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Wellbeing of Children raised by LGBT Parents
There have been many discussions about the wellbeing of children raised by LGBTQ+ parents. Some have debated that when children aren't raised in a 2 parent household with a mother & father, that they are worse off. Other studies have claimed that these children are just fine without having parents of opposite sex. According to the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT ), most research exhibits that children raised by same-sex or LGBT+ parents grow up virtually the same as children with Heterosexual parents. The children don't differ developmentally in ways such as GPA, behavior, learning and sexual orientation.

Research shows (AAMFT ) that children with same-sex or a gender non-conforming parent tend to be more likely to open up about their emotions. They feel confident in talking to their parent's about difficult topics, such as their life and sexuality. Parent's of these children feel a greater sense of worried because of the hatred from society. Having people talk bad about your family or criticize you for not having a heteronormative family has both effects on the children and the parents.

Negative Effects of Children being raised by LGBT Parents
There are a few studies that try to prove that children with same-sex parents or parent's that came out later in the relationship had negative effects on their children. (Cornell ) Cornell Universities studies were mostly debunked due to the fact that it wasn't the parent's sexuality that had the negative effects rather than the parent's mental health and the disruption of leaving. When a child's routine is disrupted such as a parent leaving them or having a parent with poor mental health it tend to affect them more as they get older.

Famous LGBT Parents

 * Wanda and Alex Niedbalski Sykes
 * They are parents to fraternal twins named Lucas and Olivia, when the babies were born they made the conscious decision to keep their kids out of the spotlight. They wanted to give their children the most "normal" lives they could.


 * Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef
 * Ricky and Jwan are proud fathers to 4 kids named Lucia, Renn, Valentino and Matteo. They chose to have their kids on magazine covers with them and to not shy away, they want to normalize seeing a family like theirs in the media.

Notes on LGBT Adoption:

https://whatweknow.inequality.cornell.edu/topics/lgbt-equality/what-does-the-scholarly-research-say-about-the-wellbeing-of-children-with-gay-or-lesbian-parents/

https://www.sciencealert.com/children-welfare-gay-and-bisexual-couples-suffer-stigma

https://www.aamft.org/Consumer_Updates/Same-sex_Parents_and_Their_Children.aspx

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4091994/

https://www.sheknows.com/parenting/slideshow/2272854/lgbtq-celebrity-parents/8/