Why LGBTQ Adults Keep Ambivalent Ties with Parents: Theorizing "Solidarity Rationales".

Many LGBTQ adults have ongoing relationships with their parents that are ambivalent, typified by both solidarity (e.g., frequent contact, emotional or financial exchange) as well as conflict (e.

How LGBTQ Adults Maintain Ties with Rejecting Parents: Theorizing "Conflict Work" as Family Work.

Objective: The present study examines how LGBTQ-identified adults maintain relationships with parents who reject their LGBTQ gender and sexuality.

Background: Parents often reject their children's LGBTQ gender and sexuality, sometimes leading to relationship dissolution. But how LGBTQ adults maintain parent-child relationships despite parents' LGBTQ rejection is less known.

Before and After "I Do": Marriage Processes for Mid-Life Gay and Lesbian Married Couples.

This qualitative study examines how mid-life gay and lesbian married individuals articulate their decision to marry. Using 2013 data from 30 mid-life couples in Massachusetts, this study challenges previous literature that conceptualized marriage as entirely positive or negative for same-sex individuals. Mid-life individuals' unique social and historical context influence their experiences of marriage, as mid-life individuals have witnessed the rise and feasibility of marriage equality, have formed relationships outside of the bounds of marriage, and have been in committed relationships long before they married.