{"id":26581,"date":"2019-09-06T06:49:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T10:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=26581"},"modified":"2019-09-06T06:49:19","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T10:49:19","slug":"gay-fathers-receive-less-parental-leave-than-other-couples-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2019\/09\/gay-fathers-receive-less-parental-leave-than-other-couples-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay fathers receive less parental leave than other couples: study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0201-1024x742.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0201-1024x742.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0201-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0201-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0201.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gay men around the world receive less paid parental leave than lesbian or heterosexual couples.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A study at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) examined paternity laws in 33 member countries that offer paid leave to new parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On average, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-global-lgbt-parentalleave\/gay-fathers-receive-less-parental-leave-than-other-couples-study-idUSKCN1VQ0EX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"same-sex male couples had five fewer months of paid leave (opens in a new tab)\">same-sex male couples had five fewer months of paid leave<\/a> than different-sex couples, while same-sex females received three fewer months than heterosexual couples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia, New Zealand, Iceland and Sweden were the only countries to offer the same paid leave to all couples, including gay men, ranging from 18 to 70 weeks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adoption leave for same-sex couples ranged from zero to 104 weeks, while different-sex couples could expect seven to 178 weeks, and male couples continued to see a starker difference in leave than female couples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gay men around the world receive less paid parental leave than lesbian or heterosexual couples.\u00a0 A study at the University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":26583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,195],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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