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LGBT parenting refers to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people raising up one or more children as parents or foster care parents. This includes: children raised by same-sex couples (same-sex parenting), children raised by single LGBT parents, and children raised by an opposite-sex couple where at least one partner is LGBT.〔 LGBT people can become parents through various means including current or former relationships, coparenting, adoption, donor insemination, and surrogacy.〔Berkowitz, D & Marsiglio, W (2007). Gay Men: Negotiating Procreative, Father, and Family Identities. ''Journal of Marriage and Family'' 69 (May 2007): 366–381〕 Scientific research consistently shows that gay and lesbian parents are as fit and capable as heterosexual parents, and their children are as psychologically healthy and well-adjusted as those reared by heterosexual parents.〔(Brief of the American Psychological Association, Kentucky Psychological Association, Ohio Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, AmericanAssociation for Marriage and Family Therapy, Michigan Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, National Association of Social Workers, National Association of Social Workers Tennessee Chapter, National Association of Social Workers Michigan Chapter, National Association of Social Workers Kentucky Chapter, National Associationof Social Workers Ohio Chapter, American Psychoanalytic Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, and American Medical Association asAmici Curiaein Support of Petitioners )〕 Major associations of mental health professionals in the U.S., Canada, and Australia have not identified credible empirical research that suggests otherwise.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=How Does the Gender of Parents Matter? )〕〔(Brief presented to the Legislative House of Commons Committee on Bill C38 by the Canadian Psychological Association – June 2, 2005. )〕 ==Forms of LGBT parenting== LGBT people can become parents through various means including current or former relationships, coparenting, adoption, foster care, donor insemination, and surrogacy.〔 A gay man, a lesbian, or a transgender person who transitions later in life may have children within an opposite-sex relationship, such as a mixed-orientation marriage, for various reasons.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gay Men from Heterosexual Marriages: Attitudes, Behaviors, Childhood Experiences, and Reasons for Marriage )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Married Lesbian )〕 Some children do not know they have an LGBT parent; coming out issues vary and some parents may never reveal to their children that they identify as LGBT. Accordingly, how children respond to their LGBT parent(s) coming out has little to do with their sexual orientation or gender identification of choice, but rather with how either parent responds to acts of coming out; i.e. whether there is dissolution of parental partnerships or rather if parents maintain a healthy, open, and communicative relationship after coming out or during transition in the case of trans parents.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Family Matter: When a Spouse Comes Out as Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual )〕〔Faccio, Elena, Bordin, Elena, & Cipolletta, Sabina (2013). Transsexual Parenthood and New Role Assumptions. Culture, Health & Sexuality, vol. 15 (No. 9), p. 1055-1070.〕 Many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are parents. In the 2000 U.S. Census, for example, 33 percent of female same-sex couple households and 22 percent of male same-sex couple households reported at least one child under the age of 18 living in the home.〔(APA Policy Statement on Sexual Orientation, Parents & Children ), American Psychological Association, July 28 & 30, 2004. Retrieved on 04-06-2007.〕 As of 2005, an estimated 270,313 children in the United States live in households headed by same-sex couples.〔(Williams Institute: Census Snapshot – United States )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LGBT parenting」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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