Aunties, Aunts, and : The Forgotten Othermother Supporting and Housing LGBTQ Youth
Research on youth can miss important aspects of their lives if this work focuses only on the parent-child relationship. This focus can also overlook Black feminist interventions to understanding the roles of othermothers and can miss how nonparental relatives such as aunts may provide support, housi...
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| author | Brandon Andrew Robinson Amy L. Stone Javania Michelle Webb |
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| description | Research on youth can miss important aspects of their lives if this work focuses only on the parent-child relationship. This focus can also overlook Black feminist interventions to understanding the roles of othermothers and can miss how nonparental relatives such as aunts may provide support, housing stability, and safety for youth. On the basis of a mixed-methods longitudinal study with 83 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth in South Texas and the Inland Empire of California, the authors intervene through examining how aunts’ supportive practices shape LGBTQ youth’s experiences of housing stability and safety. The findings empirically demonstrate how LGBTQ-supportive aunting practices, such as educating other family members about LGBTQ people and housing an LGBTQ nibling, actively challenge cisheteronormativity. This study moves forward research on family processes by not focusing on parent-child relationships or LGBTQ “families of choice” to instead examining how aunts can support LGBTQ youth, disrupt cisheteronormativity, and prevent LGBTQ youth from becoming unhoused. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-210f43865dcb48d58b0b2391527ef3282023-12-22T19:05:47ZengSAGE PublishingSocius2378-02312023-12-01910.1177/23780231231217827Aunties, Aunts, and : The Forgotten Othermother Supporting and Housing LGBTQ YouthBrandon Andrew Robinson0Amy L. Stone1Javania Michelle Webb2University of California, Riverside, CA, USATrinity University, San Antonio, TX, USAUniversity of California, Riverside, CA, USAResearch on youth can miss important aspects of their lives if this work focuses only on the parent-child relationship. This focus can also overlook Black feminist interventions to understanding the roles of othermothers and can miss how nonparental relatives such as aunts may provide support, housing stability, and safety for youth. On the basis of a mixed-methods longitudinal study with 83 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth in South Texas and the Inland Empire of California, the authors intervene through examining how aunts’ supportive practices shape LGBTQ youth’s experiences of housing stability and safety. The findings empirically demonstrate how LGBTQ-supportive aunting practices, such as educating other family members about LGBTQ people and housing an LGBTQ nibling, actively challenge cisheteronormativity. This study moves forward research on family processes by not focusing on parent-child relationships or LGBTQ “families of choice” to instead examining how aunts can support LGBTQ youth, disrupt cisheteronormativity, and prevent LGBTQ youth from becoming unhoused.https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231231217827 |
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| title | Aunties, Aunts, and : The Forgotten Othermother Supporting and Housing LGBTQ Youth |
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| title_short | Aunties, Aunts, and : The Forgotten Othermother Supporting and Housing LGBTQ Youth |
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