ABSTRACT Same-sex parenting in the United States (U.S.) is a rich site for scholars across disciplines to deepen more nuanced and complex understandings of diverse family dynamics. Despite the existence of this growing population that diversifies U.S. family values, communication scholars have long neglected same-sex households in their research agenda. In this qualitative study, we deploy queer theory to expose and call into question the cultural binary between homosexuality and heterosexuality in determining what is viewed as a good and/or culturally acceptable family, through the voices of gay adoptive parents. These voices aim to present how same-sex parents challenge and interrogate normative family discourses and parenting practices. The findings of twenty in-depth interviews identified two interrelated themes. The first theme, queering heteronormative family imagery, unpacks how participants problematize certain heteronormative ideologies that reinforce the traditional concept of family through everyday communication. The second, queering dominant parenting practices, delineates the discursive and material realities of the parenting culture at the intersection of gender, sexuality, class and age. In all, participants’ voices in this study offer a sense of queer intervention in destabilizing taken-for-granted assumptions on how to do family, and further explore (re)constructions and (re)imaginings of what a socially just family could be.

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“我们是不寻常的因素”：与同性恋收养父母争执家庭交往规范

摘要美国的同性育儿是跨学科的学者们丰富的站点，可以加深对各种家庭动态的细微差别和复杂的理解。尽管不断增长的人口使美国家庭价值观多样化，但传播学者长期以来一直在研究议程中忽略了同性家庭。在这项定性研究中，我们运用同性恋理论，通过同性恋收养父母的声音，揭露了同性恋与异性恋之间的文化对立面，从而确定了什么被视为一个良好的和/或文化上可接受的家庭。这些声音旨在说明同性父母如何挑战和审讯规范的家庭话语和养育方式。二十次深度访谈的发现确定了两个相互关联的主题。第一个主题 质疑异规范的家庭形象，解开参与者如何对某些异规范的意识形态提出质疑的问题，这些意识规范通过日常交流强化了传统的家庭观念。第二种方法，奇怪的主导性养育方式，描述了在性别，性别，阶级和年龄的交汇处，养育文化的话语和物质现实。总体而言，本研究的参与者的声音提供了一种奇怪的干预意识，可以破坏人们对如何做家庭的理所当然的假设，并进一步探索（重新）构建和（重新）构想一个社会公正的家庭。在性别，性别，阶级和年龄的交汇处描绘了育儿文化的话语和物质现实。总体而言，本研究的参与者的声音提供了一种奇怪的干预意识，可以破坏人们对如何做家庭的理所当然的假设，并进一步探索（重新）构建和（重新）构想一个社会公正的家庭。在性别，性别，阶级和年龄的交汇处描绘了育儿文化的话语和物质现实。总体而言，本研究的参与者的声音提供了一种奇怪的干预意识，可以破坏人们对如何做家庭的理所当然的假设，并进一步探索（重新）构建和（重新）构想一个社会公正的家庭。