Two women raised a baby and this is what they got...

[usernamenumber]

Preaching to the choir here, I expect, but...

I'm getting all teary-eyed as I watch this (via freckles42 on FB)

Well said, kid. Well said. I also have a friend who was raised in a similar environment, and she's one of the smartest people I know, happily married to a man (not that that's a requirement for well-adjustedness, but it runs counter to yet another myth), with a lovely, well-adjusted daughter of her own. It's time we start calling bullshit more loudly on the myth that kids are any more likely to be messed up by their same-sex parents than by their opposite-sex parents (who, lest we forget, are plenty capable of messing up kids, but we don't see their parental rights as a group being legislated about).

Of course, anecdote is not evidence, which reminds me of a post I've been meaning to do about some of the studies and other research into the issue. Short version: It's no surprise that opponents of equality are retreating from "Science says it's bad for kids!" to "Well, really we just don't know what the effects are. We need time for more data". More and more research shows that this kid is the norm, not the exception. Every time I've seen a study cited as evidence to the contrary and looked up the actual data, it's become clear that it's been, intentionally or otherwise, misinterpreted or taken selectively to fit an agenda.

Comments

[ultimatepsi.livejournal.com]

Actually, you have more than one friend with gay parents. I was raised by Lesbians too, up until they split up when I was 7.

What I usually say is that what really hurt me growing up with gay parents is the discrimination we faced: having to lie to stay in our apartment when I was four, having parents who couldn't trust the police or any authority in an emergency, and being teased at school and camp.

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

There was a recent study (here's an article about it that you can follow to the actual study) that found significantly less (in fact zero, but the sample size of 78 families is relatively small) physical and sexual abuse reported by children of lesbian couples, compared with--and this made me sad--American adolescents generally (26% report physical abuse, 8% report sexual abuse, according to this article).

[faerieboots.livejournal.com]

I remember presenting on a study that found something along these lines back in 2003--I wonder if it is one of the studies you mention. :) At the time, it was pretty preliminary.

Also please please post that entry at some point when you get a chance! I'd love to look at the Internet research you have done. :)