Same-Sex Parents in a Comparative Perspective

Dethloff, Nina

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“…Common law countries such as the United States and United Kingdom often extended parenting rights to LGBTI couples and individuals before they adopted legislation to legally recognise same-sex partnership, in part because of broader reforms to parenting rights in these countries. Many civil law countries in continental Europe, where adoption traditionally has been more tightly regulated, only extended parenting rights after adopting an SSU law (Dethloff 2005). 9.…”

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(Same)‐sex in the city: Urbanisation and LGBTI rights expansion

Ayoub

Kollman

2020

European J Political Res

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Despite the notable successes of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) activism in the region, individual European countries have varied considerably in the extent and speed with which they have adopted legislation to recognise the rights of their LGBTI citizens. Scholars have often turned to modernisation theory to explain these variable outcomes and argue that high levels of national wealth are an important factor in the success of LGBTI movements. Although the correlation between modernity, economic development and tolerance of LGBTI lifestyles is often treated as a truism in the literature, scholars have paid less attention to the precise mechanisms by which the complex processes associated with modernisation facilitate policy change. Drawing on the classic works of both modernisation theory and gay and lesbian history, we examine a less explored route by which modernisation leads to the expansion of LGBTI rights. Specifically, we posit that urbanisation facilitates the adoption of rights policies by strengthening LGBTI movements and enhancing their political effectiveness. To test this proposition, we use event history analysis and an original dataset that contains measures for institutional, cultural, economic and movement variables, as well as measures of urbanisation in 44 European countries between 1980 and 2015. Our findings support the contention that urbanisation has a strong effect on the formation of LGBTI movement organisations as well as the speed with which European states adopt both same-sex union and anti-discrimination legislation. The relationship between urbanisation and rights expansion persists even after controlling for a country's level of wealth, religious adherence and the influence of European institutions and norms.

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(Same)‐sex in the city: Urbanisation and LGBTI rights expansion

Ayoub

Kollman

2020

European J Political Res

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Demographics of Gay and Lesbian Adoption and Family Policies

Davis

2013

International Handbook on the Demography of Sexuality

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The perspectives of same-sex parenting in Serbia: Between needs and opportunities

Vlašković¹,

Arsic²

2022

Pravni zapisi

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In the context of current aspirations in terms of drafting and adopting a regulation that would finally legalize same-sex unions in Serbia, particularly important issue relates to the effect of same-sex union on the legal position of a child in such unity. The recently published text of the Draft Law on Same-Sex Unions undoubtedly opens the space for considering certain solutions related to the rights and obligations of a same-sex partner of a parent of the child, which is of direct importance in terms of exercising rights of the child in family relations. Based on these provisions, the authors seek to analyze legal possibilities and restrictions regarding the regulation of parental duties and rights of the child in the context of same-sex unions in Serbia. In these efforts, the authors commence from the relevant legal framework that regulates family relations, and thereby indicate some possible solutions.

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Same-Sex Parents in a Comparative Perspective

Cited by 3 publications

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(Same)‐sex in the city: Urbanisation and LGBTI rights expansion

(Same)‐sex in the city: Urbanisation and LGBTI rights expansion

Demographics of Gay and Lesbian Adoption and Family Policies

The perspectives of same-sex parenting in Serbia: Between needs and opportunities

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