Religion in Our Justice SystemJoin now to read essay Religion in Our Justice SystemThere are three main ways that gays and lesbians are raising children and acquiring families without the courts becoming involved. The first way, which is also the most common way, is when heterosexual marriages dissolve after one parent apparentl y “comes out.” With this situation, as long as there isnt a messy custody battle in court most often the child is raised by the gay or lesbia parent, and is also fully aware of his or her parents sexual tendencies. The second method is lesbi ans receiving artificial insemination. Estimates of the number of children born to lesbians through artificial insemination range in the tens of thousands. Pacific Reproductive Services is a clinic in San Francisco where a growing number of lesbians are becoming clients. The clinic reports that more than a 100 lesbians use the sperm bank each month. Lastly, there is one of the newer methods: gays and lesbians going into an agreement with each other to produce a child. In some cases they share duties and custody in raising the child. In other cases the men or women avoid any attachment with the child at all (Henry III 67-68). Lesbian and gay parents go throughout the daily routines of life no differently than heterosexual parents do.
In most cases everyone just wants what is best for the child. This brings on the question if being raised in a same-sex dominated environment will have a psychological effect on the child. The fact still remains that the traumas and hardships fac ed by both the parents and the children of gay and lesbian households will be totally different from those faced by heterosexual families. This is why many gay and lesbian families keep their family structure so secretive, to avoid the comments, teasing, and publicity surrounding their private lives. Though we all recognize the fact that the traditional view of the family has been altered significantly, can the family be altered to that much of an extent?
[Cross-posted at People with Disabilities in the US. In this article, I will talk about the impact of gender dysphoria and gender expression on mental health.]
We can now see why many in this country are deeply distressed by the impact of gender stigma, despite the fact that they see such a stigma as inevitable and that they are actually working very hard to ensure this is done. For generations, homosexuality has been a hidden underclass that is being viewed as a social deviant. Since 1970, a large proportion of all transgender people have had their sexual orientation completely suppressed by government-sanctioned discrimination, for example, from health and safety to the media, to schools, to jobs, to social services.
In some ways, this process is also deeply rooted in the current crisis of the transgender community, as many people are suffering under a combination of institutionalized discrimination and discrimination on a daily basis. At the local, state, and local level, these issues are often the result of poor socialization, neglect, and violence, while at the national, state, and county levels, many people simply cannot seem to accept their sexuality at all, even as they seek to live as they are. And that’s exactly what the federal government’s efforts aimed to do, but never succeeded at.
There are many reasons why this problem is important. Many people on both sides have been marginalized, while still struggling to find identity within the traditional binary of heterosexual or gay people.
The current transgender and gender expression issues are clearly impacting on those on both sides of the spectrum: those experiencing severe fear and loneliness, those that are experiencing severe mental healthcare difficulty, and those that are just being raised as men.
But there are many other factors that include: being a male, being an experienced male transgender, being an active male transgender and an active trans person.
Both men and men of this generation faced significant hurdles, even at the local, state, and national levels, during their development. For many families, the transition of transgender to transgender identity is a slow process with no major milestones and no hope of finding full employment, either. For their children, those in their early teens or 20s, the process can involve many years of bullying, often a direct result of many decades of prejudice against their parents. In contrast, many people on both sides of the equation will have a great deal of stability with their parents as well as the family as a whole, with much greater certainty of making meaningful choices.
The transgender stigma is well known with most transgender people, however, and in some cases is even more visible on a wider scale. This is not new. Transgender people make up only a small fraction of the population, and as a society, we tend to rely heavily on the media and state to tell
[Cross-posted at People with Disabilities in the US. In this article, I will talk about the impact of gender dysphoria and gender expression on mental health.]
We can now see why many in this country are deeply distressed by the impact of gender stigma, despite the fact that they see such a stigma as inevitable and that they are actually working very hard to ensure this is done. For generations, homosexuality has been a hidden underclass that is being viewed as a social deviant. Since 1970, a large proportion of all transgender people have had their sexual orientation completely suppressed by government-sanctioned discrimination, for example, from health and safety to the media, to schools, to jobs, to social services.
In some ways, this process is also deeply rooted in the current crisis of the transgender community, as many people are suffering under a combination of institutionalized discrimination and discrimination on a daily basis. At the local, state, and local level, these issues are often the result of poor socialization, neglect, and violence, while at the national, state, and county levels, many people simply cannot seem to accept their sexuality at all, even as they seek to live as they are. And that’s exactly what the federal government’s efforts aimed to do, but never succeeded at.
There are many reasons why this problem is important. Many people on both sides have been marginalized, while still struggling to find identity within the traditional binary of heterosexual or gay people.
The current transgender and gender expression issues are clearly impacting on those on both sides of the spectrum: those experiencing severe fear and loneliness, those that are experiencing severe mental healthcare difficulty, and those that are just being raised as men.
But there are many other factors that include: being a male, being an experienced male transgender, being an active male transgender and an active trans person.
Both men and men of this generation faced significant hurdles, even at the local, state, and national levels, during their development. For many families, the transition of transgender to transgender identity is a slow process with no major milestones and no hope of finding full employment, either. For their children, those in their early teens or 20s, the process can involve many years of bullying, often a direct result of many decades of prejudice against their parents. In contrast, many people on both sides of the equation will have a great deal of stability with their parents as well as the family as a whole, with much greater certainty of making meaningful choices.
The transgender stigma is well known with most transgender people, however, and in some cases is even more visible on a wider scale. This is not new. Transgender people make up only a small fraction of the population, and as a society, we tend to rely heavily on the media and state to tell
Adoption is the only other method for gays and lesbians to acquire children. This is the most difficult, technical, and risky way to have a child. It is so risky because cases can vary depending on the judges personal views and opinions on this issue. Most courts make their jurisdiction based on what they feel will be the result of a child growing up in a gay or lesbian household. Homosexual couples custody rights are nearly always at risk in the common jurisdictions. Continually courts rule that a childs best interest is met in the homes of heterosexual parents. One major reasoning for this is due to the fact that though the court does acknowledge that a gay or lesbians sexuality is beyond their control, living with someone of the same s ex can be controlled. There are five main points that courts generally use when making their jurisdiction in adoption cases and custody/visitation rights: