Abstract LGBTQ+ people face multiple challenges to parenthood because of barriers such as discriminatory legislation and policies influencing foster parenting, adoption, and reproductive health services. This study documents these obstacles and examines their impact through a grounded theory analysis of interviews of LGBTQ+ prospective parents. Stressors included social isolation, unnecessary medicalization, prohibitive financial costs related to accessing social and medical services (sometimes across state lines), and being denied services, parental leave, and insurance coverage. Findings indicate that heteronormative attitudes and discrimination can lead to debilitating and enduring harm upon the economic, emotional, and relational well-being of growing LGBTQ+ families.

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收养，寄养和医疗系统中的歧视如何伤害LGBTQ +家庭：关于准父母的经历的研究

摘要LGBTQ +人由于诸如歧视性的法律和政策等因素影响养育父母，收养和生殖健康服务，面临着父母的多重挑战。这项研究记录了这些障碍，并通过对LGBTQ +准父母进行访谈的扎实理论分析来考察它们的影响。压力源包括社会隔离，不必要的医疗，与获得社会和医疗服务（有时跨州界）相关的高昂财务成本，被拒绝提供服务，育儿假和保险范围。研究结果表明，异性规范的态度和歧视会导致不断增长的LGBTQ +家庭的经济，情感和关系福祉衰弱并遭受持久伤害。