This article examines how families are theorized at the complex crossroads of age, sexuality, and gender, and explores theoretical innovations derived from analyses embedded in the families of LGBTQ older adults, who have lived outside the embrace of heteronormativity. To address the extent of theorizing, we conducted a content analysis of 36 studies from 2010 to 2019. The articles revealed a social justice orientation that contextualized the marginalization and resilience in the social‐historical framing of LGBTQ older adults' family life. Most articles used theory explicitly or implicitly, including life course, minority stress, and intersectionality theories, and demonstrated the intimate connection of theory and research. Future theorizing about the families of LGBTQ older adults requires more diverse samples, contextualization of LGBTQ older adults' families through critical approaches such as queer theory, and the opportunity to study new avenues into intra‐ and intergenerational family ties in this pioneering population.

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LGBTQ老年人家庭：边缘化，社会历史变化和适应力背景下的创新家庭联系的理论方法

本文探讨了如何在年龄，性别和性别的复杂交汇点上对家庭进行理论化，并探讨了从LGBTQ老年人的家庭中进行的分析得出的理论创新，他们生活在异规范性之外。为了论证理论化的程度，我们对2010年至2019年的36项研究进行了内容分析。文章揭示了一种社会正义取向，将LGBTQ老年人家庭生活的社会历史框架中的边缘化和复原力作为背景。大多数文章都明示或暗示地使用了理论，包括生命历程，少数群体压力和交叉性理论，并证明了理论与研究的紧密联系。未来有关LGBTQ老年人家庭的理论需要更多样本，