Understanding social aspects of parental well‐being is vital because parents' welfare has
implications not only for the parents themselves but also for child development, fertility, and …

Whether, and under what circumstances, people become parents has implications for
individual identity, family relationships, the well‐being of adults and children, and population …

When gay couples become parents, they face a host of questions and issues that their
straight counterparts may never have to consider. How important is it for each partner to …

The purpose of the present systematic and critical review was to assess the findings and to
identify the gaps in the literature concerning gay and bisexual fathers. A comprehensive …

STUDY QUESTION Why do gay men choose to start their families through surrogacy?
SUMMARY ANSWER Most fathers chose surrogacy because they considered adoption to …

This study aimed to explore the experiences of gay, lesbian, and heterosexual adoptive
parents from 130 families. Parents' reproductive experiences prior to adoption and their …

Parenthood is a highly valued life goal, independent of one's sexual orientation. However,
the majority of studies exploring young adults' parenthood plans have relied exclusively on …

Few studies have examined lesbians' and gay men's parental decision-making processes.
Our goal in this work was to review what literature says about this understudied area of …

The idea that people who are transgender or non-binary are not interested in becoming
parents has been refuted by several studies. However, both medical unknowns and …

Disparities in the intention to parent have been found for lesbian and gay individuals
compared with heterosexual individuals, but little is known about what social contexts …