Pentaris, Panagiotis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5593-8555 (2019) A constructive analysis of the formation of LGBTQ families: Where Utopia and Reality meet. International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 13 (1). pp. 60-65. ISSN 2070-3783

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Abstract

The issue of social and legal recognition of LGBTQ families is of high importance when exploring the possibility of a family. Of equal importance is the fact that both society and the individual contribute to the overall recognition of LGBTQ families. This paper is a conceptual discussion, by methodology, of both sides; it uses a method of constructive analysis to expound on this issue. This method’s aim is to broaden conceptual theory, and introduce a new relationship between concepts that were previously not associated by evidence. This exploration has found that LGBTQ realities from an international perspective may differ and both legal and social rights are critical toward self-consciousness and the formation of a family. This paper asserts that internalised and historic oppression of LGBTQ individuals, places them, not always and not in all places, in a disadvantageous position as far as engaging with the potential of forming a family goes. The paper concludes that lack of social recognition and internalised oppression are key barriers regarding LGBTQ families.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Family, gay, LGBTQ, self-worth, social rights
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM) Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Health & Society Research Group Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > Centre for Applied Sociology Research (CASR) Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Chronic Illness and Ageing
Last Modified:	19 Nov 2021 01:58
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/22843

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