„Nie może być dzielenia ludzi na lepszych i gorszych” – postulaty rodzin z wyboru wobec państwa i prawa
“You Cannot Divide People into Better and Worse” - Demands of Families of Choice in Relation to the State and Law

Author(s): Joanna Mizielińska
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: same-sex marriage; social parenting; LGBTQ families; families of choice; civil partnership
Summary/Abstract: This paper is based on the results of the Families of Choice in Poland research project carried out in 2013-2016 at the Institute of Psychology of the Polish Academy of Sciences under the direction of PhD hab. Joanna Mizielińska. It addresses the issue of how families of choice cope with the lack of recognition in Polish law. In the article, the author tries to answer the question concerning how Polish LGBT families manage with this lack of legal recognition in their everyday lives. The author puts families and their needs at the center of her considerations. Mizielińska shows how Polish law does not meet the specificity of these needs, in particular with regard to the lack of security in the relationship between a child and their social parent. In this context, the author asks what type of legal solutions would be most desirable for such families and postulates the necessity of their implementation.

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