Registrované partnerství a homoparentalita v Česku

• Authors: Zdeněk Sloboda

Title variants

EN

Registered partnerships and LGBT parenting in the Czech Republic

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This paper introduces a unique and comprehensive sociological analysis of same-sex partnerships in the Czech Republic, especially in the legally recognised (though limited) form of civil unions (registered partnerships – RP). The analysis combines multiple data sources and methodological approaches, drawing on administrative data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (n=2710), secondary quantitative data from the Czech Statistical Office and Public Opinion Research Centre/CVVM, and original quantitative (n=882) and qualitative (n=48) data. Focusing on the heteronormative framing of the issue, two main aspects come to the forefront: gender and LGBT parenting. Data show that there has been a small but steadily growing amount of interest in RP, especially among women, in the last six years. However, RP remains very selective and quite ‘unpopular’. Although there has been a weakening of the procreative function of marriage, the role of RP in this respect is less clear-cut. On the one hand, it makes some paths to becoming a parent more difficult, while on the other, for some people, it provides a certain symbolic security for their existing family. The article also explores other gender and age characteristics and differences or similarities to marriage.

Keywords

EN

registered partnership; LGBT parenting; same-sex couples; homosexuality; parenthood; LGBT+ rights

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 139-169
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Zdeněk Sloboda

• Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i. / Institute of Sociology CAS, Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic