*Families We Keep: LGBTQ People and Their Enduring Bonds with Parents*

Queer Recognition, Estrangement, and the Great Grey Area in Between

Cross-stitch watercolor by Demetris Papadimitropoulos When Aly changed hir name, hir mother heard more than a new set of syllables. Margaret told researchers in Rin Reczek and Emma Bosley-Smith’s study that she felt Aly had “divorced the whole family.” Before