Same-Sex Families and Legal Recognition in Europe.

• Superior document: European Studies of Population Series ; v.24
• Author: Digoix, Marie.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2020.; ©2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: European Studies of Population Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (181 pages)

Table of Contents

Same-Sex Families and Legal Recognition in Europe -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction - LGBT Questions and the Family -- References -- Chapter 2: What First, What Later? Patterns in the Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Partners in European Countries -- 2.1 Detailed Picture of an Ongoing Process -- 2.2 Comparing Countries: Partnership Before Marriage - Rights Before Status - Attitudes Before Rights -- 2.3 Comparing Rights: Bad Times Before Good Times - Responsibilities Before Benefits - Partner Before Couple -- 2.4 Five Periods of Legal Recognition -- 2.5 Women and Children Last? -- 2.6 The Social Importance of Legal Recognition -- 2.7 Conclusion: From Core Rights to More Rights -- References -- Chapter 3: Same-Sex Couples and Their Legalization in Europe: Laws and Numbers -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Trends in Marriage and Registered Partnership Frequency Throughout Europe -- 3.2.1 Marriage Rates: Data and Indices -- 3.2.2 Trends and Levels in Crude Marriage Rates -- 3.2.3 Discussion -- 3.3 Trends in Legal Consequences Attached to Marriage or Registered Partnership -- 3.3.1 On Legal Scores -- 3.3.2 Trends and Levels of Legal Scores -- 3.3.3 Discussion -- 3.4 Parenting and Same-Sex Nuptiality -- 3.4.1 Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Nuptiality in Spain -- 3.4.2 Discussion -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Same-Sex Parents Negotiating the Law in Italy: Between Claims of Recognition and Practices of Exclusion -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Long (and Incomplete) Road to Equality: LGBT Rights in the Italian Context -- 4.3 The Discrete Scent of 'Family': Changes and Resistance to a Social Model -- 4.4 Methodology and Sample -- 4.5 Navigating Heteronormativity in Contemporary Italy -- 4.5.1 Forcing the Boundaries of Heteronormative Kinship -- 4.5.2 Love Is All You Need?.

4.5.3 The Context-Dependent Challenge of Heteronormativity: The Role of Legal Constraints -- 4.6 Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Appendix 1: Participants -- Appendix 2: Interview Outline -- Generative Question -- References -- Chapter 5: Same-Sex Families Challenging Norms and the Law in France -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Becoming a Parent: Conceiving a Child in the Face of Legal and Social Norms -- 5.2.1 Coparenting -- 5.2.2 ART and Sperm Donation -- 5.2.3 Gestational Surrogacy -- 5.2.4 Adoption -- 5.3 Same-Sex Parenting in a Daily Basis -- 5.3.1 The Influence of Gender on the Organization of Family Life -- 5.3.2 Relationships with Infant Care Institutions -- 5.4 A Troubled Family Order? -- Profiles of the Interviewees -- References -- Chapter 6: LGBT Desires in Family Land: Parenting in Iceland, from Social Acceptance to Social Pressure -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Homosexuality and Society -- 6.2.1 Laws in Theoretical Context: From Differentialism to Universalism -- 6.2.2 An Insular, Egalitarian, Feminist Society -- 6.2.3 A Familialist Society -- 6.3 The Heteronormative Family -- 6.3.1 The Normalization of Coming Out: Heteronormative Coming Out? -- 6.3.2 The Desire for Children and Its Fulfilment: Contrasting Realities -- 6.4 Reinventing the Family -- 6.4.1 Legal Support -- 6.4.2 Not One, But Many Lesbian-Parented Families -- 6.4.2.1 A Challenge for Lesbians: A New Model -- 6.4.2.2 The Lesbian Nuclear Model -- 6.4.2.3 The Persistence of the Biological Tie -- 6.4.3 Challenges to the Legal Framework -- 6.4.3.1 The Three-Adult Family -- 6.4.3.2 Transgender Parenthood -- 6.4.4 Male Parenthood in Question -- 6.4.4.1 Elective Filiation: Adoption -- 6.4.4.2 Men Demand That Surrogacy Be Both Legal and Ethical -- 6.5 Normalization, Integration, or Assimilation? -- Profiles of the Interviewees -- References -- Icelandic Laws -- Danish Law.

Nordic Council Recommendation -- Chapter 7: Postface. After Legal Recognition -- 7.1 More Viewpoints for Better Understanding -- 7.1.1 Roads to Legal Recognition -- 7.1.2 From Law to Demographic Behaviour -- 7.1.3 The Import of the Law -- 7.2 Marriage Overshadowing Other Concerns -- 7.2.1 Is Marriage a Sufficient Condition for Equality? -- 7.2.2 Legal Equality and Hierarchy of Sexual Orientations -- 7.2.3 Beyond Marriage -- 7.3 Improving Social Science Research Tools -- 7.3.1 Identifying the Impact of Context on the Declaration of Lifestyle and Identity -- 7.3.2 Investigating the Influence of Social Background -- References -- Index.