Why do gays want to be parents

For Many Queer Adults, Parenting Still Isn’t Part of the Picture

But, as New York University sociologist Judith Stacey points out, differences don't equate deficiencies in this case [source: Stacey and Biblartz ]. Research has highlighted some unique hallmarks of lesbian parenting, including more equal division of chores and childcare and greater parent-child emotional openness [source: Belkin ].

Same-Sex Parents Raising Kids

So once we picked a donor, we started the process with our fertility clinic of my wife going through her egg retrievals. Mother, 20s. But all three of our children were adopted from [another state]. The first two are biologically hers [from a previous different-sex relationship], the second two are biologically mine.

Why Gay Parents May Be the Best Parents

Seems he is not being objective whatsoever. If it is not an important factor why do so many single parent families have problems? Stable single-parent households have shown some good results in child-rearing, but studies often include or focus on low-to-poor income single-parent households, which obviously would have more problems.