Enfances, Familles, Générations (Mar 2012)
La famille homoparentale en France : une révolution tranquille ?
Abstract
For some forty years, we have seen that the way to become parents has changed ; besides the “classical family”, i.e. a heterosexual married couple and their children, there are now a number of different family configurations, the most recent being that of homoparental families. However, although the latter constitute a new part of the evolutionary chain, they mark a major change, inasmuch as these parents cannot present themselves as their children’s genitors. What questions are raised by both the continuity and the change involved ? These families are looking for recognition ; and why, though it is granted by some countries, is it so difficult to receive it in France ?
