Queer kinship

Experiences of double-motherhood in Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID18960808
AuthorsStephany Yolanda Ril (0000-0003-1417-2244, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Mônica Machado Cunha E Mello (0000-0001-8034-349X, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, corresponding author), Rodrigo Otávio Moretti-Pires (0000-0002-6372-0000, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)
Year2025
Volume28
Issue1-2
Pages235-250
Publication date2025-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSexualities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/13634607231193352
OpenAlexW4385551582
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

A survey was conducted with nine Brazilian cisgender, non-heterosexual women who are mothers, with the aim of understanding the challenges faced by double-motherhood in Brazil. Nine interviews and one focus group were conducted online and asynchronously through WhatsApp. The data was transcribed and subjected to thematic analysis. The findings revealed four categories: IC as a form of resistance; violence and LGBTphobia against queer motherhood; the invisibility of queer motherhood in relation to the state; and queer subjectivity. This research concludes that double-motherhood can be seen as a form of resistance, as the mothers use technologies, such as home insemination

Focus group · Invisibility · Kinship · Qualitative research · Queer · Sociology · Subjectivity · Thematic analysis · Anthropology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies

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