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ObjectiveThe present study aims to understand how LGBTQ adults characterize the quality of their adult sibling ties, and how the type of sibling relationship (e.g., full, step, half, chosen) informs this characterization.BackgroundAn intragenerational conflict‐solidarity‐ambivalence frame is developed to theorize and empirically examine sibling relationships.MethodsDrawing on an intragenerational conflict‐solidarity‐ambivalence frame, we analyze qualitative in‐depth interview data from 67 LGBTQ adults who identify as having a sibling.ResultsThe quality of sibling ties was characterized in three primary ways: solidary, wherein an adult sibling perceived their sibling bond(s) as high quality due to exchanges of social/emotional/financial/instrumental support and connection, including LGBTQ support; conflictual, wherein the adult sibling tie is painful because a sibling is problematic, is unsupportive of an LGBTQ identity, or because a sibling creates conflict in a relationship with a parent; and tangential, wherein the sibling relationship was never bonded, is distanced, or siblings have their 'own' families and are thus deemed inconsequential. Only full siblings were typified as conflictual, while all sibling types were solidary. Full, step, and half siblings only are characterized as tangential. Differences in sibling quality across gender and sexuality are discussed.ImplicationsThis study contributes to the growing body of research on the quality of family ties in adulthood, providing further insight into how a socially marginalized group is supported, harmed, or perhaps unfazed by their sibling relationships.

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