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Many lesbians and gay men are parents. In the 2000 U. S. Census, 33% of female same-sex couple households and 22% of male same-sex couple households reported at least one child under the age of 18 living in the home. Despite the significant presence of at least 163,879 households headed by lesbian or gay parents in U.S. society, three major concerns about lesbian and gay parents are commonly voiced (Falk, 1994; Patterson, Fulcher & Wainright, 2002). These include concerns that lesbians and gay men are mentally ill, that lesbians are less maternal than heterosexual women, and that lesbians' and gay men's relationships with their sexual partners leave little time for their relationships with their children. In general, research has failed to provide a basis for any of these concerns
Co z tego wynika? A to że nie znaleziono żadnych dowodów na to że związki homoseksualne mogą być krzywdzące tylko dlatego że są homoseksualne. "Pedalstwo" jak wielu by to nazwało to nie choroba, co zostało udowodnione w 1975.
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Discrimination Against Homosexuals
[Adopted by the American Psychological Association Council of Representatives on
January 24-26, 1975]
1. The American Psychological Association supports the action taken on December
15, 1973, by the American Psychiatric Association, removing homosexuality from
that Association's official list of mental disorders. The American Psychological
Association therefore adopts the following resolution:
Homosexuality per se implies no impairment in judgment, stability, reliability, or
general social and vocational capabilities; Further, the American Psychological
Association urges all mental health professionals to take the lead in removing the
stigma of mental illness that has long been associated with homosexual
orientations.
2. Regarding discrimination against homosexuals, the American Psychological
Association adopts the following resolution concerning their civil and legal rights:
The American Psychological Association deplores all public and private
discrimination in such areas as employment, housing, public accommodation, and
licensing against those who engage in or have engaged in homosexual activities
and declares that no burden of proof of such judgement, capacity, or reliability
shall be placed upon these individuals greater than that imposed on any other
persons. Further, the American Psychological Association supports and urges the
enactment of civil rights legislation at the local, and state and federal level that
would offer citizens who engage in acts of homosexuality the same protections
now guaranteed to others on the basis of race, creed, color, etc. Further, the
American Psychological Association supports and urges the repeal of all
discriminatory legislation singling out homosexual acts by consenting adults in
private
(Conger, 1975, p. 633).
Wybaczcie że to wszystko jest po Angielsku, ale problemów ze zrozumieniem raczej być nie powinno, bo podkreśliłem te najważniejsze kawałki. Jeżeli ktoś by chciał tłumaczenie - bardzo proszę, może potem przetłumaczę to najważniejsze.
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The American Psychological Association also states "Research suggests that sexual identities (including gender identity, gender-role behavior, and sexual orientation) develop in much the same ways among children of lesbian mothers as they do among children of heterosexual parents"