The Rise of the Gay Family. Dan Gilgoff.
by Gilgoff, Dan; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 15Family. Publisher: U.S. News & World Report, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Children of gay parents | Gay adoption | Gay couples | Gay family | Lesbian couples | Parent and child | Parenting | Same-sex marriageDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Gay families have arrived in suburban America, in small-town America, in Bible Belt America--in all corners of the country. According to the latest census data, there are now more than 160,000 families with two gay parents and roughly a quarter of a million children spread across some 96 percent of U.S. counties. That's not counting the kids being raised by single gay parents, whose numbers are likely much higher--upwards of a million, by most estimates, though such households aren't tracked." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article addresses some of the problems faced by gay parents and their children, including "scornful family members, insensitive classmates, and laws that treat same-sex parents differently from straight parents."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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| REF SIRS 2005 Family Article 13 Countering Domestic Violence. | REF SIRS 2005 Family Article 14 Dire Straights. | REF SIRS 2005 Family Article 15 In Gay Households, Familiar Endearments Acquire New Meaning. | REF SIRS 2005 Family Article 15 The Rise of the Gay Family. | REF SIRS 2005 Family Article 16 Doctor Pushes Biological, Ethical Limits of Fertility Treatments. | REF SIRS 2005 Family Article 16 The Heart's Desire. | REF SIRS 2005 Family Article 16 Looking for Answers After a Mistake at the Start of Life. |
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
Originally Published: The Rise of the Gay Family, May 24, 2004; pp. 40-45.
"Gay families have arrived in suburban America, in small-town America, in Bible Belt America--in all corners of the country. According to the latest census data, there are now more than 160,000 families with two gay parents and roughly a quarter of a million children spread across some 96 percent of U.S. counties. That's not counting the kids being raised by single gay parents, whose numbers are likely much higher--upwards of a million, by most estimates, though such households aren't tracked." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article addresses some of the problems faced by gay parents and their children, including "scornful family members, insensitive classmates, and laws that treat same-sex parents differently from straight parents."
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