{"title":"LGB + Moms and Dads: “My Primary Identity… is Being a Parent”","authors":"Brad Forenza, Brian Dashew, C. Bergeson","doi":"10.1080/1550428x.2019.1688215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1550428x.2019.1688215","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Decades of empirical research has demonstrated that same-sex parenting can produce outcomes that are, at least, comparable to hetero-normative parenting. Less research, however, has examined the common, process-oriented experiences of same-sex adoptive parents. To this end, the current study utilized qualitative interviewing techniques, with nine participants, to discern: (1) the ways in which lesbian and gay adoptive parents came to identify as a family, and (2) the ways in which family formation altered lesbian and gay adoptive parent identities. Collective identity theory helped frame the primary findings. While experiences as “lesbian” or “gay” prospectively informed participant conceptions of family, the paramount identity of “parent” retrospectively usurped all other collective identities. Implications for policy, practice, and future research are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":46967,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GLBT FAMILY STUDIES","volume":"17 1","pages":"18 - 29"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2019-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1550428x.2019.1688215","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47685126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stories of Sameness and Difference: The Views and Experiences of Children and Adolescents with a trans* Parent","authors":"S. Zadeh, S. Imrie, S. Golombok","doi":"10.1080/1550428x.2019.1683785","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1550428x.2019.1683785","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Scholarly attention has recently been given to the ways in which gender and parenting identities intersect, yet little is known about how children and adolescents with a trans* parent experience family life and relationships. This article reports data from a qualitative study in the UK based on interviews with 29 children and adolescents aged 5–18, all of whom have at least one parent who is trans*. Drawing upon theories of symbolic interactionism, the study investigated children and adolescents’ meaning-making and experiences of family life and relationships in the context of their parent’s gender identity. Data were analyzed using a theoretically informed thematic approach, which resulted in the identification of four main themes. Overall, findings suggest that parental gender identity does not adversely impact upon how children and adolescents perceive their relationship with their parent, but may be otherwise relevant to their experiences both within and outside of the home. Findings are discussed in relation to theories of family display (Finch, 2007) and discourse dependence (Galvin, 2006), suggesting that combining and extending these perspectives might be useful for understanding the perspectives of children and adolescents in different contexts of family diversity.","PeriodicalId":46967,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GLBT FAMILY STUDIES","volume":"17 1","pages":"1 - 17"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2019-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1550428x.2019.1683785","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47041411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Roberto L. Abreu, Dani E. Rosenkrantz, Jonathan T. Ryser-Oatman, S. Rostosky, E. Riggle
{"title":"Parental reactions to transgender and gender diverse children: A literature review","authors":"Roberto L. Abreu, Dani E. Rosenkrantz, Jonathan T. Ryser-Oatman, S. Rostosky, E. Riggle","doi":"10.1080/1550428X.2019.1656132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1550428X.2019.1656132","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals face stigmatization from family members and peers, placing this group at high risk of adverse outcomes including suicidality, substance abuse, and compromised mental health. This article uses a literature review approach to explore the common experiences of parents of TGD individuals as they navigate their relationship with their TGD children. Across 32 identified studies, the experiences of parental reactions include: (a) initial experiences (including noticing gender atypical behavior, diverse emotional reactions, cognitive dissonance and behavioral avoidance, and lack of knowledge); (b) transformation processes (including seeking informative resources and developing cognitive flexibility, seeking support and making TGD connections, facing barriers and isolation, developing awareness of discrimination and building empathy, and acknowledging the toll on mental health); (c) positive outcomes (including relational benefits, affirmation of values and activism, and new personal narratives); and (d) influences on the process (including time, gender, and attribution of the cause of TGD identity). Recommendations for health service providers include acknowledging diverse emotional reactions and cognitive dissonance, cultivating hope, honoring systemic barriers, and helping parents of TGD individuals create new positive narratives.","PeriodicalId":46967,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GLBT FAMILY STUDIES","volume":"15 1","pages":"461 - 485"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2019-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1550428X.2019.1656132","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49107689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Men are for Sex and Women are for Marriage”: On the Duality in the Lives of Jewish Religious Gay Men Married to Women","authors":"Eyal Zack, A. Ben–Ari","doi":"10.1080/1550428X.2018.1506374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1550428X.2018.1506374","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The aim of this qualitative study was to examine the lived experience of married Jewish religious men who are also gay. Twenty in-depth interviews were conducted with participants, living in Israel, who defined themselves as orthodox Jews and gay men married to women. Phenomenological analysis revealed 3 key themes: a sense of social obligation to marry a woman; a lived reality characterized by split and duality; and a diverse experience that ranges from feelings of shame and guilt to a sense of acceptance and reconcilement. The findings suggest that although some men struggle to manage a life with a secret same-sex orientation while experiencing frustration and distress, other men find much greater meaning and significance in their sense of family and community belonging than in a life lived according to their sexual orientation. The findings indicate the great importance of religious affiliation and beliefs in shaping the lives of these men. Implications for social and practical interventions are discussed, with special reference to the coming out process and the ethical standpoint of the therapist.","PeriodicalId":46967,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GLBT FAMILY STUDIES","volume":"15 1","pages":"395 - 413"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2019-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1550428X.2018.1506374","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42750543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Autumn M. Bermea, Brad van Eeden‐Moorefield, Jacqueline Bible, Raymond E. Petren
{"title":"Undoing Normativities and Creating Family: A Queer Stepfamily’s Experience","authors":"Autumn M. Bermea, Brad van Eeden‐Moorefield, Jacqueline Bible, Raymond E. Petren","doi":"10.1080/1550428X.2018.1521760","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1550428X.2018.1521760","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Although the stepfamily literature is well developed, most examines heterosexual stepfamilies and fails to note the presence of those headed by same-gender couples. This especially is true of male couples assumed unlikely to have children. Our case study uses a queer lens to examine a stepfamily headed by gay men. Family, couple, and focal child interviews were coded using thematic analysis. Findings indicate family members rejected normative family labels (e.g., stepfamily) and wanted to be thought of only as a family. These stepfamily members also performed family in ways that defied heteronormativity; however, they described struggling to do so within legal contexts that favored biological mothers, especially those in heterosexual families.","PeriodicalId":46967,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GLBT FAMILY STUDIES","volume":"15 1","pages":"357 - 372"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2019-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1550428X.2018.1521760","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46498845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A time for reflection","authors":"","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv15wxpm9.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv15wxpm9.21","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46967,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GLBT FAMILY STUDIES","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2019-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68778374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Minority stress in an improved social environment: Lesbian mothers and the burden of proof","authors":"A. Peleg, Tova Hartman","doi":"10.1080/1550428X.2018.1556141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1550428X.2018.1556141","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Minority stress describes the particular stress to which sexual and gender minorities are exposed, due to homophobia and heterosexism. The current study explores whether or not lesbian mothers still experience minority stress in a relatively accepting and inclusive community. Forty women living in planned lesbian families in Tel Aviv were interviewed. An analysis of their narratives indicates that these women struggle with an additional stress factor not mentioned in the original minority stress model: the pressure to prove to themselves and to the majority heterosexual society that they are capable and worthy mothers. We termed this pressure the burden of proof. The burden of proof was manifested by a need to prove excellence in mothering; hypervigilance and standing guard; the pressure to raise children who are both exceptional and “normal” (i.e., heterosexual and cisgender); and the burden of serving as role models for the GLBTQ community. The findings suggest that minority stress continues to operate as an essential and integral experience for same-sex families in an improved social environment. What served to distinguish lesbian from heterosexual families was not any defect in same-sex parenting but the experience of minority stress itself, including as it does the burden of proof.","PeriodicalId":46967,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GLBT FAMILY STUDIES","volume":"15 1","pages":"442 - 460"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2019-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1550428X.2018.1556141","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46807060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Navigating Parenthood as Two Women; The Positive Aspects and Strengths of Female Same-sex Parenting","authors":"Angharad E Titlestad, K. Robinson","doi":"10.1080/1550428X.2018.1423660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1550428X.2018.1423660","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study investigated the positive aspects of female same-sex parenting, and the strengths that these couples may exhibit. We recruited 13 female same-sex couples (n = 26) who participated in in-depth interviews, framed by a hermeneutic approach. Participants described a number of positive factors, which included negotiating a coparenting relationship in the absence of socially prescribed roles, characterized by shared, collaborative parenting. They also described their varying reactions to a heteronormative context, at times advocating for social change in their communities and at other times accepting the social difficulties they face while managing the emotional impact of these for themselves and their children. Their resilience was promoted by the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender and queer (GLBTQ) community and by the efforts of organizations such as schools and hospitals to promote inclusion. The findings are helpful for clinicians working to facilitate positive coping in same-sex parents as well as institutions looking to provide sensitive, relevant and inclusive practice to same-sex parents and their children.","PeriodicalId":46967,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GLBT FAMILY STUDIES","volume":"15 1","pages":"186 - 209"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2019-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1550428X.2018.1423660","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45507049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"LGBTQ + youth: A guided workbook to support sexual orientation and gender identity","authors":"Diona. Johnson","doi":"10.1080/1550428X.2018.1543229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1550428X.2018.1543229","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46967,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GLBT FAMILY STUDIES","volume":"15 1","pages":"210 - 210"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2019-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1550428X.2018.1543229","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47635806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Farr, Ilyssa Salomon, J. Brown-Iannuzzi, C. Brown
{"title":"Elementary School-age Children's Attitudes Toward Children in Same-Sex Parent Families","authors":"R. Farr, Ilyssa Salomon, J. Brown-Iannuzzi, C. Brown","doi":"10.1080/1550428X.2018.1452659","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1550428X.2018.1452659","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT As numbers of families with same-sex parents increase in the United States, children are more likely to encounter diverse family structures. Given that young children can demonstrate in-group bias, prejudicial attitudes, and social exclusion, it is important to understand how children perceive their peers in diverse families. To our knowledge, no studies have assessed elementary-school-age children's attitudes about same-sex parent families. Here, 131 elementary school students (Mage = 7.79 years; 61 girls) viewed images of same-sex (female and male) and other-sex couples with a child and then were asked about their perceptions of these families, particularly the children. Results indicated participants' preferences toward children with other-sex versus same-sex parents. Developmental and practical implications about children's attitudes toward sexual minority parent families are discussed.","PeriodicalId":46967,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GLBT FAMILY STUDIES","volume":"15 1","pages":"127 - 150"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2019-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1550428X.2018.1452659","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46143010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}