Hearing the Voices of Lesbian Women Having Children

Wall, Misty

doi:10.1080/1550428x.2011.537231

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“…Almost all the mothers talked about their child's future and were worried about how their two‐mother family structure could affect their child. This concern for the child, who has to live with its mothers’ choice, was also expressed by lesbian mothers in the USA (Wall, ). Some mothers in this study hoped that their child would be a mentally strong person and some feared their child would face difficulties.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Mothers in same‐sex relationships—Striving for equal parenthood: A grounded theory study

Engström

Häggström‐Nordin

Borneskog

et al. 2019

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Aims and objectives To get a deeper understanding of how mothers in same‐sex relationships think and reason about their parenthood in terms of gender equality, and how they experience early parental support from child healthcare professionals. Background There is an increasing amount of research on how women in same‐sex relationships experience healthcare services when forming a family. Yet there is limited knowledge of what kind of early parental support these women may request. Design Grounded theory. Follows guidelines for qualitative research (COREQ). Method Twenty women ranging from 25 to 42 years of age participated in semi‐structured interviews. Data collection and analysis took place in parallel, as recommended in grounded theory methodology. Results The results are described by the core category Same‐sex mothers request professional support to achieve equal parenthood, which includes five categories: (a) equality in everyday life, (b) diversity in mother and child attachment, (c) justification of the family structure, (d) ambivalent thoughts about their child's future and (e) a special need for networking and request for professional support. These findings provide a deeper understanding of how same‐sex mothers experience their parenthood and the parental support that is offered. Conclusion Child healthcare professionals need to be sensitive and recognise both mothers as equal parents and offer early parenting groups where two‐mother families feel included and supported. Relevance to clinical practice Healthcare professionals need to be aware of diverse family formations and meet each parent as a unique individual without heteronormative assumptions. Same‐sex mothers must be treated as equal parents and acknowledged as mothers. Healthcare professionals should offer inclusive and supportive parental groups to same‐sex families. They should also inform and support nonbirth mothers about the possibility to breastfeed.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mothers in same‐sex relationships—Striving for equal parenthood: A grounded theory study

Engström

Häggström‐Nordin

Borneskog

et al. 2019

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…Importantly, this suggests that not all LGBQ people have complete or accurate knowledge about the law, a finding corroborated by Baumle and Compton (2011) and Kazyak (2015). Similarly, Wall (2011) surveyed 479 sexual minority women about their decisions about whether or not to become a parent. She analyzed people's responses to an open-ended question that asked what the most difficult thing is when deciding about whether not to become a mother.…”

Section: Desiring Parenthoodmentioning

confidence: 91%

Law and LGBQ-Parent Families

Kazyak

Woodell

2016

Sexuality & Culture

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This paper addresses how the law affects LGBQ-parent families. We first outline the legal landscape that LGBQ parents face in the US, underscoring that it varies drastically by state and creates inequity for families. Reviewing existing social science research, we then address how the law affects three processes for LGBQ people: desiring parenthood, becoming a parent, and experiencing parenthood. Our review indicates that the law affects if and how LGBQ people become parents.LGBQ people consider the law as they make decisions about whether to pursue adoption, donor insemination, or surrogacy and often view the latter two pathways as the most legally secure. Further, the law continues to be salient for LGBQ parents throughout parenthood and affects family well-being. Specifically, legal inequity diminishes parent's well-being, the relationship among couples who are parenting, and parents' ability to effectively advocate for their children in institutional settings like healthcare contexts. Finally, we address directions for future research for scholars interested in the law, family processes and outcomes, and LGBQ families.

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“…There's, you know, Massachusetts, New York, and California" (p. 376). Other work underscores the finding that legal barriers can negatively impact LGBQ people's perceptions about their ability to become a parent (Brown, Smalling, Groza, & Ryan, 2009;Riskind, Patterson, & Nosek, 2013;Wall, 2011). For instance, based on analysis of survey data from 1,098 gays and lesbians without children, Riskind et al (2013) found that those living in favorable social and legal climates believed they could become parents while those in unfavorable social and legal climates were more likely to report doubts as to whether they could become parents.…”

Section: Social Barriersmentioning

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Law and Family Formation Among LGBQ‐Parent Families

Kazyak¹,

Woodell²,

Scherrer³

et al. 2018

Family Court Review

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This article addresses how the law affects family formation among families with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) parents in the United States. Our discussion draws on a socio‐legal approach to law that focuses not only on the law on the books (what we refer to as “legal barriers”) but also on issues like how the law is practiced, how people experience the law in everyday life, and how the law serves as an interpretive framework through which people understand themselves and their families (what we refer to as “social barriers”). In our review, we highlight how attorneys can play a role in valuing and advancing rights for LGBQ‐parent families and LGBTQ prospective parents.

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Hearing the Voices of Lesbian Women Having Children

Abstract: This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 7[1/2], 2011. Journal of GLBT Family Studies is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp.

Cited by 18 publications

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Mothers in same‐sex relationships—Striving for equal parenthood: A grounded theory study

Mothers in same‐sex relationships—Striving for equal parenthood: A grounded theory study

Law and LGBQ-Parent Families

Law and Family Formation Among LGBQ‐Parent Families

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