Objectives Siblings have been recognized as playing a major role in the coming out
process, because they share the same family as the lesbian and gay individual and are …

Coming out has been described as an essential component in the lesbian, gay, and
bisexual identity development process and in the mental health of sexual minority people …

Siblings play a key, supportive role in the lives of many lesbian and gay adults. Yet siblings
are rarely considered in the literature regarding the coming-out process (D'Augelli et al …

The coming out (CO) is a family process that involves the LGB+ person and all family
members. The present study aimed to analyze the CO process from parents' perspective and …

This article examines how young gay men disclose their sexual identity to family members
and how their family members respond to this disclosure. Qualitative data were collected …

Previous research has shown that the act of disclosing sexual orientation, known as coming
out (CO), yields various benefits for gay and lesbian (GL) persons. Moreover, some …

Objective The study aimed to better understand the complexities of parental responses to
coming out in the narratives from Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, Pansexual, or Two‐Spirited …

In Italy, homosexual people are not allowed to perform donor insemination/surrogacy or
adoption, thus they become parents mainly in the context of previous heterosexual …

Disclosing sexual orientation to parents is a challenging developmental task for lesbian and
gay adolescents. The aim of the study is to investigate parental negative reaction to coming …

This research investigated the coming out decision and process for 23 lesbian and gay
custodial step families. We argue that lesbian and gay stepfamilies represent a unique type …