The U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (NLLFS) just released its results on its 24-year long study on families with lesbian parents, finding that not one of the 78 adolescents in the study had reported being sexually or physically abused by their parents. This compares to 26% of American adolescents overall who report parent or caregiver physical abuse. 8.3% report sexual abuse.
Additionally, only 2.8% of the adolescents in the study identified themselves as gay. Apparently the majority of them didn’t catch their parents’ gayness.
While I hate the idea of showing “proof” that lesbian and gay couples are capable of raising healthy families, these kinds of studies are critical in breaking down the myths that are constantly being perpetuated by anti-LGBT culture. Check out NLLFS for more info on their awesome work.
http://feministing.com/2010/11/11/new-study-lesbian-households-produce-a-child-abuse-rate-of-0/
I was also happy when I read the news... also, the movie 'the kids are all right' was very good! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd that picture of the little boy smiling is so cute!
ReplyDeleteI know! I saw his picture and thought it would be perfect with this article. Shai had hair that dark when he was a baby. I love it.
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