… We argue that this preoccupation with same sex partnerships and ‘pretended families’ can
… of relationships, the transformation of inherited family patterns, and the emergence of what in …

… same-sex and different-sex parent families. Differences that exist in child well-being are largely
due to socioeconomic circumstances and family … of children in same-sex parent families. …

… debates about the meaning of marriage and family can affect how scholars interpret … same-sex
parenting and families is remarkably consistent. It shows that children raised by same-sex …

… family—not who they consider to be their own family, but who they believe fits under the abstract
umbrella of “family… family—and in particular, to determine whether same-sex couples are …

… the same sex, other countries are allowing same-sex couples to marry and form a family.
Countries that have decriminalized sexual relations between individuals of the same sex have …

… have most often used a dynamic model of the family, but studies of same-sex parent families
have usually relied on a static model that discounted family instability issues, such as the …

… affect American families, yet the data and methods available to scholars studying same‐sex …
In this article the authors review current approaches to studying same‐sex relationships and …

… among same-sex couples and their families counters prevailing media images of this
population and challenges scholars to broaden the scope of the research on LGB families and …

… concept of same-sex parented families in Australia by posing key research questions and
drawing from the history of same-sex parenting and the present experience of these families in …

… to understand the issues facing these unique families. As such, this … family headed by
same‐sex parents, including conception and adoption concerns; the involvement of these families …