Parents' Leisure, LGB Young People and “When We Were Coming Out”

Trussell, Dawn E.

doi:10.1080/01490400.2016.1151844

Cited by 10 publications

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“…Furthermore, when considering participants who experienced disclosure less recently, the data show that the integration and social meaning-making efforts seem to allow them to achieve greater wellbeing over time. This is in line with the scientific literature that theorizes that parents slowly integrate and make sense of this stressful experience and perceived loss as they grow past the negative feelings associated with it (Broad 2011;Carbone et al 2022;Goodrich 2009;Trussell 2017), as it often happens when dealing with the grief caused by the death of someone close. Therefore, considering the results of this investigation, it seems that the aftermaths of both the disclosure event and the loss of a dear person follow similar patterns.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

“…Some parents may go through a coming out process paralleling their child's, as they must develop new identities, crafting new personal narratives as parents of an LGBTQIA+ child (Carbone et al 2022), but still feeling the need to conceal their new identity (Goodrich 2009). This behavioral pattern also appears to extend to parents who immediately show acceptance and support following their child's disclosure (Trussell 2017). The latter also seem to experience many negative emotions, such as loss, fear, hurt, denial, self-blame, shame, guilt, or even despair (Goodrich 2009).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the intermediate phase, parents often emphasize cognitive and behavioral strategies while attending to the emotional issues related to external people's perspectives and their possible judgment. The third and final adjustment phase is ideally characterized by the resolution of moral and spiritual issues, allowing parents to fulfill their emotional, social, and moral needs and duties by being able to love their children unconditionally (Broad 2011;Phillips and Ancis 2008;Testoni and Pinducciu 2019;Trussell 2017). However, the possibility of a positive outcome does not invalidate the parents' negative emotions and experiences following their children's coming out.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Is the Coming Out of an LGBTQIA+ Child a Death-like Event for Italian Parents?

Biancotto,

Biancalani,

Ronconi

et al. 2023

Social Sciences

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Parents of LGBTQIA+ individuals often report experiencing an affective state similar to grief after their children’s coming out. The current study explores whether this experience resembles that of people who have recently lost someone close. Furthermore, we tested whether the parents’ alexythimic traits are associated with their grief-like experience. In a sample of 194 parents who experienced their children’s coming out, we administered the Integration of Stressful Life Events Scale (ISLES), the Social Meaning In Life Events Scale (SMILES), and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). The results showed no significant differences in the mean scores of ISLES and SMILES between the present and bereaved samples by their creators. In addition, in the present sample, lower ISLES and SMILES scores were associated with higher alexithymic traits. Overall, these findings suggest a resemblance between the experience of parents following their children’s coming out and that of bereaved individuals. Therefore, they could inform on how to assist parents in coming to terms with the coming out of an LGBTQIA+ child.

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confidence: 99%

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Is the Coming Out of an LGBTQIA+ Child a Death-like Event for Italian Parents?

Biancotto,

Biancalani,

Ronconi

et al. 2023

Social Sciences

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“…That is why being faced with the child's transgender identity may destroy their traditional image and cause a grieving experience (Raj 2008, Wahlig 2015). This kind of suffering could be similar to what is already described by literature with regard to what happens with homosexual coming-outs (Connolly 2005, Perrin-Wallqvist & Lindblom 2015, Trussell 2017. In all of these situations, parental discomfort and inadequate reactions negatively influence the development of their children, whereas, on the contrary, their supportive behaviour facilitates a positive identification and transformation (Olson et al 2016).…”

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 78%

Grieving those Who Still Live: Loss Experienced by Parents of Transgender Children

Testoni

Pinducciu

2019

Gender Studies

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Transgender identity can be defined as the self-awareness of a discrepancy between the assigned sex at birth and the personal gender identity of an individual. This study assumed the constructionist perspective, focused on the influence of culture on sex-typing and the representations of gender in child development. This research considers how parents of transgender children emotionally handled the transition. Being faced with a child’s transgender identity may cause an emotional experience similar to mourning, in particular, ambiguous loss (Coolhart, Ritenour & Grodzinski 2018, McGuire et al. 2016, Norwood 2013). In this qualitative research, 97 associations dealing with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) issues were contacted to recruit participants from three different countries: Italy, Spain and U.S.A. The sample includes 18 parents of trangender people who completed an ad hoc questionnaire. A brief standard story was constructed about an experience of sexual transition, followed by some questions on the experience of parental mourning during the transgender transition of their children. The corpora were analysed in the three original languages, and the analysis was performed with Atlas.ti. From the qualitative analysis of the texts that describe parents’ experience, three fundamental elements emerged. The first is inherent to the mourning orientation to loss and the fear of death; the second to the disenfranchisement of mourning and transgender identity between family and society; and the third illustrates the final restorative outcome of mourning.

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Resilience in the Face of Heteronormativity: Experiences of Non-heterosexual Young Women in the Family Home in Manresa, Catalonia

Pascual-Bordas

2022

Mapping LGBTQ Spaces and Places

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Parents' Leisure, LGB Young People and “When We Were Coming Out”

Cited by 10 publications

References 27 publications

Is the Coming Out of an LGBTQIA+ Child a Death-like Event for Italian Parents?

Is the Coming Out of an LGBTQIA+ Child a Death-like Event for Italian Parents?

Grieving those Who Still Live: Loss Experienced by Parents of Transgender Children

Resilience in the Face of Heteronormativity: Experiences of Non-heterosexual Young Women in the Family Home in Manresa, Catalonia

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