Six homosexual siblings

Abstract

A family consisting of several homosexual siblings is reported. All ten of the siblings in this family were to some degree homosexually experienced. Six were homosexual or predominantly homosexual, and five had a homosexual identity. The sex composition of the family was three females and seven males. Of the three females, one was homosexual, one was bisexual, and one had had some homosexual experience. There was one set of male dizygotic twins concordant for homosexuality in the family. All ten siblings were exposed to relatively similar family dynamics. The father's behavior toward the children and his wife was characterized by hostility, violence, and alcoholism. He was eventually murdered when the youngest child was 6 years old. The mother demonstrated qualities that were essentially opposite those of the father. She was described as affectionate and loving toward all the children, and she did not display violent behavior. The male homosexual sibling who was interviewed displayed a strong identification with his mother via a feminine self-identification, the adoption of the housewife role in a homosexual marriage, and the adoption of the passive role in anal intercourse. Only one other multiple homosexual sibling family has been reported in the scientific literature. This family consisted of 14 siblings, 11 male and three female. The four homosexual siblings in this family were all male and consisted of two sets of dizygotic twins. The behavior of the parents of this family was quite similar to the behavior of the parents in this study-a hostile and violent father and an affectionate and loving mother. These two multiple homosexual sibling families provide support for theories that emphasize the importance of early family relationships in the development of a homosexual adaptation. It is held that multiple homosexual sibling families can be employed as strategic data in testing various etiological theories of homosexuality.

The impact and implications of two or more children identifying as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) within the family system

“…The multiple homosexual sibling families that have been reported provide support for theories that emphasize the importance of family relations in the etiology of LGBT identity." Barry M. Dank 1971 LIST OF TABLES Figure 1: PRISMA 2009 Flow Diagram ....................................................................................... 18 Figure 2: Coding Process Chart .................................................................................................... 48…”

“…One identified strength of having a second child come out, was that it gave the parents a chance to improve aspects of their parenting compared to the first child who came out to them (Borrow, 2014). Dank (1971) is a case study which examined a family consisting of ten children with six of the ten identifying as LGB. The sibling exploration was a case study examining the diversity of this specific family system.…”

“…One identified strength of having a second child come out, was that it gave the parents a chance to improve aspects of their parenting compared to the first child who came out to them (Borrow, 2014). Dank (1971) examined a family consisting of ten children with six of the ten identifying as LGB. The primary goal for this source was to sensitize other researchers to the importance of discovering and noticing that there are systems existing with multiple LGB sibling families (Dank, 1971).…”

“…Dank (1971) examined a family consisting of ten children with six of the ten identifying as LGB. The primary goal for this source was to sensitize other researchers to the importance of discovering and noticing that there are systems existing with multiple LGB sibling families (Dank, 1971).…”

“…Scholars have also examined LGBT individuals coming out to their heterosexual siblings (Hilton & Szymanski, 2011;Hilton & Szymanski, 2014;Savin-Williams & Ream 2003;Huang, Chen, & Ponterotto, 2016), yet there has been limited studies exploring the sibling relationship when there is more than one LGB sibling within the family system. Dank (1971) wrote a case study on a family consisting of six LGB siblings with findings including significant parental influence on their coming out processes and the importance of relatability in terms of sexual orientation. The primary goal of this dissertation is to investigate families with multiple LGB siblings.…”