Bisexual Parents and Family Diversity

Findings From the Work, Love, Play Study

Bibliographic Data

ID12759254
AuthorsJennifer Power (0000-0002-6566-3214, La Trobe University, corresponding author), Amaryll Perlesz (La Trobe University), Rhonda Brown (0000-0002-5240-9831, Deakin University), Margot J Schofield (0000-0003-0543-5751, La Trobe University), Marian Pitts (La Trobe University), Ruth Mcnair (0000-0002-4738-8781, The University of Melbourne), Andrew Bickerdike
Year2012
Volume12
Issue4
Pages519-538
Publication date2012-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Bisexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1529-9716 • E-ISSN: 1529-9724
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15299716.2012.729432
OpenAlexW1986858784
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited22

This article reports on findings from the Work, Love, Play study, an Australian/New Zealand study of same-sex attracted parents. There were 48 parents in this study who identified as bisexual. There was a diversity of contexts in which people in this sample were parenting: heterosexual relationships, same-sex relationships, coparenting with ex-partners or nonpartners, and sole parenting. A large number of these bisexual parents had experience of divorce or separation since having children, but most reported positive aspects to their parenting relationships with ex-partners. Very few people in this study reported that bisexual identity created difficulties for them as a parent

Coparenting · Developmental psychology · Diversity (politics · Ethnically diverse · Identity (music · Population · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies

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