title: Experiences of Children With Gay Fathers.
abstract: An online survey was distributed via snowball sampling and resulted in responses from 61 gay fathers raising children in 2 states. Fathers reported on the barriers they experienced and the pathways they took to becoming parents. They reported also on experiences of stigma directed at them and their children, especially from family members, friends, and people in religious institutions. Despite these difficulties they reported that they engaged actively in parenting activities and that their child(ren)'s well-being was consistent with national samples.
authors.affiliation: 1 Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.|2 Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Ellen C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Perrin
authors.affiliation: 2 Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Ellen E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Pinderhughes
authors.affiliation: 1 Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mattern
authors.affiliation: 3 University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
authors.forename: Sean M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hurley
authors.affiliation: 4 Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Rachel A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Newman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D057545:Social Stigma; D013714:Tennessee; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: gay fathers; gay parents; same sex parents; stigma