Upward of 70% of lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth experience some gree of parental rejectn of their sexual inty, which is problematic light of rearch documentg lks between parental rejectn and psychologil difficulti LGB youth. Addnally, emergg rearch suggts …
Contents:
- 'RETURN THE KEY': THE PARENTS WHO REJECT THEIR GAY CHILDREN
- INTY PROFIL LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL YOUTH: THE ROLE OF FAY INFLUENC
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR YOUTH AND FAY ACCEPTANCE
'RETURN THE KEY': THE PARENTS WHO REJECT THEIR GAY CHILDREN
Chris Jewell’s parents disowned him after fdg out he was gay, but he is not alone his story of parental rejectn * parental rejection gay *
The parental anti-LGBTQ bias are at least part rponsible for higher rat of poverty and homelsns as well as worse mental and physil health out among LGBTQ people relative to their cisgenr heterosexual unterparts (Rsell & Fish, 2016; D’ami et al., 2015; Kle & Golub 2016) 1:Key TermsTermsDefnsLGBTQLbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer/Qutng, Asexual, Intersex, and other sexual and genr morized intiCisgenrA person whose assigned sex at birth aligns wh their current genr inty and exprsnTransgenrA person whose genr inty is other than their sex assigned at birth, and/or someone who tak a trans inty that n clu transwoman, transman, or transgenr personGenr QueerA person who chews the bary sex and genr system; a person whose genr inty and exprsn li outsi of the system of ntemporary normative genr tegori of man and womanGenr Non-nformgA person whose genr exprsn and inty differs om or li outsi of the tradnal genr tegori and inti of man or womanAsexualA person who do not have sexual attractn to or sexual tert other people; a person who intifi as an asexualHeterosexualA person who is primarily attracted to people of a different sex; a person who intifi as a heterosexual or straight personBisexualA person who is attracted to men and women; a person who is attracted to people of any genrPansexualA person who is attracted to people of any genrYet, while parents’ disapproval of an LGBTQ inty is a unique and potentially vastatg form of nflict that n rult trangement, recent rearch suggts that the majory of LGBTQ adults rema their parent-child relatnships even the face of ongog rejectn (Fischer & Kalmijn 2020; Hank & Salzburger, 2015; Norwood 2013; Reczek, 2016a, b; Obock, 2013). The risk of poverty and beg unhoed appears particularly pronounced among LGBTQ youth of lor (Murphy & Hardaway, 2017; Jam et al., 2016), although this is not bee parents of lor are more homo/bi/trans phobic than whe parents but bee of the tersectn of stctural and terpersonal racism that shap parents’ abily and rourc to support their children (Murphy & Hardaway, 2017; Robson, 2018; Toomey et al., 2017; Schmz, Robson, & Sanchez, 2020).
INTY PROFIL LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL YOUTH: THE ROLE OF FAY INFLUENC
Even when they’ve been rejected by their parents, many LGBTQ adults take pas to keep relatnships wh their fai – spe the nflict and qutn is: Why?Two soclogists at The Oh State Universy have ma an effort to fd out. They talked extensively wh 76 lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer adults... * parental rejection gay *
For example, as Stone (2020) shows, gay and lbian adults do “fort work, ” which volv ncerted efforts to crease parents’ fort levels wh their sexualy by facilatg their entrance to LGBTQ spac.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR YOUTH AND FAY ACCEPTANCE
* parental rejection gay *
The nstctn of the sexualy variable reprented Table 2 followed a siar procs, wh a wi variety of optns prented, and then a mutually exclive tegoril variable was nstcted wh the tegori: gay or lbian, queer, bisexual, multiple tegori selected, and other (such as pansexual, fluid, straight, etc.