and father? What happens when your mother or father leaves a heterosexual marriage

for a same sex union? Until recently, these questions rarely, if ever, arose. But today,

there are an estimated 2 million gay and lesbian parents raising between 3 and 5 million

children. Many of these children were born into heterosexual marriages where a parent

has since come out; recently, an increasing number are the adopted or biological children

of gay and lesbian singles or couples. Their presence is raising public and private debates

in courtrooms, schools and places of worship around the country, offering a new twist to

the struggle to define "family values."

According to a journal found in Psychological Journal, February 2000, OUR HOUSE

was a special about children with one or more gay parents that aired on PBS earlier that

same year. The article was a frank, insightful exploration of the award-winning

What does it mean to grow up with gay or lesbian parents? The one-hour

Home environments with lesbian and gay parents are as likely to successfully support a child's development as those with heterosexual parents.

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