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Published on: September 19, 2019
The National Lesbian Family Study: 3. Interviews with mothers of five-year-olds
1Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Abstract:
This third report from a longitudinal study of lesbian families presents data obtained from interviews with mothers of five-year-old children conceived by donor insemination. Results indicated that 87% of the children related well to peers, 18% had experienced homophobia from peers or teachers, and 63% had grandparents who frankly acknowledged their grandchild's lesbian family. Of the original couples, 31% had divorced. Of the remainder, 68% felt that their child was equally bonded to both mothers. Concerns of lesbian families are discussed.
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