Family Is the Beginning but Not the End

Intergenerational LGBTQ Chosen Family, Social Support, and Health in a Vietnamese American Community Organization

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3606145
AutoresJames Huỳnh (0000-0002-8455-7062, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen70
Número7
Páginas1240-1262
Fecha de publicación2023-06-07
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2021.2018879
PMID35007487
OpenAlexW4206814404
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas31
Referencias citadas37

Homophobia and anti-LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) discrimination within ethnic communities can negatively impact the health of LGBTQ people. The formation of chosen families has been a source of social support that may have health benefits for LGBTQ people. This ethnographic study explores how participation in a LGBTQ Vietnamese American community organization reveals the salience of chosen family in informing individual members' perceptions of their health and well-being. Fifteen members were interviewed and over 30 were included in a 6-month participant-observation period. Three themes emerged: 1) queering family and kinship, 2) Vietnamese motherhood and the social reproduction of the family, 3) social ties and community connectedness as relational dimensions of health. Findings suggest that specific ethnic social support via chosen family formations for LGBTQ Vietnamese Americans can shape individuals' sense of self, sense of belonging, purpose in life, and consequently perceptions of well-being

Ethnic group · Kinship · Lesbian · Queer · Salience (neuroscience · Social connectedness · Social support · Sociology · Transgender · Vietnamese · Gender Studies · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology