LGBT parenthood survey: take it now!

This servey should be completed by all LGBT parents and people who are planning to be LGBT parents.

http://www.lgbtdiversity.com/parenthood_survey_2011_form.aspx

Family platform.eu: A summary of the situation in Europe today

It can be read for free here:
http://familyplatform.eu

http://familyplatform.eu/en/doc/255/FP_Comms_Family_A_Summary_HQ.pdf

Families: A summary of the situation in Europe today, Family Platform, 2010
Relevance to Irelandwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
Very generic document, but at nearly each page we can see how Ireland is failing the 21st Century.
Relevance to 'pink adoptions'www.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
Not a word, at best 1 or 2 pictures could be to as certain degree be construed as insinuating the possibility of diversity.
Accessibilitywww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
Very clear.
Rigorwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
Very vague.
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One more reason to register on the platform and voice or concerns...

It is suprising pink parenting does not get a mention whilst a number of article or key notes relate to LGBT matrimony: http://familyplatform.eu/en/2-critical-review/conference/workshop-4-changes-in-conjugal-life

A Meeting of Queer Minds

http://www.atlanticphilanthropies.org/learning/meeting-queer-minds

In March 2010, The Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) hosted an exchange between leadership and activists from Irish and South African organisations representing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (LGBTIs) at Hout Bay near CapeTown in South Africa.

It can be read for free here: http://www.atlanticphilanthropies.org/sites/default/files/uploads/Meeting_of_queerminds.pdf

A Meeting of Queer Minds, Karen Martin
Relevance to Irelandwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
Very good review of the situation in Ireland, and South Africa, of the LGBT (and related) rights.
Relevance to 'pink adoptions'www.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
Mentioned as part of family rights.
Accessibilitywww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
Rigorwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
Overallwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com

Selected journal articles and book chapters

Not reviewed yet. On the recommended book list.
It can be downloaded for free here: http://people.virginia.edu/~cjp/publications.html

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    Charlotte J. Patterson is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and in the Center for Children, Families, and the Law at the University of Virginia. She is also a faculty member and research scientist at the Fenway Institute’s Center for Population Research in LGBT Health in Boston. Her research focuses on the psychology of sexual orientation, with an emphasis on sexual orientation, human development, and family lives. In the context of her research, Patterson has worked with children, adolescents, couples, and families; she is best known for her studies of child development in the context of lesbian- and gay-parented families.

    Two women are better parents than a man and a woman?

    This article is discussing that possibility: http://www.gaelick.com/2009/11/better-parenting/4841/.

    It is based on a study by Birkbeck College and Clark University in Massachusetts.

    We no think that it is right or even possible to compare quality of parenting based on gender. But if anything it is showing that data does not support the silly concept that same-gender parents are less fit than mix-gender couples.

    Same-sex marriage or partnership and adoption: debate for Ireland

    It can be read for free here: http://ns3.ucc.ie/en/appsoc/resconf/cstj/gender/DocumentFile,76670,en.pdf

    Same-sex marriage or partnership and adoption: debate for Ireland, Eimear Kavanagh, B.Soc.Sc., Critical Social Thinking: Policy and Practice, Vol. 1, UCC, 2009
    Relevance to Irelandwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
    An Irish study, looking at the modern Irish situation.
    Relevance to 'pink adoptions'www.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
    If same-gender families can marry, then they can adopt domestically, and they can more easily adopt internationally (in some cases).
    Accessibilitywww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
    Very clear.
    Rigorwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
    Very detailed. Maybe too much focus on GLEN's point of view. A more diverse point of view could have allowed an interesting exploration of disagreements within th gay community, but it may have risked to dissolve the point made by the study: parents can be good parents regardless of their sexuality, and children deserve to have their parent's relationship recognized as valid.
    Overallwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
    A very good argumentation in support of same-gender parenting.

    Intercountry adoption outcomes in Ireland

    Not reviewed yet. On the recommended book list.
    It can be downloaded for free here: http://www.tcd.ie/childrensresearchcentre/index.php?id=130&pubid=172&mode=full

    A Study of Intercountry Adoption Outcomes in Ireland, Collective (TCD),
    Children's Research Centre-Adoption Board, 2007, 978-1-902230-32-9
    Relevance to Irelandwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
    Not reviewed yet, but Irish study...
    Overallwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
    Not reviewed yet. On the AAI recommended book list.

    Gay men choosing parenthood

    Gay men choosing parenthood, Gerald P. Mallon,
    Colombia University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-231-11797-3
    Relevance to Irelandwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
    As most books in this area, it is either about the USA or the UK. This book is about the USA, and more specifically New York City and Los Angeles.
    Relevance to 'pink adoptions'www.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
    It is a 'grounded' study, interviewing real gay men who have chosen to become parent via adoption. it has hugely inspired the structure of the 'testimonials page' here
    Readabilitywww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
    Not the most pleasant of reads. A bit messy, a bit clinical, a bit repetitive too.
    Rigor in the research/documentationwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
    Very well documented and researched. But it is relying a bit too much on very old data and some outdated theories. I am not sure that Kinsey's 1948 conclusions can still stand unexamined.
    Overallwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.comwww.dyerware.com
    A good read if you want to acquire a more technical background on the stages of adoption, but even the testimonials lack of warmth.

    Gay men choosing parenthood

    Gay men choosing parenthood