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This chapter aimed to characterize methodological strategies in studies regarding families headed by gay and lesbian parents through a systematic review of the Brazilian scientific literature. The searches were performed in the Web of Science, EBSCOhost, PubMed/Medline, and PsycInfo databases, from 2009 to 2019, in Portuguese and English languages, and yielded 20 eligible articles. PRISMA protocol guidelines were followed, and frequency analyses were carried on NVivo. A greater focus is observed on families headed by lesbian parents that assessed parenthood through reproductive technologies, cross-sectional designs using snowball sampling, individual semi-structured interviews, and content analysis. It is discussed that theoretical and empirical research in the Brazilian context is required to better address family-based stigma and discrimination in such family configurations.
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de Brito Silva, B., Gaspodini, I.B., Falcke, D., Wagner, A. (2021). Methodological Strategies in Lesbian and Gay Parenting Research: A Systematic Review of Brazilian Scientific Literature. In: Morais, N.A.d., Scorsolini-Comin, F., Cerqueira-Santos, E. (eds) Parenting and Couple Relationships Among LGBTQ+ People in Diverse Contexts. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84189-8_10
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