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.