Academic Articles


Bourdon, T. (2013). A phenomenological study of non-LGBT students with LGBQ parents (Doctoral dissertation). Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
Davis, S. (2014). Implicit expectations about intimacy and romantic relationships for adult children of gay and lesbian parents (Doctoral dissertation). California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA.
Fitzgerald, T. J. (2010). Queerspawn and their families: Psychotherapy with LGBTQ families. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 14(2), 155-162.
Goldberg, A. E. (January 01, 2007). (How) does it make a difference? Perspectives of adults with lesbian, gay, and bisexual parents. The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 77(4), 550-562.
Goldberg, A. E., Kinkler, L. A., Richardson, H. B., & Downing, J. B. (January 01, 2012). On the border: Young adults with LGBQ parents navigate LGBTQ communities. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 59(1), 71-85.
Hart, M. (November 01, 2005). Meet the ‘Queerspawn’. Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, 12(6), 32-33.
Hosking, G., & Ripper, M. (2012, May). In the best interests of the (silenced) child: The mobilisation of children of lesbian and gay parents to reinforce heteronormativity. Australian Feminist Studies, 27(72), 171-188.
Istar, L. A. (January 01, 2010). How queer!–the development of gender identity and sexual orientation in LGBTQ-headed families. Family Process, 49(3), 268-290.
Kosciw, J. G., Diaz, E. M., Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network., COLAGE., & Family Equality Council. (2008). Involved, invisible, ignored: The experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents and their children in our nation’s K-12 schools. New York, NY: GLSEN.
Kuvalanka, K. A. (2007, January). Coping with heterosexism and homophobia: Young adults with lesbian parents reflect on their adolescence. (Doctoral dissertation). University of Maryland, College Park, MD. 
Kuvalanka, K. A., & Goldberg, A. E. (2009, August). “Second generation” voices: Queer youth with lesbian/bisexual mothers. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38(7), 904-919.
McKnight, M. (2016). Queerspawn on the couch: A guide for clinicians working with youth and adults with LGBT parents. Columbia Social Work Review, 7, 11-18.
Roskos, T. (2012). Intimate relationships of adults raised in same-sex families. (Doctoral dissertation). University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND.
Welsh, M. G. (January 01, 2011). Growing up in a same-sex parented family: The adolescent voice of experience. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 7, 49-71.