parenté ?

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