In person icon Same-sex families and dissident paths to parenting

Abstract

Same-sex civil union rights and legislative guarantees for parenthood that exacerbate heteronormative models in semi-peripheral countries represent social advances favouring intimate (Plummer, 2003) and reproductive (Santos, 2018) citizenship. Although several obstacles frame them as peripheral, marginal, unwanted or unhealthy, the experiences that make themselves known have increased exponentially. This panel aims to learn about such practices in semi-peripheral European countries and their legislative, institutional, media and social group strategies to transform attitudes and promote equality. To enrich the debate, some key questions are presented. First, does the growing media visibility of homoparental families contribute to the facilitation of parenting processes in these family settings? Second, what has the legislative changes in favour of same-sex unions transformed in society since they were approved? Third, what are the socially open paths for a new paradigm that goes beyond heteronormativity in relationships of affection and parenting? Is there evidence of an overcoming of binary in reproduction processes in legislative terms? The panel will bring the experiences of same-sex families in the context of the Czech Republic and their ambivalence in terms of parenting intentions and desires, as well as judicial decisions related to heteronormative parenting in Italy, where marital status appears to have less appeal than biological ties. Also analyzed in Italy will be the campaigns of non-governmental organizations in favour of family diversity, organized to combat enduring heterosexism. In dialogue with such propositions, another paper will also present the framework of legislative changes in Greece concerning same-sex families and their influence on social acceptance. To complete these proposals, the analysis of the fifth round of the European Values Study (EVS) of 2018 allows a greater understanding of attitudes towards parenting of same-sex couples in Europe. Moreover, it can help explain the context in which previous experiences are inserted.

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Homoparentality and the Ambivalence of Same-sex Civil Unions in Czechia	View Paper Details
Recognition of same-sex parents in Italy - a right to have a child?	View Paper Details
Regulating same-sex parenting in Greece: towards acceptance or normativity?	View Paper Details
Same-sex parenting: Clustering of European countries	View Paper Details