The aim of this study was to analyze and critically review how cohabited parents are represented in selected Swedish newspapers during three periods of time. We have conducted a critical discourse analysis and looked at how daily newspapers use the language based on social constructivism. As a power aspect we also used Foucault's power analysis as a theoretical starting point. In the study's results, we saw that the language used in the articles differs depending on the time period they had been published. In the result, we found three general themes that we analyzed: exercise of power within the discourse, norms and categorizations, as well as changes over time. During the years 1992-1993, different expressions were used against same-sex couples, compared to today. In 2002, the focus instead was on the adoption issue. In the later period, 2017-2018, the result showed that the policy took more place in the articles. Same-sex parents also expressed themselves in the media and they described how they still felt excluded in a society dominated by heterosexual norms.

San Antonio has the highest percentage of same-sex couples raising children compared to any other major metropolis in the nation. The unlikely emergence of San Antonio as a haven for same-sex parents is tied to many complex issues and themes – it touches on history, religion and race deep in the heart of Texas. Below its seemingly conservative surface, San Antonio has a decidedly liberal undercurrent: Its liberal legal system, a network of Catholic leaders quietly supports the gay families, and the Latino community that presents a tolerant side. The story explores the question: How can San Antonio have such high numbers of gay parents, but still be seen by gay parents as a hostile place to live? That seeming dichotomy speaks to the ongoing tension in the nation where liberals push for civil rights, while conservatives push to preserve traditional family values. The battles in the political, religious and cultural arenas in San Antonio exemplify the longstanding tug of war over family values in this country and might help us understand just what the future holds for same-sex couples in the rest of American society. / text

I och med att regnbågsfamiljer blir allt vanligare ökar kraven på ett likvärdigt och professionellt bemötande, vilket således ställer krav på kunskap och kompetens hos professionella. Samtidigt råder fortfarande heteronormativa föreställningar om familjen i samhället. Denna kvalitativa intervjustudie undersöker, utifrån en socialkonstruktivistisk ansats, hur familjebehandlare förhåller sig till heteronormen i mötet med samkönade föräldrar. Genom tematisk analys och med utgångspunkt i queerteorin och dess heteronormativitetsbegrepp, i kombination med de teoretiska begreppen stigmatisering, under- och överfokusering, exotifiering samt den heterosexuella matrisen, har fem teman av familjebehandlares föreställningar kring bemötande av samkönade föräldrar urskilts. De teman som framkommit i materialet är att ha samma bemötande oavsett sexuell läggning, att göra anpassningar för inkludering i bemötandet, att förhålla sig nyfiket till samkönade par, att se kunskap som centralt för att säkerställa ett gott bemötande, samt föreställningar kring kön och sexualitet. I familjebehandlarnas resonemang kan heteronormativa föreställningar urskiljas men även försök till motstånd och förändring. Detta motstånd mot heteronormativt bemötande av samkönade föräldrar, riskerar dock att oavsiktligt reproducera heteronormativa föreställningar.

Submitted by Eunice Novais (enovais@uepg.br) on 2017-08-17T20:47:35Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) Maria Cristina R Baranoski.pdf: 2101027 bytes, checksum: da2c1f4c2498c0a4a6b51227e3f9e854 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-17T20:47:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) Maria Cristina R Baranoski.pdf: 2101027 bytes, checksum: da2c1f4c2498c0a4a6b51227e3f9e854 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-06 / A afetividade é o componente do vínculo familiar que marca a repersonalização do direito de família, abre a possibilidade do reconhecimento da união de pessoas do mesmo sexo como família, com direito a pater/maternidade. Mas, ainda há a imagem da formação da família tradicional patriarcal, deixando as demais configurações invisibilizadas. Partindo da ideia do direito fundamental da criança à convivência familiar e considerando a família e a escola como integrantes do sistema de garantias dos direitos da criança e do adolescente, a pesquisa tem por objeto as relações cotidianas que a escola, enquanto ator do sistema de garantias dos direitos da criança e do adolescente, estabelece com a família homoparental. A hipótese que orientou a pesquisa é de que no contexto escolar a família homoparental é uma realidade invisível. O objetivo geral consiste em analisar a forma pela qual, escolas do sistema estadual de ensino Núcleo Regional de Educação/Ponta Grossa - Estado do Paraná, trabalham as demandas da família homoparental, considerando o cotidiano escolar e as políticas públicas da educação. A pesquisa tem caráter qualitativo, realizada a partir do método hipotético dedutivo. A metodologia utilizada é o estudo de caso. O percurso metodológico se deu com a pesquisa bibliográfica, documental e de campo. Na pesquisa de campo foi utilizada a abordagem bola de neve visando localizar experiências da família homoparental e a relação com a escola, no Núcleo Regional de Educação de Ponta Grossa. Os dados de campo foram coletados na forma de: observação; entrevista semiestruturada; documentos institucionais da escola, como o Projeto Político Pedagógico, os Planos de Educação, a partir das categorias da pesquisa. Com a analise de conteúdo se fez a análise e interpretação dos dados. A analise de conteúdo do material coletado foi realizada considerando as categorias: escola; família; diversidade; família homoparental; sistema de garantias dos direitos da criança e do adolescente; educação para a diversidade; estigma; estereótipo; preconceito; discriminação; visibilidade/invisibilidade; exclusão. Os resultados obtidos confirmam a hipótese da invisibilidade da família homoparental nos documentos e no cotidiano escolar, demonstrando os desafios que ainda se apresentam às crianças e suas famílias no sentido de garantir o direito de acesso e permanência da criança na escola, livre de quaisquer formas de violência originada do preconceito e exclusão. Demonstraram que a escola não conhece o histórico das suas crianças, especialmente a sua configuração familiar, tem dificuldades para entender as configurações familiares contemporâneas, e, reproduz padrões sociais hegemônicos. A falta de práticas inclusivas na escola para a acolhida e reconhecimento da família homoparental traz como consequência a falta de cumprimento, pela escola, da sua função de proteger plenamente o direito da criança à convivência familiar e comunitária e à educação, confirmando a hipótese que orientou a pesquisa, de que no contexto escolar a família homoparental é uma realidade invisível. invisibilidade/visibilidade. / The affectivity is the component of the family bond that marks the new personalization of the Family Law and it opens the possibility of the recognition of the union of people of the same sex like family, with the paternity / maternity right. But there is still the image of the formation of the traditional patriarchal family, leaving this way the other settings invisible. Starting from the idea of the fundamental right of the child to the familiar living and considering the family and the school as members of the system of guarantees of the rights of the child and the adolescent, the research aims to observe the daily relations established by the school, as performer of the system of guarantees of the rights of the child and the adolescent, with the same-sex parents family. The hypothesis that guided the research is that in the school context the same-sex family is an invisible reality. The general aim is to analyze the way in which the schools of the state education system NRE / Ponta Grossa - State of Paraná work the demands of the same-sex family considering the school routine and the public policies of education. The research has a qualitative character, based on the hypothetical deductive method. The methodology used is the case study. The methodological course was the bibliographical, documental and the field research. In the field research the snowball approach was used to identify experiences of the same-sex parents family and its relation with the school, in the Regional Center of Education of Ponta Grossa-PR. The field data were collected through the: observation from; a semi structured interview; school documents such as the political pedagogical project, education plans, from the categories of the research. The interpretation and date analyses was done through the content analysis. The content analysis of the collected material was carried out considering the categories: school; family; diversity; same-sex parents family; system of guarantees for the rights of child and adolescents; education for diversity; stigma; stereotype; prejudice; discrimination; visibility / invisibility; exclusion. The results confirm the hypothesis of the invisibility of the same-sex parents family both in part of the legislation, or in the documents and in the school daily routine, demonstrating the challenges that are still present to the children and their families in order to guarantee the right of access and permanence of the child in the school. free from any form of violence originated from the prejudice and the exclusion. The research results showed that school does not know the history of its children, especially its family configuration and it has difficulty in understanding the contemporary family configurations, and it reproduces the hegemonic social patterns. The lack of inclusive practices in the school for the acceptance and recognition of the same-sex parents family results in a failure by the school in fulfilling its function of fully protecting the right of the child to familiar and community living as well as to education, confirming the hypothesis that guided the research, that in the school context same-sex parents family is an invisible reality.

Samkönade individer exkluderas i vardagliga sammanhang utefter sexualitetens normer. I föreliggande studie var syftet att få en fördjupad förståelse av hur samkönade föräldrar upplever bemötandet inom förskola/skola och vården. Studien är uppbyggd av en kvalitativ metod med semistrukturerade intervjufrågor där fem kvinnor samt fem män deltagit. Under tolkningsprocessen användes en tematisk analys. I resultatet presenteras respondenternas upplevelser av bemötandet inom förskola/skola och vården mestadels positivt, dock finns det specifika sammanhang där respondenterna upplevt obekväma situationer. Flera av respondenterna nämner att personalen behöver ha ett mer normkritiskt arbetssätt för att på så vis inkludera alla i bemötandet. Respondenterna upplever att de obekväma situationerna uppstår på grund av kunskapsbrist och att personalen är i behov av kompetensutveckling.Resultatet visar att respondenterna är trygga i sig själva och har utvecklats positivt enligt identitetsprocessen därför lägger de ingen större vikt i ett sämre bemötande samt hur samhällets normer påverkar individens självkänsla när de avviker från det som anses vara normalt. Diskussionen handlar om hur och varför sociala kategoriseringar bildas samt varför de existerar. En slutsats är att klimatet för samkönade individer är öppet men att heteronormen är starkt implementerat i samhällets strukturer och kan skapa exkludering. / Same-sex parents often feel excluded in everyday contexts due to the norms of sexuality. The aim of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of how same-sex parents experience treatment in preschool/school and healthcare. The study is based on a qualitative method with semistructured interview questions where five women and five men participated. The interviews have been thematically analyzed. The result presents the respondents' experiences of treatment in preschool/school and healthcare as mostly positive, while some respondents experienced uncomfortable situations in specific contexts. Several of the respondents mention the need for a more norm-critical approach among employees in preschool/school and healthcare in order to include all parents. The study further states that the respondents are confident in themselves and have developed positively pursuant to the identity process, and thus do not lay much importance in inferior treatment and do not experience that a deviation from societal norms have much impact on the individual's selfesteem. The discussion addresses the creation of social categorization and why it still exists in preschool/school and healthcare. One conclusion of this study is that the climate for same sex parents today is considered to be open albeit the heteronormativity is strongly implemented in preschool/school and healthcare which can create exclusion.

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Options and possibilities for lesbian parents have changed fundamentally since the turn of the millennium. A legal change in 2003 enabled a same-sex couple  to share legal parenthood of the same child. An additional legal change, in 2005, gave lesbian couples access to fertility treatment within public healthcare in Sweden. The present thesis focuses on families where two women share legal parenthood of their children. It aims to provide knowledge about lesbian parenting couples and their children, and to focus on the interplay between family members within lesbian families, and between family members and their surroundings. Furthermore, the thesis aims to visualize and analyse notions of heteronormativity and homonormativity in contemporary Sweden. The thesis draws on interviews with 118 parents in 61 families, and 12 children in 11 families. The participants’ stories, descriptions, reflections and discourses have been analysed using discursive psychology and thematic analysis. The thesis includes five empirical papers. Paper I focuses on encounters with healthcare professionals prior to and during pregnancy, at childbirth and during the early stages of parenthood. Paper II deals with the participants’ experiences of second-parent adoption processes. Paper III focuses on equality in parenting relations. Paper IV focuses on encounters with fertility clinics within public healthcare. Paper V highlights the children’s reflections and shows how the children talk about fathers and donors. / För lesbiska par har förutsättningarna för föräldraskap förändrats i grunden sedan millennieskiftet. År 2003 möjliggjorde en lagändring att ett barn kan ha två rättsliga föräldrar av samma kön. Ytterligare en lagändring öppnade år 2005 möjligheten för lesbiska par att få barn genom assisterad befruktning inom svensk sjukvård. I avhandlingen fokuseras familjer där två kvinnor delar det rättsliga föräldraskapet om sina gemensamma barn. Studien syftar till att bredda kunskaper om lesbiska familjeliv och fokuserar samspelet mellan familjemedlemmar såväl som samspelet mellan familjen och dess omgivning. Vidare syftar studien till att synliggöra och analysera uttryck för heteronormativitet och homonormativitet i dagens Sverige. Studien bygger på intervjuer med 118 föräldrar i 61 familjer och 12 barn i 11 familjer. Deltagarnas berättelser, beskrivningar, reflektioner och diskurser analyseras med diskursiv psykologi och tematisk analys. Avhandlingen består av fem empiriska artiklar och en kappa. I Artikel I analyseras föräldrarnas berättelser om att möta sjukvården i samband med graviditet och förlossning. Artikel II belyser deltagarnas berättelser om att genomgå en närståendeadoption. I Artikel III fokuseras hur föräldrarna pratar om jämställdhet i sina föräldraroller. Artikel IV analyserar intervjuer med föräldrar som vänt sig till svensk sjukvård för fertilitetsbehandling. I Artikel V, är det barnen som står i fokus. Studien bygger på intervjuer med tolv barn som var mellan 5 och 8 år gamla och växte upp i familjer med två mammor. I artikeln analyseras barnens beskrivningar av pappor och spermadonatorer.

This thesis contains four chapters. The first chapter gives an overview of the current situation concerning same-sex parent families in France. This involves discussions of the PACS (Pacte civil de solidarité), adoption, and marriage, as well as the societal influences that caused the massive negative response to the Taubira law. The second chapter goes into more detail concerning portrayals of homosexuality in French media throughout the years. There is a focus, however, on one of the earliest portrayals of lesbianism in French literature: The Nun by Diderot. Lastly, the third chapter involves further explanation of the history of homosexuality and same-sex parent families. This chapter explores these ideas specifically in the context of French history, as well as how conditions for same-sex parent families have changed in recent years. The fourth and final chapter presents conclusions of the research.

Familienpolitik bezeichnet ein Politikfeld im Wohlfahrtsstaat, dessen Ziel es ist, das Zusammenleben in Familien im Lebensverlauf mit Hilfe von Zeit, Geld und Infrastruktur zu unterstützen. Die Definition von Familie hat sich ebenso wie das Politikfeld stetig gewandelt. Aus Perspektive der (intersektionalen) Geschlechterforschung lassen sich verschiedene historische Phasen seit Gründung der Bundesrepublik beschreiben. Von besonderer Bedeutung ist der paradigmatische Wandel der Familienpolitik seit der Jahrtausendwende: Im Zuge dessen etablierten sich zunehmend ein volkswirtschaftlicher Begründungszusammenhang für Familienpolitik und die Verknüpfung von Elternschaft mit Erwerbstätigkeit.