LGBTQ Siblings and Family of Origin Relationships

Barrow, Katie M.; Allen, Katherine R.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-35610-1_16

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“…As Stocker et al (2020) found, warm sibling relationships in later life are important for health and wellbeing, particularly limiting loneliness. Much of the family-of-origin acceptance of LGBTQ+ individuals focuses on parents and extended family (e.g., grandparents; Grafsky et al, 2018), yet there is limited work on sibling relationships regarding acceptance, and even less on sibling relationships in later life (Barrow & Allen, 2020;Reczek et al, 2021). Focusing on how these older women developed and sustained their familial connections, including understanding through use of the convoy model (Fuller et al, 2020), can shed light on guiding sexual minority youth as they disclose to their family of origin and extended family.…”

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Not alone: Family experiences across the life course of single, baby boom sexual‐minority women

Lavender‐Stott

Allen

2022

Family Relations

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Objective As older LGBTQ+ people are less likely to be married than non‐LGBTQ+ peers and historically may have been disconnected from their families of origin, the aim of this study was to understand the family life of single sexual minority women of the baby boom cohort throughout their lives. Background Singlehood, in general, has meant not being in a heterosexual—or legally recognized—relationship; thus women in same‐sex relationships historically were considered single. As women gained more rights, single and lesbian, bisexual, and queer women have gained opportunities to live outside heterosexual marriage, financially and with regard to social acceptability. Women of the baby boom cohort, born between 1946 and 1964, came of age during this societal shift. Method Framed by feminist and life course perspectives, this study was qualitative, used semistructured interviews, and was guided by a constructivist paradigm and thematic analysis to understand how 13 older sexual minority women perceived family. Findings The women noted their connection to family of origin, then romantic relationships and partners, and currently, identify family as including biological, adopted, and chosen kin. Conclusion Single LBQ women of the baby boom cohort have relational resources through friends as family, biological kin, legal kin, and creating community. Implications More expansive understandings of family, including chosen family and invisible kin, comprise the support networks of older women who have lived outside heteronormativity.

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Not alone: Family experiences across the life course of single, baby boom sexual‐minority women

Lavender‐Stott

Allen

2022

Family Relations

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“…Conversations with brothers, sisters, and fictive kin involve confiding and seeking social support about sexual issues (Haxhe et al, 2018;Wallace et al, 2014). For SMY, siblings are often the first family member they disclose to (Barrow & Allen, 2020;Grafsky et al, 2018).…”

Section: Siblings and Extended Familymentioning

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“…Extended family members such as aunts and uncles also provide information and social support regarding sexuality. For SMY, extended family can buffer relationships between SMY and other family members (Barrow & Allen, 2020;Grafsky et al, 2018;Salvati et al, 2017). More research is also needed to develop a deeper understanding of SMY family relationships beyond the parent-child dyad, particularly as we know parents of SMY report difficulty telling other family members or navigating these relationships following their child coming out (Grafsky, 2014).…”

Section: Siblings and Extended Familymentioning

confidence: 99%

Adolescent Sexual Development: A Family Perspective

Kaestle

Allen

Wesche

et al. 2021

The Journal of Sex Research

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Adolescent sexual development is informed by individual, relational, generational, institutional, and cultural perspectives. Families matter: they are the social institution at the intersection of adolescent development and broader social systems, charged with the responsibility for rearing children and adolescents to adulthood. This narrative review maps insights from family theory and research onto adolescent sexual development research. Our purpose is to inform sexuality researchers from diverse fields about how family perspectives can enrich understanding of adolescent sexual development. We present the critical, intersectional theoretical framework guiding this review as consisting of three meta-themes for understanding families through an examination of family structure, process, and context. Then, we apply those meta-themes to current research on adolescent sexual development by selectively organizing our review around the contexts of family structural diversity and family relational complexity, demonstrating that both the structure and the process components are embedded within the intersectional and cultural contexts that shape and are shaped by families. Our review demonstrates that diverse, intersectional family structures and transitions may affect adolescent sexual development by influencing family processes, particularly around sexual communication. We conclude with implications of using family perspectives for future inquiry related to adolescent sexual development.

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LGBTQ Siblings and Family of Origin Relationships

Cited by 2 publications

References 67 publications

Not alone: Family experiences across the life course of single, baby boom sexual‐minority women

Not alone: Family experiences across the life course of single, baby boom sexual‐minority women

Adolescent Sexual Development: A Family Perspective

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