Although there is a growing body of knowledge focusing on lesbian families and their parenting experiences, African American lesbian mothers are often underrepresented in research. This qualitative exploratory study aims to understand the constructions and perspectives of African American lesbian mothers, from an urban East Coast area, on risk and well-being. Fifteen in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed at the end of 2016, coinciding with the presidential election yielding main themes that were significant for the participants pertaining to the mothers’ experiences and construction of the challenges and risks to well-being. Main themes first focused on discrimination and insensitivity in everyday spaces; then moved into the effects of political climate on perceived safety and security, conditions and unintended consequences of the coming out process; and ended with strategies for reducing risk. Adoption of an intersectional framework to discuss our findings allowed us to explore the ways in which multiple identities engage to shape experiences and constructions of risk and well-being among African American lesbian parents. The results suggest the importance of context (e.g., political, historical, gender-related, racial) when working with LGBTQ+ families of color.

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“始终考虑安全”：非裔美国女同性恋母亲对风险和幸福的看法

尽管越来越多的知识关注女同性恋家庭及其育儿经历，但非裔美国女同性恋母亲在研究中的代表性往往不足。这项定性探索性研究旨在了解来自东海岸城市地区的非裔美国女同性恋母亲对风险和福祉的构建和观点。在 2016 年底进行并分析了 15 次深入的半结构化访谈，恰逢总统选举，产生了对参与者具有重要意义的主题，这些主题涉及母亲的经历以及对幸福的挑战和风险的构建。主题首先集中在日常空间中的歧视和麻木不仁；然后进入政治气候对感知安全和保障的影响，出柜过程的条件和意外后果；并以降低风险的策略结束。采用交叉框架来讨论我们的研究结果使我们能够探索多重身份参与塑造非洲裔美国女同性恋父母的经历和风险和幸福感的方式。结果表明，在与 LGBTQ+ 有色人种家庭合作时，背景（例如，政治、历史、性别相关、种族）的重要性。