The following message was sent to me by Debbie Barrett. When responding to any research request about LGBT families, please state upfront if you have been interviewed previously. Many researchers don’t think to ask, which sometimes leads to oversampling.
Disclaimer: Research inquiries posted on this blog are for informational purposes only and should not be interpreted [...]
More and more research is underway to bring adult voices into the mix, addressing issues less myopic than the sexual orientation of offspring. Here is one such project by Megan Lytle. She is currently seeking volunteers:
Opportunity for Adult Children with a Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Parent
I am a student in the Counseling Psychology Ph.D. Program [...]
Eamon with (from left) Judy Finch, Mary Waterford, Jill Day and Sarah Dillane. (Photo: Ben Rushton)
The Sydney Morning Herald ran a feature story on Eamon Waterford, 21, who was initially raised by two lesbian mothers who broke up and each re-partnered, reforming his family constellation to include “four mums.”
Read the article:
I’m not gay, but my [...]
Note to Cambridge University Press: Avoiding rational debate about bogus research published in an otherwise reputable academic journal doesn’t mean the truth-seekers will give up. It just means they will find other ways to get heard.
Regular readers of my blog are familiar with the gross misrepresentation of my book Families Like Mine which was [...]
Two contributors to the Journal of Biosocial Science write a letter to the editors, stating that publishing junk science by Paul Cameron hurts the reputation of credible social scientists who have been published in the journal. Here is the letter they wrote. Please pass this along to social scientists you know — especially if they have an article published in JBS, or are considering submitting one.
Yesterday’s Mercury News ran a piece about the impact of anti-gay rhetoric on children. It begins with fairly standard quotes (”no difference”) from Charlotte Patterson and Judith Stacey, but doesn’t stop at the tired question of whether kids with same-sex parents “turn out okay.”
Hostile debate on same-sex marriage harmful to children
By Susan Reimer
“What [...]
Box Turtle Bulletin interviews Anna Carlsson, who is less than pleased to be take out of context by one Paul Cameron.
Tune in to The Michelangelo Signorile Show today on Sirius OutQ Radio (Channel 106).
Signorile will interview Paul Cameron at 4:30 p.m. EST. I am scheduled for an interview after that — around 4:40 p.m. or so. (I bet you can guess what we’ll be talking about.)
If you are not a Sirius Satellite subscriber, you [...]
This post contains the letter I wrote to the editors at the Journal of Biosocial Science asking if they were planning to retract Cameron’s article. Two weeks later, I have heard nothing.
A press release from COLAGE about Paul Cameron’s latest article of lies.