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What’s New

Recent Publications

"The Stability of Psychological Adjustment Among Donor-conceived Offspring in the NLLFS: Differences by Donor Type" in Fertility and Sterility, 2021 more
"Long-Term Effects of Homophobic Stigmatization During Adolescence on Problem Behavior in Emerging Adult Offspring of Lesbian Parents" in Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2021 more
"Overview of the 35-year U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family and Its 92% Retention Rate " in Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 2021 more

Translations

Abstracts of NLLFS publications are now available in Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. Read translations

About the Study

What our study is about.

The USA National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (NLLFS) follows lesbian mothers and their children who were conceived by donor insemination during the 1980s. The NLLFS examines the social, psychological, and emotional development of the children as well as the dynamics of planned lesbian families.

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News & Notes

The latest happenings.

Le Monde interviews Dr. Gartrell.

NBC News reports on the NLLFS—Adult children of lesbian parents less likely to identify as straight.

Women's Media Center Live—Robin Morgan discusses the NLLFS publication, Mental Health of Adult Offspring.

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Who We Are

More about our researchers.

Our principal researchers are Drs .Nanette Gartrell, Henny Bos, Audrey Koh, Esther Rothblum, Nicola Carone, and Gabriël van Beusekom. We also bring in research collaborators, along with supporters who help make this work possible.

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Links of Interest:
The Williams Institute | LGBT MAP