Posts Tagged ‘same-sex parenting’

Singapore national library pulps kids books about gay parenting

Tuesday, July 15th, 2014

The national library of Singapore is planning to pulp three children’s books because they are seen as promoting homosexuality. One of the books is “And Tango Makes Three”, which is based on the true story of two male penguins which raised a chick in a New York Zoo. The others are “White Swan Express”, about Read more

Unpacking the slogans about same-sex parenting

Tuesday, August 13th, 2013

As a sociologist my life is all about creating, taking and interpreting surveys of attitudes and opinions. So I sometimes feel a bit depressed at how knuckle-headed the media can be when reporting about research on same-sex marriage. Let’s look at a slogan which is being repeated over and over: Same-sex parents are just as Read more