Are parenting leaves available for LGBTQ parents? Examining policies in Canada, Croatia, France, Iceland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom

G. Kaufman; Auður Magndís Auðardóttir; Deni Mazrekaj; R.N. Pettigrew; M. Stambolis-Ruhstorfer; T. Vuckovic Juros; Mara Yerkes

doi:10.4337/9781800372214.00035

Are parenting leaves available for LGBTQ parents? Examining policies in Canada, Croatia, France, Iceland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom

G. Kaufman, Auður Magndís Auðardóttir, Deni Mazrekaj, R.N. Pettigrew, M. Stambolis-Ruhstorfer, T. Vuckovic Juros, Mara Yerkes

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This chapter examines LGBTQ parents' access to parenting options and the availability of parenting leave for LGBTQ parents in Canada, Croatia, France, Iceland, the Netherlands, and the UK. The first part of the chapter provides a brief overview of the recognition and access to parenting rights of coupled LGBTQ parents in relation to same-sex marriage, adoption, assisted reproductive technology, and surrogacy. The second part of the chapter focuses on leave eligibility, (in)equality of female and male same-sex parents in access to leave, and recognition of transgender and non-binary parents as well as multi-parent families. While there have been efforts to make policies more inclusive of LGBTQ families, our case studies show that it is not only restrictions in parenting leave policies that limit leave access for LGBTQ parents but rather restrictions in policies based on gender (mothers get more leave than fathers), paths to parenthood (birth parents get more leave than adoptive parents), and views of family (multi-parent families are not recognized).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Research Handbook on Leave Policy
Subtitle of host publication	Parenting and Social Inequalities in a Global Perspective
Editors	Ivana Dobrotić, Sonja Blum, Alison Koslowski
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing
Chapter	23
Pages	325-337
ISBN (Electronic)	9781800372214
ISBN (Print)	9781800372207
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800372214.00035
Publication status	Published - 9 Dec 2022

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Kaufman, G., Auður Magndís Auðardóttir, Mazrekaj, D., Pettigrew, R. N., Stambolis-Ruhstorfer, M., Vuckovic Juros, T., & Yerkes, M. (2022). Are parenting leaves available for LGBTQ parents? Examining policies in Canada, Croatia, France, Iceland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In I. Dobrotić, S. Blum, & A. Koslowski (Eds.), Research Handbook on Leave Policy: Parenting and Social Inequalities in a Global Perspective (pp. 325-337). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800372214.00035

Kaufman, G. ; Auður Magndís Auðardóttir, ; Mazrekaj, Deni et al. / Are parenting leaves available for LGBTQ parents? Examining policies in Canada, Croatia, France, Iceland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Research Handbook on Leave Policy: Parenting and Social Inequalities in a Global Perspective. editor / Ivana Dobrotić ; Sonja Blum ; Alison Koslowski . Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022. pp. 325-337

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Are parenting leaves available for LGBTQ parents? Examining policies in Canada, Croatia, France, Iceland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. / Kaufman, G.; Auður Magndís Auðardóttir, ; Mazrekaj, Deni et al.
Research Handbook on Leave Policy: Parenting and Social Inequalities in a Global Perspective. ed. / Ivana Dobrotić; Sonja Blum; Alison Koslowski . Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022. p. 325-337.

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Kaufman G, Auður Magndís Auðardóttir , Mazrekaj D, Pettigrew RN, Stambolis-Ruhstorfer M, Vuckovic Juros T et al. Are parenting leaves available for LGBTQ parents? Examining policies in Canada, Croatia, France, Iceland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In Dobrotić I, Blum S, Koslowski A, editors, Research Handbook on Leave Policy: Parenting and Social Inequalities in a Global Perspective. Edward Elgar Publishing. 2022. p. 325-337 doi: 10.4337/9781800372214.00035

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