"It wasn't feasible for us": Queer Women of Color Navigating Family Formation
"It wasn't feasible for us": Queer Women of Color Navigating Family Formation
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DOI：
10.1111/fare.12303
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发表时间：
2018-02-01
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影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Torres, Maria
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作者：
Karpman, Hannah E.;Ruppel, Emily H.;Torres, Maria
这项横断面分析旨在探索有色人种女同性恋者、双性恋者和酷儿(LBQ)女性如何理解和驾驭家庭形成决定。背景家庭形成研究中心白人异性恋父母和异性恋途径(即收养和冷冻库购买精子)。对于有色人种家庭中的LBQ父母，我们对13次访谈进行了定性分析，考察了(A)有色人种同性恋女性选择已知捐赠者的过程，(B)有色人种同性恋女性在选择捐赠者时优先考虑的特征，以及(C)女性与外部机构(例如，冷藏库)的互动和受压迫的种族主义家庭形成做法如何影响她们的决策。结果：参与者选择已知捐赠者的过程是因为所需的捐赠者特征无法通过商业精子库获得，特别是关于一个可以被认识并反映特定种族、民族和文化特征的人的交集。这一决定与她们的个人身份和这些身份的交集高度相关。结论有色人种LBQ女性可能会选择已知的捐精者，并寻求将生物技术的使用降至最低，因为她们不认为其他替代方案(例如，从银行获得的精子)是可取的或可行的。含义发现引发了对冷藏库系统的重新想象，该系统在关系模型而不是生物医学模型上运行，并需要在白色、异形范式之外实践的服务。
ObjectiveThis intersectional analysis was designed to explore how lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women of color understand and navigate family formation decisions.BackgroundFamily formation research centers White heterosexual parents and heteronormative pathways (i.e., adoption and cryobank purchased sperm). Choosing a known donor may be a way for LBQ women of color to circumvent a process that has not been responsive to their needs.MethodOur qualitative analysis of 13 interviews of LBQ parents in families of color examined (a) the processes through which queer women of color arrive at the selection of a known donor, (b) the characteristics that queer women of color prioritize in donor selection, and (c) how women's interactions with external institutions (e.g., cryobanks) and histories of oppressive racialized family formation practices influence their decision-making.ResultsParticipants arrived at the selection of known donors because the desired donor characteristics were unavailable through commercial sperm banks, particularly with regard to the intersection of a person who could be known and mirrored specific racial, ethnic, and cultural characteristics. This decision was highly connected to their individual identities and the intersections of those identities.ConclusionLBQ women of color may choose known sperm donors and seek to minimize their use of biotechnology because they do not consider other alternatives (e.g., bank-acquired sperm) desirable or feasible.ImplicationsFindings invite the reimagination of a cryobanking system that operates on a relational rather than biomedical model and the need for services that practice outside of White, heteronormative paradigms.