@article{1479775,
      recid = {1479775},
      author = {Johnson, Suzanne,  and O'Connor, Elizabeth, },
      title = {The Gay Baby Boom : The Psychology of Gay Parenthood /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {The gay and lesbian community is experiencing a baby boom.  Advances in gay rights coupled with increased availability  of alternative reproduction techniques have led to an  unprecedented number of openly gay and lesbian parents.  Estimates are that between 6 and 14 million children in the  United States are being raised by at least one parent who  is gay. Yet, very little is known about how gay or lesbian  headed families function, or whether they differ in any  relevant ways from families headed by straight parents.  Written by two developmental psychologists, The Gay Baby  Boom reports the findings of The Gay and Lesbian Family  Study, the largest national assessment of gay and lesbian  headed families. By asking participants detailed questions  about the way they parent, the authors are able to describe  for the first time exactly what takes place within gay and  lesbian headed families across the county. Traditional  research has tended to assume that there is something  uniquely different and potentially psychologically damaging  about children being raised by gays. The authors draw on  their data to show these fears unfounded.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1479775},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814743775.001.0001},
}