McKay Kathy, Kennedy Eilis, Wright Talen, Young Bridget
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
University of Liverpool, UK.
Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2025 Apr;30(2):294-308. doi: 10.1177/13591045241288749. Epub 2024 Oct 25.
Previous research has demonstrated the positive associations with parental support with better mental health outcomes in gender-diverse young people. However, less is known about what happens within a family structure if an unsupportive parent or family member leaves the family unit and sees the child only on the condition that they present in a way that conforms to their birth gender. This paper will focus on the first interviews with nine families within the wider sample of 39 families in the LOGIC-Q (Longitudinal Outcomes of Gender Identity in Children - qualitative) study who reported they had experienced rejection by a parent or family member after the young person had disclosed their gender non-conformity. These families' narratives are examined through two themes: How rejection impacts visitation, and Moving past the loss of rejection. The families all spoke about how they had adapted to the loss of their family members. They described how any negative impact would have been worse had they stayed living together, or were in contact with, the rejecting family member. Here, it becomes important then to understand the context of why a gender-diverse young person may choose to no longer see a parent or family member.
先前的研究表明，在性别多元化的年轻人中，父母的支持与更好的心理健康结果呈正相关。然而，如果不支持孩子的父母或家庭成员离开家庭单元，并且只在孩子以符合其出生性别的方式出现时才与孩子见面，那么在家庭结构中会发生什么情况，我们了解得还比较少。本文将聚焦于对LOGIC-Q（儿童性别认同的纵向结果——定性）研究中39个家庭的更大样本里的9个家庭进行的首次访谈，这些家庭报告称，在年轻人披露其性别不一致后，他们遭到了父母或家庭成员的拒绝。这些家庭的叙述通过两个主题进行审视：拒绝如何影响探视，以及如何走出被拒绝的失落。所有家庭都谈到了他们如何适应失去家庭成员的情况。他们描述了如果继续与拒绝他们的家庭成员生活在一起或保持联系，任何负面影响都会更严重。因此，了解性别多元化的年轻人可能选择不再见父母或家庭成员的背景就变得很重要了。
