Requests from journalists, students and researchers

Students and researchers - send your request to us and we will post them on this page for free.

Journalists, radio and TV producers - there is a fee of £100 for putting requests on the PinkParents website. Please contact us with details of your request.

Disclaimer from PinkParents - by placing requests on our website, we are not endorsing any of these projects. If you decide to participate, first check them out and make sure your safety will be protected. If you are asked to be identified, find out how much control you will have over the way you will be presented. Think carefully about the consequences for yourself and your children. Read this salutary warning from a gay father who appeared on national TV - click here for one gay dad's story and this review of the Channel 4 documentary Making Babies the Gay Way.

Research into lesbian foster care & adoption

I am a student at the University of Leicester School of Social Work and am researching the experiences of lesbians in becoming/attempting to become adoptive parents or foster carers. I would be really grateful if any members of your organisation would be able to offer any help. I am particularly interested in conducting informal interviews either individually or in a group. Anyone that would be willing to assist with my research can be assured of their confidentiality and anonymity. If you or any of the members of the project could help I would be extremely grateful. I look forward to hearing from you by email or by telephone (0116 221 500).

Ben Marsh.

Are you a gay man who has a child or children?

Whether through a straight relationship, donor insemination, adoption or fostering?

Would you be prepared to share your experiences of being a 'gay dad'?

I am conducting an ESRC-funded PhD research project, based at the University of Manchester, examining:

* How gay men behave as parents
* What factors affect gay fathers' parenting
* How gay fathers handle their 'differentness'

'Out' or 'in', single or in a relationship, and no matter how you became a father, I need you to participate!

All participants will need to fill in a questionnaire and may be asked to do a further in-depth interview.

All information you provide will be anonymised and strictly confidential.

For further information, please contact Jeremy Davies on jes_davies "at" hotmail "dot" com or 0780 371 1692