Research Backing Same-Sex Parenting

During the marriage equality debate it is always said children in same-sex households have worse outcomes than those in heterosexual outcomes. This simply isn’t true, below is but a sample of the research carried which has found no difference in the outcomes and the psychological and child developmental associations than back these findings.

Children in planned lesbian families: Stigmatisation, psychological adjustment and protective factors, Culture, Health & Sexuality

Transracial Adoption by Lesbian, Gay,and Heterosexual Couples: Who Completes Transracial Adoptions and With What Results?

American Academy of Pediatrics: Technical Report: Coparent or Second-Parent Adoption by Same-Sex Parents

How does the gender of parents matter? Journal of Marriage and Family

Children’s Gender Identity in Lesbian and Heterosexual Two-Parent Families

Child adjustment and parenting in planned lesbian families with known and as-yet unknown donors

Children in Planned Lesbian Families: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Between the United States and the Netherlands. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Parenting, and America’s Children

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Families

Child Adjustment and Parenting in Planned Lesbian-Parent Families

National Lesbian Family Study: 4. Interviews with the 10-year-old children

What does it mean for youngsters to grow up in a lesbian family created by means of donor insemination?

Parenting and Child Development in Adoptive Families: Does Parental Sexual Orientation Matter?

Lesbian Mothers, Gay Fathers, and Their Children: A Review

Same-Sex Parenting and Child Development: Reviewing the Contribution of Parental Gender

The Role of the Father in Child Development

Not only has there been a plethora of research but numerous associations have concluded that there is no difference between same-sex parents and heterosexuals parents and have publicly stated so.

American Psychological Assocation

Position Statement in Support of Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Civil Marriage

Amicus brief submitted in support of 9th Circuit Court of Appeals challenge to California Prop 8

Lesbian and Gay Parenting Resource Publication

Canadian Psychological Association

Brief presented to the Legislative House of Commons Committee on Bill

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American Academy of Pediatrics

Policy statement – Coparent or second-parent adoption by same-sex parents

Australian Psychological Society

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) parented families – A literature review

American Psychoanalytic Association

Position statement on Gay and Lesbian Parenting

American Psychiatric Association

Adoption and co-parenting by same-sex couples

North American Council on Adoptable Children

Gay and Lesbian Adoptions and Foster Care

Royal College of Psychiatrists

Submission to the Church of England’s Listening Exercise on Human Sexuality

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Pscyhiatry

Children with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents

American National Association of Social Workers

Amicus brief – California Supreme Court – Case No. S147999

Child Welfare League of America

Position statement on parenting of children by lesbian, gay and bisexual adults

Finally and certainly not least is the claim that their are no national surveys. I was able to locate six through minimal effort.

Adolescents of the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study: sexual orientation, sexual behavior, and sexual risk exposure.

Family Structure and Children’s Health in the United States: Findings From the National Health Interview Survey, 2001–2007

Psychosocial adjustment, school outcomes, and romantic relationships of adolescents with same-sex parents.

Children with lesbian parents: a community study.

Psychosocial Adjustment among Children Conceived via Donor Insemination by Lesbian and Heterosexual Mothers

Donor Insemination: Child Development and Family Functioning in Lesbian Mother Families