Sometimes people are concerned that children being raised by a gay parent will need extra emotional support or face unique social stressors.Current research shows that children with gay and lesbian parents do not differ from children with heterosexual parents in their emotional development or in their relationships with peers and adults. What effect does having LGBT parents have on children?
A small number of states currently have laws supportive of LGBT couple adoption. This can occur through adoption, alternative insemination, surrogate or foster parenting. An increasing number of LGBT parents have conceived children and/or raised them from birth, either as single parents or in ongoing committed relationships.
Some children of LGBT parents were conceived in heterosexual marriages or relationships. Millions of children in the United States have lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender (LGBT) parents. Click here to download and print a PDF version of this document.
