LGBTQ family life is often filled with paradoxical situations that reflect cultural and moral contradictions about gender roles, family structures, and sexual norms.
Same-sex couples may find...
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: How lgbtq family life challenges traditional gender roles and sexual norms
Queer approaches to bodily integrity and autonomy challenge normative bioethical frameworks and legal standards because they reject the idea that there are universal norms for how bodies and...
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: sexuality exploration: challenging normative bioethics with queer approaches to bodily integrity and autonomy
Queer parenting refers to the practice of forming families outside of heteronormative systems, where parents may be of the same gender or multiple genders and children are raised in non-traditional...
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: Sexual reproduction challenges traditional family dynamics: queer parenting redefines care & gender roles
Queer Conceptualizations of Happiness
Happiness is typically understood within a heteronormative framework that emphasizes monogamy, procreation, and conventionally attractive standards of...
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: Queer conceptualizations of happiness: exploring alternative understandings of fulfillment
In a heteronormative world, many families are formed through marriage between cisgender men and women who have children together.
For queer individuals, the traditional definition of family is...
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: Redefining family: strategies for queer communities to challenge heteronormative concepts
The visibility and acceptance of LGBTQ+ communities have increased significantly, leading to more opportunities for same-sex couples to become parents through surrogacy, adoption, or assisted...
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: Sexuality: how queer parents navigate structural inequities in the family system
LGBTQ families are made up of individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning their gender identity or sexual orientation. They often have different family...
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: Sexual intimacy and the lgbtq family: exploring nonheteronormative challenges in parenthood, authority, and nurturing
How might queer ethical perspectives inform debates on reproductive technologies, bodily autonomy, and emerging bioethical issues in non-normative relational contexts?
Queer theories have become...
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: Queer ethics and reproductive technologies: a new perspective
LGBTQ families have been using assisted reproductive technology for decades to create children through various methods such as artificial insemination, IVF, and adoption.
The process of creating...
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: How do lgbtq families choose between surrogacy and other methods for creating children?
There is a widespread assumption that having children implies heterosexual marriage. Many people believe that a man's role in parenting is to be a father, while a woman's is to be a mother.
This...
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: Uncovering the complexities of queer family structures: challenging traditional parenthood norms