A large majority of non-heterosexual people do not have depression or any other mental illness; however, the literature points towards strong trends for higher rates of depression, more depressive symptoms, and poorer mental health
outcomes than heterosexual people.
In fact, a few of these studies find that same - sex parents have superior parenting skills and that their children exhibit a few
outcomes superior to children raised by
heterosexual parents (e.g., Brewaey et al.'s [1997] finding of higher levels of sharing in childcare and parenting skills among lesbian couples; teachers» average higher rating of children with lesbian
than heterosexual mothers on affection, responsiveness, and concern for younger children in Steckel [1987]-RRB-.