Research compared development of children of heterosexual couples with those of lesbian and gay parents
The children of same-sex couples fare just as well, if not better, than those of heterosexual couples, research has shown.
While data on so-called “sexual minority families” is limited, the UK’s Office for National Statistics recorded 212,000 same-sex families in the UK in 2019, a 40% rise since 2015. The number of same-sex parents rose from 4,000 in 2010 to 12,000 in 2013.
