News & Notes
Included here are upcoming and recent presentations done by NLLFS researchers, as well as media interviews, and news stories that reference NLLFS and/or its studies.
Upcoming & Recent Presentations
Presentation at The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law, 2011
Organizer: The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law
Title of NLLFS presentation: The U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study
Authors: Nanette Gartrell (M.D.) and Henny Bos (Ph.D.)
Event dates: November 10, 2011
Location: Washington, D.C., USA
Presentation at the ILGA Conference, 2011
Organizer: ILGA
Title of NLLFS presentation: The U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study
Authors: Nanette Gartrell (M.D.) and Henny Bos (Ph.D.)
Event dates: October 7, 2011
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Poster presentation at the 15th European Conference on Developmental Psychology
Organizer: European Association of Developmental Psychology
Title of NLLFS presentation: Stigmatization and promotive factors in relation to psychological health of adolescents in planned lesbian families.
Authors: Loes van Gelderen, Nanette Gartrell (M.D.), Henny Bos (Ph.D.), and Jo Hermanns (Ph.D.)
Event dates: August 23-27, 2011
Location: Bergen, Norway
Recent Interviews
60 Minutes New Zealand — Gaybe Boomers: The new Kiwi family? November 10, 2010
produced by Alison Horwood
The nature of the New Zealand family is changing fast. It is now quite common for children to be brought up by two lesbian women, or two gay men. Amanda Millar reports on the kids of homosexual couples.
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corp) — LifeMatters: Lesbian families June 21, 2010
presented by Richard Aedy
What are the long term effects, if any, of being raised by two mothers?
MPR (Minnesota Public Radio) News — The children of gay and lesbian couples June 11, 2010
A new study says the kids of lesbian couples are better adjusted than children raised by heterosexual partners. Radio interview with Dr. Nanette Gartrell.
Recent Mentions In the News
Parenting - Meet the Same-Sex Parents Next Door February 17, 2011
Read one mom's take on how gay parenting is becoming a part of America's social fabric
Discover Magazine – Top 100 Stories of 2010 #88: Same-Sex Parents Do No Harm December 16, 2010
by Amy Barth
Ever since U.S. sperm banks began to accept lesbian clients in the mid-1980s, critics have argued that same-sex parenting could damage children's psychological well-being. In June a 25-year, ongoing study published in the journal Pediatrics came to a very different conclusion, finding that children of lesbian mothers experience healthy social, emotional, and psychological development.
Eurasia Review — Children In Lesbian Families Report No Sexual Abuse November 10, 2010
Teenagers from lesbian families in the United States reported 0% sexual abuse by their parents or guardians.
