“We Are Doing Just Fine”: The Children of Australian Gay and Lesbian Parents Speak Out

Hosking, Gipsy; Mulholland, Monique; Baird, Barbara

doi:10.1080/1550428x.2014.988378

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“…Hooker did not misrepresent her research in these reviews; the misrepresentation was from the authors of the reviews. Research by Hosking, Mulholland, and Baird (2015) represents another example of this problem. They cite Sarantakos (1996a) as supporting a conclusion that "the positive health and social outcomes experienced by the children of gay and lesbian parents, which have been mapped out in quantitative and qualitative social science research (citing Sarantakos, among others) are regularly off ered as proof that nonheterosexual parenting is not detrimental to the children" (p. 328).…”

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Navigating Treacherous Waters—One Researcher's 40 Years of Experience with Controversial Scientific Research,

Schumm

2015

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Science often must deal with issues that are politically controversial. However, there are dangers in dealing with controversial research and serious risks to the process of doing science and to the credibility of science, particularly social science. Here, I discuss lessons learned from engaging in and criticizing controversial research for nearly four decades. Social science research as a process is being damaged by questionable research practices, several of which are discussed. Social science results are being misrepresented through a variety of weak or incorrect methodologies, each of which is discussed. Discourse about social science results often shifts from academic discussion into attempts to discredit those with whom one may disagree. Science and the public are not being well served by these problems, so new researchers and policymakers need to be aware of them. For teaching purposes, examples are also presented of controversial research in which new analyses off er diff erent results than previously reported.My journey dealing with controversial research may have begun with my older brother's dissertation ( Schumm, 1966 ), about which he told me, when I was 15-yr. old, that probably one-third of what scientists had thought they knew about the research topic had been incorrect. That situation imbued me with a certain sense of skepticism about scientifi c research on one hand, but a sense of optimism on the other hand that one could -through better science -correct such things and make improvements. Only later did I fi nd Cohen (1990 ) saying essentially the same thing with respect to social science -"One of the things I learned early on was that some things you learn aren't so" (p. 1304).Even well-known historical events can be deconstructed statistically to show that things did not occur as we have been led to believe. Here are some examples of which readers may or may not be aware. The week before Pearl Harbor, the U.S. was trying to ambush the Japanese. In the RMS Titanic disaster, the lowest survival rates for men and the highest survival rates for women and children were among the middle class passengers, suggesting a new nonlinear theory of social class and compliance with social rules. The Challenger disaster could have been predicted in advance with simple statistics ( Schumm, Webb, Castelo, Akagi, Jensen, Ditto, et al ., 2002 ). There are many other examples, in this author's own experience, in which research did not turn out as might have been expected. Grover, Russell, Schumm, and Paff -Bergen (1985 ) showed that the best predictor of later marital satisfaction was the length of time taken before the decision to marry, not the length of engagement. Gwanfogbe, Schumm, Smith, and Furrow (1997 ) reported that in some situations a wife might be happier in a bigamous marriage. Hendrix, Jurich, and Schumm (1995 ) showed that adverse eff ects on a veteran's family life after observing prisoner abuse lasted for decades. In Moxley, Eggeman, and Schumm 1 Address correspondence to Dr. Schumm, S...

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“…Situated in a variety of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, social work, social policy, and communications studies, this research avoids heteronormative family models and instead reveals the ways in which LGBTQ individuals may prepare their children for adult life (see, e.g., Goldberg, , ; Hosking & Ripper, ; Hosking et al, ). Collectively, they provide nuanced and heterogeneous lived accounts of having LGBTQ parents that both “affirm and resist the ways the children are constructed in public discourse” (Hosking et al, , p. 245). That said, only a few of these studies examine patterns or sequences of disclosure, identity formation, or community formation beyond adolescence.…”

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“…Still others may feel ambivalent about their belonging in states that articulate or even legislate heteronormativity. Life events such as partnering and raising children could heighten ambivalence during adulthood (Connidis, ; Hosking et al, ; Reczek, , ). In addressing these various forms of ambivalence, we seek to answer Connidis's () call to examine the ambivalence occurring in LGBTQ‐parent families at multiple levels beyond the family unit itself.…”

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“…Because campaigns for LGBTQ equalities have often rested on parenting “success” as evidence of deserving equal rights, they also implicitly reinforce the binary of “damaged–prospering child” and therefore generate “norm[s] unachievable for some children” (Hosking et al, 2012, p. 345). Although some may feel compelled to voice their parents' reliability, others may internalize discourses of successful LGBTQ parenting as the need to be perfect as individuals (Goldberg, ; Hosking et al, ). So‐called second‐generation queer youth (i.e., LGBTQ children of LGBTQ parents) may even delay their own coming out as LGBTQ to portray a “normal” family and avoid proving critics right that “that queer parents do indeed raise queer children” (Kuvalanka & Goldberg, , p. 991).…”

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“…Only a minority of these adult children identify personally as LGBTQ, but even heterosexual individuals who have an LGBTQ parent or parents encounter stigma despite seemingly fitting into “mainstream” society. Goldberg () more than a decade ago called for research into how being raised by LGBTQ parents might influence adulthood, yet most family research still overlooks the voices of children raised in LGBTQ‐parent families or households (Hosking, Mulholland, & Baird, ) and even less focuses on their adult lives …”

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Family researchers have cultivated a keen interest in the lives of individuals raised by gay and lesbian parents. Most of this research, however, focuses on childhood rather than later life stages. We suggest in this critical review that being raised by a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) parent or parents has implications for adulthood and the life course more broadly. The complex landscapes that these individuals navigate, which include families, social networks, communities, regions, and the state, can create ambivalence in both relationships and institutional settings such as school and work. We identify four areas in which the life courses of these adult children become “queered,” even for those who do not identify as LGBTQ themselves: disclosure, discrimination, interpersonal and community relationships, and sexual citizenship. We identify elder care, health, and new nonnormative family formations as important areas for future research.

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“We Are Doing Just Fine”: The Children of Australian Gay and Lesbian Parents Speak Out

Cited by 10 publications

References 47 publications

Navigating Treacherous Waters—One Researcher's 40 Years of Experience with Controversial Scientific Research,

Navigating Treacherous Waters—One Researcher's 40 Years of Experience with Controversial Scientific Research,

Where Are the Adult Children of LGBTQ Parents? A Critical Review

Parenthood desire, perceived parenthood stigma, and barriers to achieving parenthood in childless sexual minority men

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