GAY AND LESBIAN PARENTING

Lisa Walsh Research Paper “Gay and Lesbian Parenting” Parenting is not influenced by sexual orientation rather it depends on a parent’s ability to create a nurturing home environment. In today’s society we encounter many families that don’t conform to the traditional family model. We are eyewitnesses to families made up of interracial, multiracial, intergenerational, as well as gay and heterosexual parents. Children, as a result of gay and lesbian parenting are just …

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