The Kids Really Are All Right—But Opponents of Marriage Equality Won’t Admit It

As anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment grows around the U.S., many are trying to frame gay marriage and queer households as bad for children. They claim that the kids are not alright.

But the kids really are alright. In fact, a recent meta-analysis of the literature on “the effect of parents’ sexual orientation on the child’s developmental wellbeing” makes clear that the kids being raised by same-sex parents are, actually, doing better than fine! Focused on measures such as gender identity, cognitive function, psychological adjustment and the quality of the parent-child relationship, the study determined that

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