This talk will draw from the author’s 13 years of longitudinal research with lesbian and gay adoptive families. It will begin by addressing same-sex couples’ transition to parenthood, including their decision-making around adoption type and child characteristics (e.g., race), how they navigate parental roles and the division of labor, and parents’ mental health and relationship quality across the transition. Lesbian/gay parents’ intimate relationship functioning will also be addressed, including factors that optimize relationship quality, dynamics and demographics associated with relationship decline and dissolution/divorce, and custody arrangements. The family-school interface, including parents’ school selection, relationships with teachers and other parents, involvement at school, and advocacy on behalf of their children, will be a focus. Children’s psychosocial adjustment will be addressed, including gender development, mental health, and academic functioning. Finally, lesbian/gay adoptive families’ relationships with birth family will be explored, as well as their approaches to racial socialization of their children.