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  1. “Life is already hard enough”: Lesbian and gay adoptive parents’ experiences and concerns after the 2016 presidential election.

    Article • Couple and Family Psychology Research and Practice, June 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Kaitlin Gabriele-Black, Melissa Manley

  2. Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Adoptive Parents’ Experiences with Pediatricians: A Mixed-Methods Study

    Article • Adoption Quarterly, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Melissa Manley

  3. Invisibility and involvement: LGBTQ community connections among plurisexual women during pregnancy and postpartum.

    Article • Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, June 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Melissa Manley

  4. Consensual Nonmonogamy in Pregnancy and Parenthood: Experiences of Bisexual and Plurisexual Women With Different-Gender Partners

    Article • Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, April 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Melissa Manley

  5. “There Is No Perfect School”: The Complexity of School Decision-Making Among Lesbian and Gay Adoptive Parents

    Article • Journal of Marriage and Family, March 2018, Wiley

    Melissa Manley

  6. Monosexual and nonmonosexual women in same-sex couples’ relationship quality during the first five years of parenthood

    Article • Sexual & Relationship Therapy, December 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Melissa Manley

  7. Heterogeneity in Gender/Sex Sexualities: An Exploration of Gendered Physical and Psychological Traits in Attractions to Women and Men

    Article • The Journal of Sex Research, November 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Melissa Manley

  8. Characterizing non-monosexual women at risk for poor mental health outcomes: A mixed methods study

    Article • Can J Public Health, September 2017, Canadian Public Health Association

    Melissa Manley

  9. ‘We told them that we are both really involved parents’: sexual minority and heterosexual adoptive parents’ engagement in school communities

    Article • Gender and Education, March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Melissa Manley

  10. Meeting other moms: Lesbian adoptive mothers' relationships with other parents at school and beyond

    Article • Journal of Lesbian Studies, February 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Melissa Manley

  11. Male-partnered sexual minority women: Sexual identity disclosure to health care providers during the perinatal period.

    Article • Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, January 2017, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Melissa Manley

  12. Polyamory, monoamory, and sexual fluidity: A longitudinal study of identity and sexual trajectories.

    Article • Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, January 2015, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Melissa Manley