The Coming-Out Process of Gay Grandfathers: Perceptions of Their Adult Children's Influence

Autor:	David A. Jenkins, Nancy A. Orel, Christine A. Fruhauf
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Gender Studies Perception media_common.quotation_subject Perspective (graphical) Coming out Grandparent Lesbian Psychology Social psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Developmental psychology Qualitative research media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of GLBT Family Studies. 5:99-118
ISSN:	1550-4298 1550-428X
DOI:	10.1080/15504280802595402
Popis:	The coming-out process of adolescent and adult gay and lesbian individuals has been examined; however, individuals in late adulthood who come out to family members have been largely overlooked. Specifically, the coming-out process of grandparents to their grandchildren has received scant attention. Guided by the life-course perspective, a qualitative study was conducted to examine the coming-out experiences of gay grandfathers to their grandchildren. Face-to-face, one-time, semi-structured interviews lasting 35 to 90 minutes with 11 grandfathers were conducted to examine their coming-out experiences to grandchildren. Grandfathers reported that their adult children played a profound role in their coming-out process to grandchildren. Adult children were viewed as being a positive force during this process, and grandfathers reported that coming out to their grandchildren was easier than coming out to their own children. Future research would benefit from understanding the grandparent-grandchild relationship ...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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