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This chapter applies a queer gerontology framework to analyse the processes and mechanisms through which heteronormativity seeps into gerontological practice, research, and policy to shape our understanding of family and leisure across the life course. First, we describe how family and leisure has been conceptualized in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) communities historically. Next, we explore family relationships through the ageing process using theoretical frameworks of queer gerontology and a newly emerging queer life course approach. Finally, we examine the age-friendly community movement to discuss how a broader understanding of family and leisure informed by critical theory can shape practice and policy goals to promote and improve the lives of LGBTQ older adults. We argue that ageing-related research, policymaking, and social movements should be committed to representing complex and intersectional lives of older adults as they interact with the structures relevant to their social and physical ecologies. |
