ABSTRACT To date, little is known about how gay male parents discursively create and sustain family identity and how they position themselves in relation to the dominant heteronormative discourses of the traditional family. Framed relational dialectics theory – this study explored the meaning(s) of family and fatherhood in married gay fathers’ relational talk. I interviewed 13 married gay parent dyads and conducted follow-up interviews to collect data across time as well as member check initial results. Using contrapuntal analysis, I identified the discourses of traditional family structure and nontraditional family structure at play. I argue that the couples’ talk reflected discursive struggles to generate relational meanings for their family identities.

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“我们只是一家人，你知道吗？” 在同性父母关系谈话中探讨家庭话语

摘要迄今为止，关于男同性恋父母如何以话语方式创造和维持家庭身份以及他们如何相对于传统家庭占主导地位的异性规范话语而定位自己，还知之甚少。框架关系辩证法理论–本研究探讨了已婚同性恋父亲的关系谈话中家庭和父亲身份的含义。我采访了13个已婚同性父母双胞胎，并进行了后续采访，以收集跨时间的数据以及会员检查初始结果。通过对立分析，我确定了传统家庭结构和非传统家庭结构的论述。我认为，夫妻的谈话反映了为争取家庭身份而产生关系意义的话语斗争。