1 Abstract This thesis deals with the legal regulation of the registered partnership and focuses mainly on the current issues concerning the rights of gay people towards minors. It consists of nine chapters, which gradually discuss the various areas related to the registered partnership. The first chapter deals with the historical context and the outline of the development of homosexuality in the society. The second chapter defines the basic terms with which the thesis operates. The third chapter discusses the sources of legal regulation at the European Union and the constitutional law level. The fourth chapter talks about the coexistence of people and especially about the institute of the registered partnership and it is divided into three subchapters. The first subchapter deals with the institute of marriage, a traditional union of two persons. The next subchapter deals with the development of the institute of the registered partnership and the process of approval of the law, including some arguments that have been heard during the legislative process at the Chamber of Deputies. The last subchapter is devoted to the analysis of the valid legal regulation, with attention to some particularities of the legal regulation of the registered partnership. Two following chapters deal with the development of the...

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-10-24T11:52:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Ivone Marchi-Costa.pdf: 2123350 bytes, checksum: 06b09a530571f39153564e14ac93930d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-24T11:52:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Ivone Marchi-Costa.pdf: 2123350 bytes, checksum: 06b09a530571f39153564e14ac93930d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-09-08 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The homoparental family is one of the forms of family that, in postmodern society, has increased and gained more visibility. However, it still experiences prejudice, and homoparental competence to raise children and the possible compromising of their affective and sexual development are reasons for doubt and discussions. This research aimed to understand how couples who define themselves as homoaffective, that is, couples of gays and lesbians who maintain a stable relationship, experience the daily family life and the exercise of parenthood. The qualitative methodology was used, and the interpretation of the participants’ narratives was based on the hermeneutics of Ricoeur, seeking the co-construction of meaning in the dialogue with the researcher. Three couples of lesbians and three couples of gays participated in the study, totaling 12 people who defined themselves as homoaffective, in stable marital relationships and that had children. The discourses were obtained through dialogical interviews, recorded and transcribed, from which thematic analysis emerged categories and subcategories that allowed to understand that: the motivation to start a family is based on the belief that it is necessary and desirable, bringing a sense of social belonging, especially through children; the sense of family is not tied to its configuration, nor to the parents sexual orientation, but to what is lived in it; the way relationships are built; parenting is prioritized as well as the provision of the children’s needs; according to those parents, children give the family a positive meaning way showed by daily life, according to what they see in everyday life, and this valorization helps in the confrontation of social prejudice; the possibility of those parents being influences in the definition of the future sexual orientation of the children is shifted to other figures of the family, their relationships or the community; domestic activities are divided according to availability and exclude the gender criterion; parental competence is not defined by the parents gender (father or mother), however, they understand that, for society, lesbians are more apt and competent in raising children; homoconjugality was the object of prejudice coming from the families of origin, however, homoparentality minimized it; children were the sources of approximation between homoparental family and family of origin since they made possible the amplification of the kinship ties and favored the assumption of new positions/identities as grandparents, uncles and cousins. In the social environment and at school, there were some experiences of acceptance, but also of both explicit and veiled prejudices; the same was true for the judiciary. It was possible to observe that, although they do not always admit or perceive, the partners in several situations reproduce almost compulsorily the heteronormativity, which runs counter to the idea that there is something specific in the exercise of homoparentality due to the sexual orientation of the parents / A família homoparental é uma das formas de família que, na sociedade pós-moderna, tem aumentado e ganhado mais visibilidade. Porém, ainda vivencia preconceito, sendo a competência homoparental para criar os filhos e o possível comprometimento no desenvolvimento afetivo e sexual deles motivos de dúvida e discussões. Esta pesquisa objetivou compreender como casais que se autodefinem como homoafetivos, isto é, casais de gays e lésbicas que mantêm relação estável, vivenciam o cotidiano da vida familiar e o exercício da parentalidade. A metodologia qualitativa foi utilizada, e a interpretação das narrativas dos participantes baseou-se na hermenêutica de Ricoeur, buscando a coconstrução de sentido no diálogo com o pesquisador. Participaram da pesquisa três casais de lésbicas e três casais de gays, totalizando 12 pessoas que se autodefiniram como homoafetivas, mantinham relação conjugal estável e possuíam filhos (as). Os discursos foram obtidos por meio de entrevistas dialógicas, gravadas e transcritas, de cuja análise temática emergiram categorias e subcategorias que permitiram compreender que a motivação de constituir família funda-se na crença de que ela é necessária e desejável, trazendo um senso de pertencimento social, sobretudo por meio de filhos(as); o sentido de família não está atrelado à sua configuração, nem à orientação sexual dos pais, e, sim, ao que nela se vive; o modo como se constroem as relações; a parentalidade é priorizada, assim como a provisão das necessidades dos(as) filhos(as); segundo tais pais/mães, os(as) filhos(as) dão à família um significado positivo de acordo com o que constatam na vivência cotidiana, e essa valorização ajuda no enfrentamento do preconceito social; a possibilidade de esses pais/mães serem fontes influenciadoras na definição da futura orientação sexual dos(as) filhos(as) é descartada, e o suprimento da falta da figura do outro gênero é deslocada para outras figuras da família, das suas relações ou da comunidade; as atividades domésticas são divididas conforme a disponibilidade e exclui o critério de gênero; a competência parental não é definida pelo gênero dos pais (pai ou mãe), porém, entendem que, para a sociedade, as lésbicas são mais aptas e competentes na criação de filhos; a homoconjugalidade foi alvo de preconceito por parte das famílias de origem, porém, a homoparentalidade o minimizou; os(as) filhos(as) foram fontes de aproximação entre família homoparental e família de origem, na medida em que possibilitaram a ampliação dos laços de parentesco e favoreceram a assunção de novas posições/identidades como avós, tios e primos. No meio social e na escola, houve algumas experiências de acolhimento, mas também de preconceitos tanto explícitos como velados; o mesmo se deu em relação ao judiciário. Foi possível observar que, embora nem sempre admitam ou percebam, os (as) parceiros (as) em várias situações reproduzem quase compulsoriamente a heteronormatividade, o que contraria a ideia de que há algo específico no exercício da homoparentalidade devido à orientação sexual dos pais e mães

The dissertation thesis deals with the issue of registered partnership and with the attitudes of predominantly homosexual public to that institute, new from both social and legal perspective. The task of the delimitation of theoretical context is to state basic concepts related to the topic. That part deals further with registered partnership, its legal and social aspects in selected European Union countries. The research part includes processing and evaluation of data got by quantitative method of questioning, when opinions of homosexual, heterosexual and bisexual respondents on the current legal regulation of homosexual couples were ascertained with the help of anonymous questionnaire investigation. Also the method of qualitative research in form of group discussion was chosen for processing of the empirical part of the thesis. The goal of the thesis was to ascertain whether the legislation is convenient from the point of view of homosexual couples and whether there are not any forms of discrimination with regard to sexuality. The author deals marginally also the sphere of parenthood in the research part and ascertains whether more female or male couples live together. Last but not least she tries to outline the issue of discrimination. The thesis allows viewing the attitudes of heterosexual, bisexual and homosexual respondents to selected discrimination areas of this issue.

The master thesis "Public attitude towards parenting of homosexual individuals and couples" deals with an attitude of Czech public towards parental rights of homosexuals and attitude of European public towards alternative family forms with focus on homoparental families. The topic requires attention as part of Czech legislators currently tries to pass the novella of Registered Partnership Act, which would enable homosexuals to adopt children of their partners; and with regard to the impact of public attitude towards homoparental families on these families. The current legislation concerning homosexual rights is described in the paper along with the up to now legislative process of submitted novella of the law. Also other ways of becoming parents besides the adoption of partner's child which homosexuals can use in the Czech Republic or elsewhere are presented. The thesis then focuses on adoption and assisted reproduction. Attitude of Czech public towards these parental rights of homosexuals is subject of own quantitative research, in which also predictors of this attitude and groups of people with more negative and more positive attitude than the rest of the population are identified. The following analysis of publicly accessible data shows the development of Czech attitude towards adoption of...