Families We Keep

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<p><b>Why LGBTQ adults dont end troubled ties with parents and why (perhaps) they should</b><br><br><i>Families We Keep</i> is a surprising look at the life-long bonds between LGBTQ adults and their parents. Alongside the importance of chosen families in the queer community, Rin Reczek and Emma Bosley-Smith found that very few LGBTQ people choose to become estranged from their parents, even if those parent refuse to support their gender identity, sexuality, or both.<br><br>Drawing on interviews with over seventy-five LGBTQ people and their parents, Reczek and Bosley-Smith explore the powerful ties that bind families together, for better or worse. They show us why many feel obliged to maintain even troubledand sometimes outright toxicrelationships with their parents. They argue that this relationship persists because what we think of as the natural and inevitable connection between parents and adult children is actually created and sustained by the sociocultural power of compulsory kinship. After revealing what holds even the most troubled intergenerational ties together,<i>Families We Keep</i>gives us permission to break free of those family bonds that are not in our best interests.<br><br>Reczek and Bosley-Smith challenge our deep-rooted conviction that familyand specifically, our relationships with our parentsshould be maintained at any cost.<i>Families We Keep</i> shines a light on the shifting importance of family in America, and how LGBTQ people navigate its complexities as adults.</p>

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<b>Rin Reczek (Author)</b><br><b>Rin Reczek</b> is Professor of Sociology at The Ohio State University. They are the co-editor of<i>Marriage and Health: The Well-Being of Same-Sex Couples.</i><br><br><b>Emma Bosley-Smith (Author)</b><br><b>E</b><b>mma Bosley-Smith</b> is a doctoral candidate in sociology at The Ohio State University.<br><br>

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