We Are Family: Queer and Transgender Family Building

Authors

Jennifer M. Gess, Seattle UniversityFollow
Nattalie Wolff-TsengFollow
Kaitlin J. Phelps, The Family Institute at Northwestern UniversityFollow
Madison Morley, The Family Institute at Northwestern UniversityFollow

Association Membership

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Abstract

LGBTQ+ people experience resiliency and discrimination when attempting to build families. There are massive systemic barriers and oppressive walls LGBTQ+ people face when forming either a blended family, trying at-home insemination, using assisted reproductive technology, working with a gestational carrier, or attempting to become a foster parent or adopt a child. Queer reproductive justice provides a foundation for counselors to support clients by using affirmative counseling, providing positive mandatory interactions clients are ordered to during family building, and advocating with and on behalf of their LGBTQ+ clients building families.

Recommended Citation

Gess, J. M., Wolff-Tseng, N., Phelps, K. J., & Morley, M. (2024). We Are Family: Queer and Transgender Family Building. Journal of Counseling Sexology & Sexual Wellness: Research, Practice, and Education, 5 (1). Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/jcssw/vol5/iss1/3