Impact Of Same Sex Parenting On Gender Identity Disorders

RESEARCH PAPER â€Å"Impact of Same-Sex parenting on Gender Identity Disorders in adolescence† INTRODUCTION: Same-sex parenting will always face the two different concepts: one considering it lawful, plain and simple and the other opposing it as a matter of morality. Same-sex couples can never be equivalent to heterosexual couples in terms of legality, outcomes and even children as homosexuals lack the ability to give birth to children due to which they refer to joint adoptions mostly. Many countries do not allow the same-sex marriages to be legal as they are of the view that this will then provide the alternative to the heterosexual marriages which is exactly not the case. Many researchers are of the view that same-sex parenting leads to†¦show more content†¦The huge number of articles and research papers on this topic shows the immense importance of this issue to be discussed and acknowledged in the coming future. DESCRIPTION: Same-sex parenting is taken both in positive and negative sense but even then it is regarded more as a family issue. There is a concept that where lives a same-sex couples, there must be children raised by them. Then it comes to mind that which sort of children? Such children may be divided into three groups: (Kurtz, 2004) †¢ Firstly, the children who are being raised by same-sex couples whether those marriages are available or not. In America, according to 2000 census, almost 594,000 homes are being resided by same-sex couples and around 27 percent of them have children (U.S. Census Bureau, 2003) which accounts for almost 166,000 children. (Bozett, 1993) Such children are directly affected by the same-sex marriage. †¢ Secondly, the children who are not being raised by the same-sex couples instead they are raised by the heterosexual couples or single parents and the effects of such marriages are unclear in these children. The number of such children is greater than the children of first category. †¢ Third class of children is largely affected by the same sex marriages. These effects include coping with the boundary control, non-disclosure, disclosure, selective association, and blending in. (Anderssen, 2002)