mangajohncena:

makingqueerhistory:

mangajohncena:

kanguin:

instantgalaxy-justaddstars:

andrea-dworkin:

“A long-term study of children
raised by lesbians found that these children were less likely
to suffer from physical and sexual abuse than were their peers
who were raised by heterosexuals. This is thought to be due to
the absence of adult heterosexual men in the households (Gartrell,
Bos, & Goldberg, 2010). Girls raised by
lesbians tend to have higher self-esteem, show more maturity
and tolerance than their peers, and are older when they have
their first heterosexual contact (Gartrell et al., 2005, 2010). Children
raised by same-sex parents seem to be less constrained by
traditional gender roles; boys are less aggressive, and girls are
more inclined to consider nontraditional careers, such as doctor,
lawyer, or engineer (Gartrell et al., 2005; Stacey & Biblarz,
2001). Over the course of more than 20 years, scientists studied
the psychological adjustment of 78 teenagers who were raised by lesbian mothers. Compared to age-matched counterparts raised
by heterosexual parents, these adolescents were rated higher
in social, academic, and total competence, and lower in social
problems, rule-breaking, aggression, and externalizing problem
behavior (Gartrell & Bos, 2010).
There are fewer studies of children raised by two men, but gay
fathers are more likely than straight fathers to put their children
before their career, to make big changes in their lives to accommodate
a child, and to strengthen bonds with their extended families
after becoming fathers (Bergman, Rubio, Green, & Padrone,
2010).”
~ Martha Rosenthal, Human Sexuality: From Cells to Society, p.247.

“having gay parents will harm children”

I love that this is cited and sourced ahhhh. Actual researched support! So good.

I hate to throw a wrench in this but…class is a huge part of it. And respectability politics.
There’s no doubt the impacts are here, but only a segment of same sex couples are even able to have kids!
Its costly and there are significant barriers for same sex couples to get kids (whether adoption or IVF) via policy and extra scrutiny.

You didn’t throw a huge wrench into it because:

“… his research, which used U.S. Census data and not convenient samples, looked at thousands of kids raised by same-sex parents and found no difference in grade retention (when a kid gets held back in school) after accounting for demographics, such as income.”
(https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.livescience.com/6073-children-raised-lesbians-fine-studies-show.html)

While your concerns and points brought up are real, any study worth its salt accounts for those things. Though you can’t account for everything your concerns aren’t as relevant when you consider:

-They compared the kids raised by queer couples to kids raised by heterosexual parents of the same socioeconomic standing.
-Not all queer couples adopt. Reminder that sometimes a lesbian relationship has enough genital variance to make a baby. It is also important to consider that queer people can have kids from previous relationships, or take in siblings or grandchildren from within their own family. In fact an analysis of the 2008/2010 GSS stated that up to 37% of LGB people have had a child. (With 38% of transgender people having one.)

Your concerns are real, but in this case not relevant. The study and quote specifically discusses whether queer people have the capacity to be parents, so they compared their children to their heterosexually raised counterparts. There is a discussion to be had around whether the process it takes for queer people to adopt is fair, but this study and quote is agreeing with you.

We need studies like this to display into the capitalist world we live in because right now people don’t believe people they believe numbers. And the only way to fix the problems that you brought up is to have these (granted imperfect but what study isn’t) studies. To have irrefutable proof, that queer people are good enough to be parents, because while in a perfect world we wouldn’t need to prove ourselves, we don’t live in a perfect world. So when faced with an imperfect society, sometimes we have to come back with imperfect solutions.

Thank u for adding corrections and added analysis !
Pls look at these addendums !!!