Project description DEENESFRITPL Understanding the challenges LGBT families face The EU includes among its priorities LGBT rights as well as the fight against discrimination of gender and sexual minorities. During the last decades, an increasing number of EU member states recognised same-sex marriage and adoption of children by same-sex couples. However, since 2013, while this possibility has been available in France, there are very few children for adoption and assisted reproductive technologies are so far forbidden for singles and gay couples. By comparing access to parenthood and parental desires among LGBTQ adults in France and in the US, the EU-funded LGBTQ Parenthood aims to increase our understanding of the challenges LGBT families face. It will also analyse the effects of public policies in different countries. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective "LGBT rights and non-discrimination policies towards gender and sexual orientation are at the top of the European Union’s priorities. Over the last decades, Western countries greatly improved the legal recognition of LGBTQ families, while an increasingly part of them are allowing same-sex couples to marry and to access adoption process and/or artificial reproductive technologies (ART). In France, same-sex couples can adopt children since their legal possibility to marry in 2013, but as there are very few minor children to adopt through the accredited adoption agencies, most of them try to develop other possibilities by conceiving their own biological children. The dramatic changes in the legal contexts simultaneously imply a generational shift in the routes to parenthood among LGBTQ people. However, the legal restriction preventing single women and women couples to access ART and the prohibition of surrogacy in France compel same-sex couples to engage ""procreative migrations"" in other countries, which carry economic inequalities. People who face strong barriers to achieve their parental desires thus may be lest satisfied with their life, face higher risks of depression and feel less support within their families of origin. Therefore, while most research focused on well-being among children raised by same-sex couples, access to parenthood also raises mental health issues among LGBTQ adults. Cross-national insights between France and US, using mixed methods in the two countries, will then highlight policy effects in the family lives of gender and sexual minorities, and thus challenge policy makers. The analysis of LGBTQ parenthood across generations will also contributing to enlighten social change. Consequently, the research project will lead to better understanding of LGBTQ families and the challenge they face, but also to initiating scientific discussions in France concerning their inclusion in surveys and research works." Fields of science social sciencessociologysocial scienceslawhuman rights Keywords Sexuality Family Parenthood Procreative Rights Gender and Sexual Minorities Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility Topic(s) MSCA-IF-2019 - Individual Fellowships Call for proposal H2020-MSCA-IF-2019 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF) Coordinator INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ETUDES DEMOGRAPHIQUES Net EU contribution € 257 619,84 Address 9 cours des Humanités 93322 Aubervilliers Cedex France See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Seine-Saint-Denis Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 257 619,84 Partners (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all Partner Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM United States Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address COLORADO STREET 601 78701 2982 Austin See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 165 265,92
