Canada Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Resource Directory [11] Canadian Human Rights Commission [12] Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives [13] Canadian Race Relations Foundation [14] Council of Canadians with Disabilities [15] Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere (EGALE) [16] Human Rights in Canada: A Historical Perspective [17] Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) [18] Urban A...

Canada Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Resource Directory [11] Canadian Human Rights Commission [12] Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives [13] Canadian Race Relations Foundation [14] Council of Canadians with Disabilities [15] Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere (EGALE) [16] Human Rights in Canada: A Historical Perspective [17] Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) [18] Urban A...

Canada Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Resource Directory [11] Canadian Human Rights Commission [12] Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives [13] Canadian Race Relations Foundation [14] Council of Canadians with Disabilities [15] Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere (EGALE) [16] Human Rights in Canada: A Historical Perspective [17] Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) [18] Urban A...

Canada Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Resource Directory [11] Canadian Human Rights Commission [12] Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives [13] Canadian Race Relations Foundation [14] Council of Canadians with Disabilities [15] Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere (EGALE) [16] Human Rights in Canada: A Historical Perspective [17] Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) [18] Urban A...

The aim of this study was to explore the relationship of minority stress with experiences of parenthood (e.g. parental stress and parental justification) and child adjustment in lesbian mother families. Three components of minority stress were examined, namely, experiences of rejection as a result of the non-traditional family situation, perceived stigma, and internalized homophobia. A total of...

Using 2000 U.S. Census data we illustrate the importance of accounting for household specialization in lesbian couples when examining the sexual orientation gap in female labor supply. Specifically, we find the labor supply gap is substantially larger between married women and partnered lesbian women who specialize in market production (primary earners) than between married women and partnered ...

T he increase in reproductive technology and the recognition by gay and lesbian individuals that their sexual orientation does not exclude them from becoming parents has led to a ‘‘gayby’’ boom (Dunne, 2000). This boom enabled family scholars to study the evolution of this relatively new family form (Stacey, 1996). Research on the transitions to parenthood among lesbian couples in a heterocentr...

One of the central tasks that couples face in coparenting is the division of labor. In this study, we explored division of family labor among lesbian and heterosexual couples who were parenting 4 to 6 year-old children. Sixty-six families, half headed by lesbian couples and half headed by heterosexual couples, participated in the study. Measures of parental attitudes, resources, demographics, a...

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to document the psychological adjustment of adolescents who were conceived through donor insemination by lesbian mothers who enrolled before these offspring were born in the largest, longest running, prospective, longitudinal study of same-sex–parented families. METHODS: Between 1986 and 1992, 154 prospective lesbian mothers volunteered for a study th...

Child custody assessments are among the most complex kinds of psychological evaluations conducted for the courts. There are standards for best practice associated with such evaluations, but relatively little has been written about how such standards apply to custody evaluations involving lesbian and gay parents. This article describes the current legal context surrounding custody determinations...