Abstract Parental acceptance is critical to the well-being of sexual minority youth, yet little research has been conducted with fathers, or with Latinx parents of sexual minorities. Understanding Latinx fathers’ cultural context and how it operates to facilitate or challenge acceptance of their sexual minority child could contribute new knowledge regarding Latinx culture, Latinx families, and intersectionality of identities to enrich clinical work and future research. This manuscript reports on a phenomenological study of a United States (U.S.) sample of Latinx fathers with a gay and/or lesbian child. Qualitative analysis yielded five main themes: (a) cultural values facilitating acceptance, (b) cultural values interfering with acceptance, (c) specific behaviors facilitating acceptance, (d) validation of intersectionality, and (e) benefits of acceptance. Fathers were involved in the lives of their sexual minority children and placed a priority on their membership in the family above cultural prescriptions of sexual identity, yet were open about the struggle inherent in their children’s sexual identity. Fathers’ love, investment, and struggle paid off in the form of strong bonds. Findings provide important context to promote practitioners’ cultural competence, provide potential implications for cultural adaptations, and suggest areas for future research exploring the intersectionality of ethnicity and sexual identity.

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“拉丁裔对家庭的依恋感更强”：拉丁裔父亲对性少数儿童的接受

摘要父母的接纳对于性少数年轻人的福祉至关重要，但很少与父亲或性少数的拉丁裔父母进行研究。了解拉丁裔父亲的文化背景以及其如何促进或挑战接纳其性少数族裔的孩子，可能会为拉丁裔文化，拉丁裔家庭以及身份的交叉性提供新知识，从而丰富临床工作和未来研究。这份手稿报道了一项对美国（有同性恋者和/或女同性恋者）的拉丁裔父亲进行的样本的现象学研究。定性分析产生了五个主要主题：（a）促进接受的文化价值；（b）干扰接受的文化价值；（c）促进接受的特定行为；（d）验证交叉性；（e）接受的好处。父亲参与性少数孩子的生活，并优先考虑其家庭成员身份，而不是性认同的文化规定，但他们对孩子性认同固有的斗争持开放态度。父亲的爱，投资和奋斗以牢固的纽带得到了回报。研究结果为提升从业者的文化能力提供了重要背景，为文化适应提供了潜在的启示，并为今后探索种族与性认同的交叉性提出了建议。但他们对孩子的性身份固有的斗争持开放态度。父亲的爱，投资和奋斗以牢固的纽带得到了回报。研究结果为提高从业者的文化能力提供了重要背景，为文化适应提供了潜在的启示，并为今后探索种族与性认同的交叉性提出了建议。但他们对孩子的性身份固有的斗争持开放态度。父亲的爱，投资和奋斗以牢固的纽带得到了回报。研究结果为提升从业者的文化能力提供了重要背景，为文化适应提供了潜在的启示，并为今后探索种族与性认同的交叉性提出了建议。