Gibson Margaret F
a School of Social Work , York University , Toronto , Ontario , Canada.
J Homosex. 2018;65(7):860-883. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2017.1364565. Epub 2017 Sep 5.
How are lesbian/gay/bisexual/trans/queer (LGBTQ) parents of children with disabilities categorized by service providers, and how do parents anticipate, interpret, and respond to such categorizations? This intersectional study investigated the experiences of LGBTQ parents of children with disabilities with service providers in Toronto, Canada. Parents described pressures to "fit" into providers' limited understanding of family. Some parents described facing overt discrimination, including one parent who was seen as a possible sexual predator. Some described being perceived as representatives of "diversity" for organizations, or "pet lesbians" in the words of one couple. Others described being misread as a non-parent, as in "just the nanny," particularly in conjunction with their racial minority status. Parents described how their experiences of being "outside the mainstream" helped them challenge systems and normative beliefs. Findings suggest that a context of scarce disability resources shapes parents' experiences of how LGBTQ identity comes to matter.
残疾儿童的女同性恋/男同性恋/双性恋/跨性别/酷儿（LGBTQ）父母是如何被服务提供者分类的，这些父母又是如何预期、解读并回应这类分类的？这项交叉性研究调查了加拿大多伦多残疾儿童的LGBTQ父母与服务提供者打交道的经历。父母们描述了要“符合”服务提供者对家庭有限理解的压力。一些父母称面临公然的歧视，其中一位父母被视为潜在的性侵犯者。一些人说被视为组织的“多元化”代表，用一对夫妇的话说就是“受宠的女同性恋者”。还有一些人说被误认作非父母，比如“只是保姆”，尤其是当他们具有少数族裔身份时。父母们描述了他们“身处主流之外”的经历如何帮助他们挑战现有体系和规范观念。研究结果表明，残疾资源稀缺的环境塑造了父母对于LGBTQ身份如何产生影响的体验。
