Objective This study explored communication about children's origins among same‐gender
parent adoptive families. Background Although this topic has been widely researched …

Little research has investigated the experience of same-sex adoption from children's
perspective. What does it feel like to be adopted by 2 dads or 2 moms? How do the …

Contact between adoptive families and birth families in the context of intercountry adoption,
as well as adoption by sexual minorities (eg, lesbians and gay men), represent understudied …

Introduction Very little is known about the attachment figures of children born to parents with
minoritized sexual identities who used assisted reproduction, despite the importance of …

No psychological research has been done investigating the experiences of adoption by
sexual minorities living in Europe. This qualitative study is the first cross-national research …

Objective To examine how lesbian, gay, and heterosexual adoptive parents navigate
openness dynamics with children's birth family across a 5‐year period, when children are …

Since the introduction of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 and the Civil Partnership Act
2005, many lesbian and gay couples have started families through adoption; yet, to date …

In this study, we examined the extent and type of contact with birth family in adoptive families
headed by sexual minority and heterosexual parents prior to or at the time of placement …

Within Canada, the right for same-sex couples to adopt children is a highly contentious
issue. Despite all provinces and territories in Canada permitting adoption by gay and …

Findings are presented from the second phase of a UK longitudinal study of 33 gay father,
35 lesbian mother, and 43 heterosexual parent families when their adopted children …