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In sharp contrast with these perceptions, a recent meta-analysis exploring the impact of gay fatherhood on children's psychological adjustment has found that in comparison with children of heterosexual parents, children of gay fathers may even fare better on some psychological domains, namely demonstrate less internalizing and externalizing problems Miller et al. These fathers pointed out two main reasons for disclosure: It was found that research on gay fatherhood appears to be more heterogeneous than on lesbian motherhood, perhaps because of the variety of pathways to parenthood via co-parenting, adoption, fostering, or surrogacy. Making room for daddies: However, fathers who have taken other pathways to parenthood such as co-parenting with heterosexual or lesbian women may present different characteristics altogether. Crosbie-Burnett and Helmbrecht,

I was in pain, and there was no one I could talk to. A 2-year study by Lisa M. She will see the bi- community and she will grow up a part of it with her parents. Two studies assessed the sexual orientation of youth with gay fathers Miller, ; Bailey et al. Predictors of parenting stress among gay adoptive fathers in the United States.

American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association. Meta-analytic comparisons of psychological adjustment in children of gay fathers and heterosexual parents. My father was born and raised into a Sunni Muslim family, and before he died, he'd planned on marrying my mother, the daughter of a Baptist minister. For example, it has been suggested that gay couples may share household and parenting duties more equally than heterosexual couples, but less equally than lesbian couples. What is Sexual Orientation?

Gay fathers in mixed-orientation relationships: Exclusion criteria included review articles, studies with only lesbian parented families, and articles that simply combined lesbian-mother and gay- father families in one sample. In this regard, a study of US gay fathers reported that in contrast with those living in California, most of the gay fathers who lived in Tennessee reported higher levels of parenthood-related stigma and tended to avoid situations in which they might encounter this stigma Perrin et al. Open in a separate window. Mean SD 40 6 NA. One of these strategies was turn taking in deciding which partner would provide the sperm, so that one partner provided sperm for the first child, while the other partner would do so for the following pregnancy attempt. Plus, these stereotypes are just not supported by evidence.