Family Lives – Diventare genitori nelle coppie omosessuali

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Family Lives is a research project about same-sex couples and the experience of being a parent in Italy and the US. It is managed by a group of researchers affiliated with the University of Verona (Italy) and the University of California, Berkeley. In this project description we outline out the basic premises that underlie our work.

About same-sex parenthood

It is estimated that over 100.000 Italian children are being raised by same-sex parents or by a single parent who identifies as gay or lesbian. Scientific research conducted in a variety of countries has ...

Parents in a social context

A fundamental assumption of our research is that a person is not a parent because of his or her biological status or sexual preference, but by virtue of being committed to and engaging in the daily practice ...

Exploring new families

In 2011, the Italian census defined 16 different types of family, highlighting the multiplicity of family forms, but also the continuity among them (Istat, 2014).