February is shaping up to be a historic month for children of gays, or “COGs.” Just when it seemed that a Supreme Court victory for gay marriage had no obstacles in sight, the issue of gay parenting has been reopened for serious questioning. The interrogators are no longer preachers, social scientists, or gay rights advocates, but children of gay couples themselves.
History has produced a cohort of independent, mature, and critical adults who had gay parents. Raised in the 1970s and 1980s, this cohort is asserting their freedom from the confining roles imposed on them by both sides: the pathetic victim portrayed by moralist critics of homosexuality, or the model minority trumpeted by left-wing champions of their parents’ politics.
In earlier iterations, children of gay couples had to choose all or nothing. Complex or intermediate positions were not only frowned upon — they invited vicious backlash from the gay lobby. (more...)
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