Family Outings: Disclosure Practices Among Adopted Youth With Gay and Lesbian Parents

Gianino, Mark; Goldberg, Abbie E.; Lewis, Terrence O.

doi:10.1080/10926750903313344

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“…A variant of this approach is a "humanistic strategy that emphasizes a 'colorblind' orientation" (Lee, 2003, p. 721), whereby parents' "humanitarian beliefs" (i.e., people are all the same, love is most important) drive their de-emphasis of race (Barn, 2013;Orbe, 1999). A "colorblind" approach may be more common in transracial adoptions where White parents have adopted children who have a lighter skin tone, as opposed to children with darker skin, because the former group of children tends to more closely resemble their parents and are thus seen as assimilating more easily into mainstream culture (Gianino, Goldberg, & Lewis, 2009). Other transracial adoptive parents have been described as engaging in fairly intensive racial socialization, whereby they explicitly acknowledge racial differences and seek out racially conscious, inclusive educational and social opportunities (Friedlander et al, 2000;Smith, Juarez, & Jacobson, 2011).…”

Section: Racial Socializationmentioning

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Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Adoptive Parents’ Socialization Approaches to Children’s Minority Statuses

Goldberg

Sweeney

Black

et al. 2016

The Counseling Psychologist

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This study examined the narratives of 82 adoptive parents (41 couples: 15 lesbian, 15 gay male, 11 heterosexual) of young children (M age = 5.81 years) with a focus on understanding parents' socialization practices and strategies surrounding race (among parents of children of color), and family structure (among lesbian or gay [LG] parents). Most parents described an engaged approach to socialization surrounding their children's racial minority and LG-parent family statuses, employing strategies such as (a) holding parentchild conversations aimed at instilling pride, (b) seeking communities that reflect their child's identities (more often LG than heterosexual), and (c) educating about racism and heterosexism. Some parents described a cautious approach in which they acknowledged their child's racial background and LG-parent family status but were cautious about not being overly focused on their differences. A minority of parents (more often heterosexual than LG) described an avoidant approach, whereby they did not discuss their child's differences.

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Section: Racial Socializationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Adoptive Parents’ Socialization Approaches to Children’s Minority Statuses

Goldberg

Sweeney

Black

et al. 2016

The Counseling Psychologist

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“…The unique experiences gained by these children have been the subject of recent interview and survey studies. Experiences of openness, disclosure and stigmatization among children in LGBTQ families have been in focus in several studies (van Gelderen, Gartrell, Bos, van Rooij & Hermanns, 2012;Gianino, Goldberg & Lewis, 2009;Goldberg, 2007;Kuvalanka, Leslie & Radina, 2014;Lick, Patterson & Schmidt, 2013;Lubbe, 2008;van Rijn-van Gelderen et al, 2015;Vanfraussen, Ponjaert-Kristoffersen & Brewaeys, 2002), and school experiences among these children have been scrutinized specifically by some researchers (Epstein, Idems & Schwartz, 2013;Streib-Brziĉ & Quadflied, 2012, see also Malmquist, Gustavson & Schmitt, 2013. Another explored issue deals with images of and curiosity about unknown sperm donors (Goldberg & Allen, 2013a;Jadva, Freeman, Kramer & Golombok, 2010;Scheib, Riordan & Rubin, 2005;Vanfraussen, Ponjaert-Kristoffersen, Brewaeys, 2003).…”

Section: Studies On Lesbian Family Life and Practicesmentioning

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Pride and Prejudice : Lesbian Families in Contemporary Sweden

Malmquist

2015

Linköping Studies in Behavioural Science

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To my children, Emil, Nils, Myran and Tove Färgen på barns ögon kommer från arvet, glittret i barns ögon kommer från miljön.The colour of children's eyes comes from nature, the sparkle in children's eyes comes from nurture. AbstractOptions and possibilities for lesbian parents have changed fundamentally since the turn of the millennium. A legal change in 2003 enabled a same-sex couple to share legal parenthood of the same child. An additional legal change, in 2005, gave lesbian couples access to fertility treatment within public healthcare in Sweden. The present thesis focuses on families where two women share legal parenthood of their children. It aims to provide knowledge about lesbian parenting couples and their children, and to focus on the interplay between family members within lesbian families, and between family members and their surroundings. Furthermore, the thesis aims to visualize and analyse notions of heteronormativity and homonormativity in contemporary Sweden. The thesis draws on interviews with 118 parents in 61 families, and 12 children in 11 families. The participants' stories, descriptions, reflections and discourses have been analysed using discursive psychology and thematic analysis.The thesis includes five empirical papers. Paper I focuses on encounters with healthcare professionals prior to and during pregnancy, at childbirth and during the early stages of parenthood. Paper II deals with the participants' experiences of second-parent adoption processes. Paper III focuses on equality in parenting relations. Paper IV focuses on encounters with fertility clinics within public healthcare. Paper V highlights the children's reflections and shows how the children talk about fathers and donors.

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“…Further, most participants also reported homophobic experiences in their interactions with peers, including negative or homophobic comments and instances of harassment or teasing about their familial identities. For many children, school may be the first context in which they experience messages about families that contradict their understanding of their family form and it is in this arena that they experience conflicting messages that serve to support or challenge the validity and normalcy of their familial identities (Fedewa & Clark, 2009;Gianino, Goldberg, & Lewis, 2009;Goldberg, 2007;Ray & Gregory, 2001). …”

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Discursive Struggles Animating Individuals’ Talk About Their Parents’ Coming Out as Lesbian or Gay

Breshears

Braithwaite

2014

Journal of Family Communication

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The goal in the present study was to understand the discourses that animate children's talk about having a parent come out and how these discourses interplay to create meaning. Data were gathered through 20 in-depth interviews with adults who remembered a parent coming out to them as lesbian or gay. One discursive struggle animated the participants' talk about their parents' coming out: the discourse of lesbian and gay identity as wrong vs. the discourse of lesbian and gay identity as acceptable. Analysis of participants' talk about their familial identities revealed a range of avenues for resisting the negative discourses regarding lesbian and gay identities. The findings highlight discursive power in participants' talk about their familial identities and how participants organize the conflicting messages they receive in their culture and in relationships regarding family identities.

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Family Outings: Disclosure Practices Among Adopted Youth With Gay and Lesbian Parents

Cited by 28 publications

References 36 publications

Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Adoptive Parents’ Socialization Approaches to Children’s Minority Statuses

Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Adoptive Parents’ Socialization Approaches to Children’s Minority Statuses

Pride and Prejudice : Lesbian Families in Contemporary Sweden

Discursive Struggles Animating Individuals’ Talk About Their Parents’ Coming Out as Lesbian or Gay

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