Assisted Human Reproduction: Issues for Takatāpui (New Zealand Indigenous Non-Heterosexuals)

Autor:	Lorna Dyall, Marewa Glover, Alvie McKree
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	education.field_of_study business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Population Heterosexism Gender studies Fertility Focus group Indigenous Gender Studies Human reproduction Key informants Medicine business education Social Sciences (miscellaneous) media_common Qualitative research
Zdroj:	Journal of GLBT Family Studies. 5:295-311
ISSN:	1550-4298 1550-428X
Popis:	GLBT people's right to access assisted human reproduction (AHR) technologies have been widely discussed, but their attitudes toward and experiences of AHR remain relatively unexplored. In New Zealand, the attitudes of the indigenous Māori population toward AHR have also not been comprehensively studied, largely because of the misperception that Māori enjoy optimal fertility. This paper presents, for the first time, the views of takatāpui (Māori GLBT individuals) toward AHR gathered within a larger qualitative study that used key informant interviews and focus groups with a diverse range of Māori participants. Owing to the importance of children, family, and genealogy in Māori culture, takatāpui experienced the same cultural assumptions that they would have children as heterosexuals. However, homophobia and heterosexism were seen as barriers to takatāpui becoming parents. Concerns were raised that the current underground pathway to parenthood taken by some takatāpui may result in health risks and uncertain...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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