Tasker, Fiona and Moller, N. and Clarke, V. and Hayfield, N. (2018) 'New frontiers of family: LGBTQ people pushing back the boundaries of family'. [Editorial/Introduction]
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Our special issue “New Frontiers of Family: LGBTQ People Pushing Back the Boundaries of Family” has brought together six exciting articles that each reconceptualize families formed by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ) people beyond the Standard North American Family model (SNAF; Smith, 1993). The SNAF has been the dominant ideological model of family in the United States of America and in Europe too, although it is hard to argue for a single unified model across the varying family traditions (Steinbach, Kuhnt, & Knüll, 2016). Indeed, most contemporary heterosexual two-parent families do not necessarily conform to the SNAF model of a mother and father living together with the father in full-time paid employment and the mother primarily responsible for children and the home (McGoldrick, Garcia-Preto, & Carter, 2015). We are also quick to add that Smith’s definition and astute critique of the SNAF has been the subject of much debate since publication, not least in the Journal of Family Issues (Gavriel-Fried & Shilo, 2017; van Eeden-Moorefield, Few-Demo, Benson, Bible, & Lummer, 2018). Yet the heteronormative lure of the SNAF remains as an ideological model, not least in the appeal of same-sex marriage (Grindstaff, 2003; Hopkins, Sorensen, & Taylor, 2013; Yep, Lovaas, & Elia, 2003). LGBTQ scholars have highlighted how arguments in favor of legal recognition of same-sex relationships often rely on traditional notions of family and relationships and have tended to emphasize similarities between heterosexuals and non-heterosexuals. However, there has also been some resistance to such narratives and there is evidence that lesbians, gay men, and bisexual people may have relationships that are nontraditional in their everyday practices (e.g., Clarke & Finlay, 2004; Green, 2010).
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| Item Type: | Editorial/Introduction |
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| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Fiona Tasker |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2018 13:15 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:42 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/22643 |
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