title: Attitudes toward straight, gay male, and transsexual parenting.
abstract: This study examined American attitudes toward transsexual and gay male parenting, compared to straight parenting. After reporting levels of transphobia, participants read a vignette regarding a couple seeking child adoption. Individuals high in transphobia perceived nontraditional couples as more emotionally unstable than straight couples and were less willing to grant custody of a child to the nontraditional couples vs. the straight couples. In addition, the transsexual couple faced more prejudice and discrimination than the gay male couple. Implications of these findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Oglethorpe University , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Brittany A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Weiner
authors.forename: Leah
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zinner
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D020010:Heterosexuality / Q000523:psychology; D063509:Homophobia / Q000523:psychology; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D063106:Transgender Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States
keywords: child adoption; prejudice; transphobia