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The Impact of Internalized Stigma on LGBT Parenting and the Importance of Health Care Structures: A Qualitative Study

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  • Carolina Alday-Mondaca

    (Facultad de Humanidades, Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta 1270709, Chile)

  • Siu Lay-Lisboa

    (Facultad de Humanidades, Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta 1270709, Chile)

Abstract

Research on LGBTIQ+ families has focused on the effects of being in a diverse family on the development of children. We seek to show the experience of parenthood from the perspective of LGBTIQ+ people, considering its particularities and the role that health care services play as a potential support network. We used the biographical method through open-ended interviews, participants were LGBT people, and key informants from Chile, Colombia, and Mexico were selected based on a sociostructural sampling. We found that internalized stigma impacts LGBTIQ+ parenting in five ways: the impossibility of thinking of oneself as a parent, fear of violating children’s rights, fear of passing on the stigma, fear of introducing their LGBTIQ+ partner, and the greater discrimination that trans and intersex people suffer. We identified gaps in health care perceptions: the need to guarantee universal access to health care, the need to include a gender perspective and inclusive treatment by health personnel, mental health programs with a community approach, access to assisted fertilization programs, and the generation of collaborative alliances between health services, civil society organizations, and the LGBTIQ+ community. We conclude that the health system is a crucial space from which to enable guarantees for the exercise of rights and overcome internalized stigma.

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  • Carolina Alday-Mondaca & Siu Lay-Lisboa, 2021. "The Impact of Internalized Stigma on LGBT Parenting and the Importance of Health Care Structures: A Qualitative Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(10), pages 1-15, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:10:p:5373-:d:556993
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    1. Rodolfo Morrison & Sebastián Gallardo & Francisca Parra Fuster, 2023. "Heteronormative Representations of the Family and Parenting in Public Policies: Implications for LGBTIQ+ Families," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-13, January.
    2. Rodolfo Morrison & Gabriela Moreno Yates & Jessica Hormazábal Quiroz & Francisca Galdames Baumann & Pablo Olivares-Araya, 2023. "“We Need a Father and a Mother!” Rationalities around Filiation in the State: The Invisibility of LGBTIQ+ Families," Societies, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-17, April.

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