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Images of Parenthood, Family Life and Reproductive Strategies Among Gay Men in the Czech Republic

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Homoparentality remains a controversial topic in many countries, often showing a divide between policy and public opinion. Non-heterosexual families face a lack of recognition and have unequal access to resources. Moreover, most research focuses on lesbian women and families. Gay men and gay fathers remain on the margins of scholarship on homoparentality. Yet it is their parental desires and reproductive strategies that offer an opportunity to (re)examine and reframe the concept of becoming or ‘creating’ a family. This chapter analyses the attitudes and preferences of Czech gay men towards (gay) fatherhood, family and parenthood. It evolves around themes of parental desires of the participating gay men; their internalized moral dilemmas connected to gay fatherhood; their reproductive strategies; and gender stereotypes about family/parenting these men hold.

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Sokolová, V. (2021). Images of Parenthood, Family Life and Reproductive Strategies Among Gay Men in the Czech Republic. In: Mikats, J., Kink-Hampersberger, S., Oates-Indruchová, L. (eds) Creative Families. Palgrave Studies in Mediating Kinship, Representation, and Difference. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70803-0_4

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