New study: Lesbian households produce a child abuse rate of 0% {from november}

[xchrom]

http://feministing.com/2010/11/11/new-study-lesbian-households-produce-a-child-abuse-rate-of-0/

The U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (NLLFS) just released its results on its 24-year long study on families with lesbian parents, finding that not one of the 78 adolescents in the study had reported being sexually or physically abused by their parents. This compares to 26% of American adolescents overall who report parent or caregiver physical abuse. 8.3% report sexual abuse.

Additionally, only 2.8% of the adolescents in the study identified themselves as gay. Apparently the majority of them didn’t catch their parents’ gayness.

While I hate the idea of showing “proof” that lesbian and gay couples are capable of raising healthy families, these kinds of studies are critical in breaking down the myths that are constantly being perpetuated by anti-LGBT culture. Check out NLLFS for more info on their awesome work.

[William769]

1. I don't think showing "proof" will do any good.

They have a preconceived notion and I don't believe anything will change that. luckily for us the younger generation is what I believe will change things for the better for the LGBT community. Sad to say though that may take awhile.

[joeybee12]

3. facts!

How dare you try and bring facts into this!

[MuseRider]

2. I agree with what you said about hating the idea of having to prove this sort of thing

but I know I can certainly use this information. Thank you for posting this. I will copy the link and save it for later use. I knew just from my own experience with LGBT families that the incidence of abuse had to be low but now I have this to back that up and it is even better than what imagined.