2014
DOI: 10.1080/10926755.2014.895466
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Abstract: Despite growing visibility of lesbian- and gay-parent adoption, only one qualitative study has examined birth family contact among adoptive families with lesbian and gay parents (Goldberg, Kinkler, Richardson, & Downing, 2011). We studied adoptive parents’ (34 lesbian, 32 gay, and 37 heterosexual; N = 103 families) perspectives of birth family contact across the first year post-placement. Using questionnaire and interview data, we found few differences in openness dynamics by parental sexual orientation. Most … Show more

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“…Gay male parents also reported a tendency for more positive relationships with birth family than lesbian parents, with heterosexual parents in between the other groups. These findings echo and extend Goldberg et al's (2011) findings, which suggested that LG parents may approach contact with birth parents with less hesitation than heterosexual parents; and, Farr and Goldberg's (2015) finding that, in the initial postplacement stage, LG parents reported more contact with birth families than heterosexual parents.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 81%
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“…Gay male parents also reported a tendency for more positive relationships with birth family than lesbian parents, with heterosexual parents in between the other groups. These findings echo and extend Goldberg et al's (2011) findings, which suggested that LG parents may approach contact with birth parents with less hesitation than heterosexual parents; and, Farr and Goldberg's (2015) finding that, in the initial postplacement stage, LG parents reported more contact with birth families than heterosexual parents.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 81%
“…The current study builds upon existing research on patterns of contact across different types of adoptions (Vandivere et al, 2009), as well as research comparing contact experiences across sexual minority-and heterosexual-parent families (Farr & Goldberg, 2015;Goldberg et al, 2011). Regardless of family type, we found a high level of contact between families adopting domestically from private agencies or independent facilitators and their children's birth families, not only prior to or at the time of placement, but following placement, and in their current lives.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
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“…Yet regardless of whether adults have biological children with multiple partners, many families manage a number of possible parent-child relationships involving nonbiological (e.g., adoptive), step, or nonresident parents. Same-sex couple families, similar to other nontraditional families, may face challenges that arise from having to navigate parent-child relationships with nonbiological or nonresidential parents (Farr & Goldberg, 2015;Lynch, 2005;Tasker, 2013) within a social and legal structure that privileges one type of family-the "simple" or "traditional" family-over others.…”
Section: Conceptual Frameworkmentioning
confidence: 99%