Study of Gay Fathers, 1978

This research investigates the ways in which men who are both gay and fathers resolve identity conflicts. Participants were 19 gay fathers, all of whom were or had been married. The sample was all White and living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Data were collected by in-depth, open-ended, unstructured interviews. The interviews focused on issues of gay and father identities, and disclosure of either or both of these identities to others. Interviews included questions on topics such as marital history, quality of married life, realization of own homosexuality, reasons for separation and/or divorce, discussion of own homosexuality with others, disclosure of father role to others, and others' reactions to either disclosure. The Murray Archive holds additional analogue materials for this study (copies of transcripts of the interviews). If you would like to access this material, please apply to use the data

Children of Gay Fathers, 1985

The purpose of this research was to discover how children cope with having a gay father. Participants were 19 children of gay fathers, living in Iowa City, IA, Oklahoma City, OK, or San Francisco, CA. Of the children, 13 were female and 6 were male. The children's ages ranged from 14 to 35. Data were collected through in-depth, unstructured interviews. Questions asked included how the children found out about their fathers' homosexuality, how they feel about it, whom they have told and why, whom they haven't told and why, what other people's reactions have been, whether their relationship with their father is any different since they found out that he is gay, whether their father acts any differently toward them now that his homosexuality is out in the open, and the advantages and disadvantages of having a gay father. The Murray Research Archive holds copies of the 19 interview transcripts

‘My Rainbow Family’—Discomfort and the Heteronormative Logics

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