Division of Baby Care in Heterosexual and Lesbian Parents: Expectations Versus Reality

2020 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 584-594
Author(s):  
Esra Ascigil ◽  
Britney M. Wardecker ◽  
William J. Chopik ◽  
Robin S. Edelstein
Keyword(s):  
Lesbian Parents

scholarly journals Gay and Lesbian Parents: No Longer a Paradox

2000 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J. Dew ◽  
Jane E. Myers
Keyword(s):  
Gay And Lesbian ◽  
Lesbian Parents ◽  
Gay And Lesbian Parents

Surnaming Children Born to Lesbian and Heterosexual Couples: Displaying Family Legitimacy to Diverse Audiences

Sociology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 1017-1034 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Dempsey ◽  
Jo Lindsay
Keyword(s):  
Extended Family ◽  
Heterosexual Couples ◽  
Lesbian Couples ◽  
Parental Relationships ◽  
Intact Families ◽  
Lesbian Parents ◽  
Family Diversity ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Depth Interviews

Surnaming practices are a case study of change and continuity in patrilineal conventions in families and also alert us to the challenges of negotiating familial identities in an era of family diversity. Using data from two Australian sources, 430,753 Victorian birth registrations and 43 in-depth interviews with heterosexual and lesbian parents, we explore continuity and breaks with convention in surnaming children. For married and unmarried heterosexual couples, the dominant surnaming practice was for children to take their father’s name. By contrast, several surnaming strategies were more popular among lesbian couples including: using hyphenated or double-barrelled surnames, using the birth or non-birth mother’s surname or creating a new name for the family. Despite these differences, we contend that through their surnaming decisions both lesbian and heterosexual couples are concerned with displaying the legitimacy of their parental relationships to extended family and institutional audiences. For unmarried heterosexual couples, surnames display ‘intact’ families and paternal commitment whereas for lesbian couples the legitimacy concern is the recognition of the same-sex couple as parents.

Gay and Lesbian Parents

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 327-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela S. Lassiter ◽  
Daniel Gutierrez ◽  
Brian J. Dew ◽  
Lyndon P. Abrams
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
Internalized Homophobia ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
Gay And Lesbian ◽  
Older Parents ◽  
Lesbian Parents ◽  
Gay Male ◽  
Sexual Orientation Identity ◽  
Gay And Lesbian Parents

Wellness, outness, and sexual orientation identity were examined across multiple demographic categories in a large sample of gay and lesbian parents. No significant differences were found in terms of wellness. However, gay male parents reported higher need for protection, acceptance, internalized homophobia, and more difficult process of identity formation. Older parents reported a more difficult coming out process. Parents of color were less out to their faith communities, had higher identity confusion, but lower need for privacy.

Children of Gay or Lesbian Parents

1994 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 354-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Gold ◽  
E. C. Perrin ◽  
D. Futterman ◽  
S. B. Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Lesbian Parents
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