Abstract Many individuals experience shifts in their friendship networks after becoming parents. The current study investigated the narratives of how a sample of sixty-six sexual minority women, most of whom do not yet have children but who expect to be parents in the future, perceive the changes in friendship networks following becoming parents. A thematic analysis uncovered three themes: (1) general expectations surrounding future parenthood and friendships; (2) changes in lifestyle and priorities; and (3) LGBTQ + community attachment. Further, the theme of general expectations surrounding future parenthood and friendships was largely represented among lesbian and queer women, while the theme of changes in lifestyle and priorities was predominately represented among lesbian women, and finally, the theme of LGBTQ + community attachment was shared among all sexual minority women in our sample across different sexual identities. We discuss the diversity of shared and non-shared narratives among sexual minority women, the intentionality in how friendship during parenthood is perceived, as well as why some themes were particularly prevalent among women with specific sexual identities.

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性少数群体妇女与父母：无子女和新父母之间的友谊感

摘要许多人成为父母后经历了友谊网络的转变。当前的研究调查了叙事中的六十六名性少数族裔妇女的样本，这些妇女中的大多数还没有孩子，但希望将来成为父母，他们如何感觉到成为父母后友谊网络的变化。主题分析揭示了三个主题：（1）对未来的父母和友谊的普遍期望；（2）生活方式和重点的改变；（3）LGBTQ +社区依恋。此外，围绕未来的父母身份和友谊的普遍期望主题主要体现在女同性恋和酷儿中，而改变生活方式和优先事项的主题则主要体现在女同性恋中，最后，LGBTQ +社区依恋的主题在我们样本中的所有性少数族裔妇女中，以不同的性认同进行了分享。我们讨论了少数族裔女性之间共享和非共享叙事的多样性，在亲子关系中如何看待友谊的意图，以及为什么某些主题在具有特定性别认同的女性中特别普遍。