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
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
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 Ireland | |
| Very generic document, but at nearly each page we can see how Ireland is failing the 21st Century. | |
| Relevance to 'pink adoptions' | |
| Not a word, at best 1 or 2 pictures could be to as certain degree be construed as insinuating the possibility of diversity. | |
| Accessibility | |
| Very clear. | |
| Rigor | |
| Very vague. | |
| Overall | |
|---|---|
| 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
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 Ireland | |
| Very good review of the situation in Ireland, and South Africa, of the LGBT (and related) rights. | |
| Relevance to 'pink adoptions' | |
| Mentioned as part of family rights. | |
| Accessibility | |
| Rigor | |
| Overall | |
|---|---|
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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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.
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 Ireland | |
| An Irish study, looking at the modern Irish situation. | |
| Relevance to 'pink adoptions' | |
| If same-gender families can marry, then they can adopt domestically, and they can more easily adopt internationally (in some cases). | |
| Accessibility | |
| Very clear. | |
| Rigor | |
| 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. | |
| Overall | |
|---|---|
| A very good argumentation in support of same-gender parenting. | |
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 | |
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| Relevance to Ireland | |
| Not reviewed yet, but Irish study... | |
| Overall | |
|---|---|
| Not reviewed yet. On the AAI recommended book list. | |

| Gay men choosing parenthood, Gerald P. Mallon, Colombia University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-231-11797-3 | |
|---|---|
| Relevance to Ireland | |
| 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' | |
| 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 | |
| Readability | |
| Not the most pleasant of reads. A bit messy, a bit clinical, a bit repetitive too. | |
| Rigor in the research/documentation | |
| 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. | |
| Overall | |
|---|---|
| A good read if you want to acquire a more technical background on the stages of adoption, but even the testimonials lack of warmth. | |

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