Presentations
Upcoming and past presentations by NLLFS Researchers at scientific, academic, or social conferences.
2023 Presentations
Adult Offspring of Lesbian Parents and Their Sperm Donor Half-Siblings: To Meet, or Not to Meet?
August 23, 2023. Koh, A. S., Bos, H. M. W., Rothblum, E., & Gartrell, N. Presentation at Women in Medicine, Suquamish, Washington, USA.
Long-term Effects of Family Resilience on the Subjective Well-being of Offspring in the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (NLLFS) Parents
August 4, 2023. Bos, H. M. W., Carone, N., Rothblum, E., Koh, A., & Gartrell. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Association Convention, Washington, DC, USA.
Coping Strategies and Mental health in Victimized Adults Raised by Sexual Minority Parents
August 4, 2023. Bos, H. M. W., Carone, N., Koh, A., Rothblum, E. & Gartrell, N. Paper presentation at the American Psychological Association Convention, Washington, DC, USA.
The Effects of Internalized Homonegativity and Heterosexism on Body Satisfaction among Sexual Minorities
August 4, 2023. Bos, E., Assink, M., & Bos, H. M. W. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Association Convention, Washington, DC, USA.
Differences in Peer and Family Social Support and Online Contacts Between Sexual Minority and Other Sex-Attracted Adolescents
March 24, 2023. Kiekens, W. J., Kaufman, T. M. L. Kaufman, Baams, L., De Lange, J., De Looze, M. E., Stevens, G. W. J . M., & Bos, H. M. W. Poster presentation at the Society of Research Child Development Biennial Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Past Presentations
Gay Community Stress in Sexual Minority Men and Women: A Cross-National Dutch Validation Study
August 6, 2022. Assink, M. & Bos, H. M. W. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Association Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Helicopter Parenting, Coping, and Mental Health among NLLFS Emerging Adults of Lesbian Parents
August 7, 2022. Carone, N., Gartrell, N.K., Rothblum, E. S, Koh, A., & Bos, H.M.W. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Association Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
The Role of School Social Networks in Explaining Mental Health Symptoms among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth
July 12, 2022. Rosenbach, S., Yoshikawa, H., Cappella, E., & Bos, H.M.W XLII Oral presentation at the social Networks Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, Cairns, Australia.
Why is Purple Friday Important for High School Students
December 6, 2022. Bos, H. M. W. Oral presentation at Schaersvoorde, Aalten, The Netherlands
Mental Health and Sexuality of Adult Offspring in the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study
April 2, 2020. Gartrell, N., Bos, H. M.W., & Koh, A. N. Presentation to internal medicine residents at UCLA Ronald Reagan Hospital.
Mental Health and Sexuality of Adult Offspring in the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study
November 9, 2019. Gartrell, N., Bos, H. M.W., & Koh, A. N. Presentation in Tokyo, Japan.
The Association Between Same-sex Relationships, Loneliness, and Mental Health
August 8–11, 2019. Doorakkers, L., & Bos, H.M.W. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Beyond "Mom" and "Dad": Gender Expression and Parenting within Same-sex Couples
August 8–11, 2019. Balsam, K.F., Savarese, E., Rostosky, S., Riggle, E., Rothblum, E.D., & Wickham, R. Paper presentation at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Meaning in Life as a Moderator Between Homophobic Stigmatization and Problem Behavior in Emerging Adult Offspring from Planned Lesbian Families
August 8–11, 2019. Bos, H.M.W., Gartrell, N., & Koh, A. Paper presentation at the American Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Sexual Attraction, Orientation, and Same-sex Experiences of Adults Born into Lesbian Mother Families
August 8–11, 2019. Bos, H.M.W., Koh, A., & Gartrell, N. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Sexual Attraction, Sexual Identity, and Same-sex Sexual Experiences of Adult Offspring in the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study
August 7–11, 2019. Gartrell, N., Bos, H.M.W., & Koh, A. Presentation at the Women in Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Determinants of Co-parenting Quality in Gay-, Lesbian-, and Heterosexual-parent Families with Infants
March 21–23, 2019. Ellis-Davies, K., Van Rijn-Van Gelderen, L., Rubio, B., Winstanley, A., Jorgensen, T., Gross, M., Vecho, O., Bos, H.M.W., Golombok, S., & Lamb, M. Paper presentation at the SRCD Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Parenting Quality and Attachment in Gay-Father, Lesbian-Mother, and Heterosexual-Parent Families
March 21–23, 2019. Van Rijn – van Gelderen, L., Ellis-Davies, K., Winstanly, A., Rubio, B., Vecho, O., Bos, H.M.W., Gross, M., Lamb, M., &, Golombok, S., Rubio, B., Gross, M., & Lamb, M. Paper presented at the SRCD Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Unions in Context: A Study on Female Same-sex Couples with Children in the Netherlands
November 7–10, 2018. Bos, H.M. W., Kalmijn. M., Fischer, M., Steinmetz, S. Poster presentation at the National Council of Family Relations, San Diego, CA U.S.A.
Offspring of the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study During Emerging Adulthood: What Are the Important Predictors of Their Well-being?
November 7–10, 2018. Koh, A., Bos, H. M.W., & Gartrell, N. Poster presentation at the National Council of Family Relations, San Diego, CA U.S.A.
Gay Prospective Parents: Motivations and Predictors of Family Formation
November 7–10, 2018. Van Houten, J., Bos, H.M.W., Tornello, S.L. Poster presentation at the National Council of Family Relations, San Diego, CA U.S.A.
Family Characteristics and Parenting Behavior in Lesbian-mother Families Formed through Donor Insemination
November 14–15, 2018. Bos, H.M.W. Keynote at the international conference, Les familles homoparentales ici et ailleurs. Jules Verne University, Amiens, France.
The U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study 1986–2018
October 18, 2018. Gartrell, N. Centre for Family Research and LGBTQ+@CAM, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Werkelijkheid, Nog Steeds Een Droom, of Lets er Tussen In?
October 12, 2018. Bos, H.M.W. Inaugural speech for professorship in sexual and gender diversity in families and youth. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Determinants of Co-parenting Quality in Gay, Lesbian, and Heterosexual Parent Families with Infants
August 9–12, 2018. van Rijn – van Gelderen, L., Bos, H.M.W., Jorgensen, T.D., Ellis-Davies, K., Winstanly, A., Golombok, S., Rubio, B., Gross, M., Vecho, O., & Lamb, M. Presentation at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
The U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study Offspring in Emerging Adulthood: What are Important Predictors of Their Well-being?
August 5–9, 2018. Koh, A., Bos, H.M.W., & Gartrell, N. Presentation at Women in Medicine Conference, Napa, CA, U.S.A.
U.S. and Dutch Population-based Comparisons: Same- vs. Different-sex Parent Families
May 31–June 4, 2017. Gartrell, N., Bos, H.M.W. (2017). U.S. and Dutch Population-based Comparisons: Same- vs. Different-sex Parent Families. Presentation at the 34th Annual Women in Medicine Conference. Burlington, Vt., U.S.A.
Opportunities and Challenges in Conducting Research on Same-Sex Parent Families
March 23–25, 2017. Bos, H.M.W., Gartrell, N. (2017). Opportunities and Challenges in Conducting Research on Same-Sex Parent Families. Presentation at International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS). Vienna, Austria.
Presentation at Mathematica Policy Research
October 11, 2016. Gartrell, N., Bos, H.M.W., et al. (2016). The Health and Well-being of Adolescents with Lesbian Mothers: Findings from the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study. Presentation at Mathematica Policy Research. Washington, D.C.
Presentation at the 31st International Conference of Psychology
July 24-29, 2016. Bos, H.M.W., van Rijn-van Gelderen L, Gartrell, N. How Lesbian Mothers Prepare Adolescents for Homophobic Stigmatization. Presentation at the 31st International Conference of Psychology. Yokohama, Japan.
Presentation at the 123rd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association
August 6-9, 2015. Bos, H.M.W., Gartrell, N., van Rijn-van Gelderen L (2014). Male Role Models for Adolescents In Lesbian- and Heterosexual-Parent Families. Presentation at the 123rd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Presentation in Women's Studies 610 Seminar in Sexuality
April 20, 2015. Bos, H.M.W., Gartrell, N. (2015). Examples of New Directions in Studies on Planned Lesbian Families. Presentation in Women’s Studies 610 Seminar in Sexuality. San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
Presentation in the UCLA Bixby Lecture Series
Presentation at the Stanford University Women’s Community Center
April 10, 2015. Gartrell, N. (2015). From Stanford to the NLLFS. Presentation at the Stanford University Women’s Community Center. Stanford, CA, USA.
Presentation at the 2015 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development
March 19-21, 2015. van Rijn-van Gelderen L., Bos, H.M.W., Ellis-Davis, Gartrell, N., (2015). Parent-Adolescent Relationships in Dutch Planned Lesbian Families. Presentation at the Society for Research in Child Development. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Presentation at the International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS)
March 12-14, 2015. Bos, H.M.W., Gartrell, N. & van Rijn-van Gelderen L., (2015). Satisfaction with Known, Open-Identity, or Unknown Sperm Donors: Reports from Lesbian Mothers of 17-year-old Adolescents. Presentation at the International Convention of Psychological Science. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Presentation at Women in Medicine 2014
August 7, 2014. Gartrell, N, Bos, H.M.W., & Van Rijn-Van Gelderen, L. (2014). Qualitative Data from the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study. Presentation at Women in Medicine 2014, Ogunquit, Maine, U.S.A.
Presentation at the 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology
July 8-13, 2014. Bos. H.M.W., Gartrell, N., Roeleveld, J., & Ledoux, G. (2014). Civic competence of children in same-sex parent families: A comparison with children of opposite-sex parents. Paper presented as an oral presentation at the 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Paris: France
Presentation at the 122nd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association
August 7-10, 2014. Bos, H.M.W., & Gartrell, N. (2014). Same-Sex Divorce: An Examination of Causes, Consequences, and Complexities. Presentation at the 122nd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association., Washington, D.C, USA.
Presentation about the NLLFS at Duke University
November 4-5, 2013. Gartrell N. The U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study. Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, Department of Sociology, and Program in Women's Studies, Duke University, with special introduction by Nanette's Stanford mentor, Emeritus Duke President Keith Brodie, MD.
Presentation at the Center for Family Research and Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge
October 14, 2013. Gartrell N. Adolescents of the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study. Center for Family Research and Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, U.K.
Keynote at Conference Sexualities VII, University of Bratislava, Slovakia
September 8-9, 2013. Bos. H.M.W. Overview of the most important findings of the Dutch longitudinal study on same-sex parent families. Keynote at Conference Sexualities VII, University of Bratislava, Slovakia.
Oral presentation presented at the 16th European conference on developmental psychology
September 3-7, 2013. Van Gelderen, L., & Bos, H.M.W. Adolescent offspring in lesbian mother families. Oral presentation presented at the 16th European conference on developmental psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Poster presentation at the 121st Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association
July 31 - August 4, 2013. Van Beusekom, G., Bos, H.M.W., & Sandfort, T.G.M. Same-sex attraction, and coping styles as mediator of differences in psychological adjustment in early adolescence. Poster accepted for presentation at the 121st Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HW, USA.
Paper presentation at the 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology
July 8-13, 2013. Bos. H.M.W., Gartrell, N., Roeleveld, J., & Ledoux, G. Civic competence of children in same-sex parent families: A comparison with children of opposite-sex parents. Paper presented at the 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Paris, France.
Presentation at Fachtagung "All Families Matter" Vielfältige Familien bilden
June 1, 2013. Bos, H.M.W., & Gartrell, N. (2013). Adolescents of the U.S. national longitudinal lesbian family study: Male role models, gender role traits, and psychological adjustment. Presentation at Fachtagung "All Families Matter" Vielfältige Familien bilden – Denkanstösse für eine integrative Bildungs – und Familienpolitik, Zurich, Switzerland.
Presentation at the Pacific Fertility Center, San Francisco, CA
May 23, 2013. Bos, H.M.W., & Gartrell, N. Overview of the findings of the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study. Invited presentation at the Pacific Fertility Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Poster presentation at the 166th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association
May 18-22, 2013. Bos, H.M.W., Boschloo, L., Schoevers, R., & Sandfort, T.M.G. Same-sex and opposite sexual attraction among depressed and/or anxious patients. Poster presentation at the 166th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, San Francisco, CA., USA.
Presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting
May 4, 2013. Gartrell, N. Adolescents of the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study. Presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Poster presentation at the 2013 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development
April 18-20, 2013. Van Gelderen, L., Bos., H.M.W., Gartrell, N., & Hermanns, J.M.A. The Achenbach Youth Self-Report Instrument: Comparison of Adolescents Reared by Lesbian and Heterosexual Parents. Poster presentation at the 2013 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA, USA.
Presentatie wensvader symposium georganiseerd door Meer dan Gewenst
February 2, 2013. Bos, H.M.W., & Van Gelderen, L. Onderzoek naar homo mannen met een kinderwens [Research on gay men who want to become a parent]. Presentatie wensvader symposium georganiseerd door Meer dan Gewenst. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Loes van Gelderen Defends Ph.D. Thesis Based on NLLFS
November 28, 2012: Study collaborator Loes van Gelderen will defend her PhD thesis based on the NLLFS on November 28, 2012, at 1 PM at Aula of the University of Amsterdam.
Gay Lesbian Medical Association's Annual Conference
September 21, 2012: Gartrell, N. Kimberly Clermont Memorial Lecture. Gay Lesbian Medical Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Poster presentation at the 120th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association
August 2-5, 2012. Van Gelderen, L., Van Rooij, B., Gartrell, N., Bos, H.M.W., & Hermanns, J. Stigmatization associated with growing up in a lesbian-parented family: What do adolescents experience and how do they deal with it? Poster presentation at the 120th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL, USA.
Presentation of Work in Progress at the Williams Institute
February 14, 2012: Bos, H.M.W., and Gartrell, N. (2012). Lesbian-mother families formed through donor insemination. Presentation Work in Progress at the University of California, Williams Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Presentation at The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law, 2011
November, 2011. Gartrell, N., & Bos, H.M.W. The U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study. Presentation at The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law, November 10, 2011, Washington, D.C., USA
Presentation at the ILGA Conference, 2011
October, 2011. Gartrell, N., & Bos, H.M.W. The U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study. Presentation at the ILGA conference, October 7, 2011, Lisbon, Portugal.
Poster presentation at the 15th European Conference on Developmental Psychology
August, 2011. Van Gelderen, L. Gartrell, N. Bos, H., & Hermanns, J. Stigmatization and promotive factors in relation to psychological health of adolescents in planned lesbian families. Poster presentation at the 15th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, August 23-27, 2011, Bergen, Norway.
Poster presentation at the 119th Annual American Psychological Association Convention, 2011
August, 2011. Van Gelderen, L., Gartrell, N. Bos, H., & Hermanns, J. (2011). Adolescents of the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study: The impact of having a known or unknown donor on the stability of psychological adjustment. Poster presentation at the 119th Annual American Psychological Association Convention, August 3-7, 2011, Washington, DC, USA.
Presentation at the Women in Medicine Conference, 2011
July, 2011. Bos, H.M.W. & Gartrell, N. Adolescents of the US National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study. What is the influence of having male role models on gender role development and psychological adjustment? Presentation at the Women in Medicine Conference, July 24- 27, 2011, Stowe, VT, USA.
Presentation at the 10th Anniversary Celebration Conference of The Williams Institute
April, 2011. Gartrell, N., Bos, H.M.W. & Goldberg, N. The U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study. Presentation at the 10th Anniversary Celebration Conference of The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law, April 7-9, 2011, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
138th Annual Meeting American Public Health Association
November, 2010. Bos, H.M.W. & Gartrell, N. Can Family Characteristics Counteract the Negative Effects of Stigmatization? Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Denver, CO., USA.
Annual Meeting Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
September, 2010. Bos, H.M.W., Gartrell, N., & Perrin, E. Can Family Characteristics Counteract the Negative Effects of Stigmatization? Oral presentation at a plenary session of the annual meeting of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Boston, MA, USA.
118th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association
August, 2010. van Gelderen, L., Gartrell, N., Bos, H., Hermanns, J., & Perrin, E. Planned Lesbian Families: The effects of stigmatization on adolescent quality of life. Poster presentation at the 118th Annual American Psychological Association Convention, San Diego, CA, USA.
Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting
May, 2010. van Gelderen, L., Gartrell, N., Bos, H., Hermanns, J., & Perrin, E. Planned Lesbian Families: The effects of stigmatization on adolescent quality of life. Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
Lavender Law Conference
October, 2009. Gartrell, N. The USA National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study. Lavender Law Conference, New York, NY, USA.
American Psychological Association 117th Annual Convention
August, 2009. Bos, H. & van Gelderen, L. A Longitudinal Study of Planned Lesbian Families. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Association 117th Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada.
International Conference on Human Rights
July, 2009. Gartrell, N. The USA National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study. International Conference on Human Rights, Copenhagen, Denmark.
American Public Health Association
October, 2008. Gartrell, N., Bos, H.M.W., Rodas-Pina, C., Peyser, H., Deck, A., van Gelderen, L., & Draijer, E. A Longitudinal Study on Children in Planned Lesbian Families: Psychological outcomes in adolescence; preliminary results. Paper presentation at the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA, USA.
International Congress of Psychology
July, 2008. Gartrell, N., Bos, H.M.W., Rodas-Pina,C., Peyser, H., Deck, A., van Gelderen, L., & Draijer, E. The USA National Longitudinal Family Study. Paper presentation at the International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
Women in Medicine Conference
July, 2008. Bos, H.M.W., Van Balen, F., Gartrell, N., Peyser, H., & Sandfort, Th. G.M. Children in Planned Lesbian Families: A cross-cultural comparison between the USA and the Netherlands. Paper presentation at Women in Medicine conference, Monterey, CA, USA.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
September, 2007. Bos, H.M.W., Van Balen, F., Gartrell, N., Peyser, H., & Sandfort, Th. G.M. Children in Planned Lesbian Families: A cross-cultural comparison between the USA and the Netherlands. Paper presentation at annual meeting of the Society of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, Oxford, UK.
115th Annual American Psychological Association Convention
August, 2007. Bos, H.M.W., Van Balen, F., Gartrell, N., Peyser, H., & Sandfort, Th. G.M. Children in Planned Lesbian Families: A cross-cultural comparison between the USA and the Netherlands. Poster presentation at the 115th annual American Psychological Association convention, San Francisco, CA, USA.
