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Born to Be Different: LGBTQ2 Children of Heterosexual Families
2022
This chapter aims to challenge heterosexual norms in society by analyzing heterosexual families when confronted with the coming out of one of their children. Starting with the essentialist construction of identities and gender norms supported by the symbolic structure of the natural and traditional (straight) family, we reconstruct paths and dynamics of the response that heterosexual parents give to their LGBTQ2 children. Specifically, this contribution outlines the characteristics of the disclosure processes of homosexual children and the related reactions to such shocking and disorienting events of their families. Finally, we offer parents some good practices to react well and be welcomin…
L’identità sessuale LGBTQI+. Processi sottesi tra vissuti e percezioni degli adolescenti
2022
Adolescence is one of the phases of the family life cycle which is characterized by a fluctuating mix of emotions through changes, evolutions and discoveries; a continuous search for their spaces, their places, their borders and the characteristics of their identity. If this continuous research is combined with a sexual identity that differs from the strongly cisnormal and heteronormed models of contemporary society, the “coming out” of adolescents who belong to the LGBTQI+ community is difficult to manage. […]
Harm principle e offence principle secondo un’etica liberale
2019
In questo articolo, individuerò sette tipi di danni, che possono essere considerati rilevanti o non rilevanti per giustificare l’uso della sanzione penale. Sette tipi di danni utili per spiegare il Principio del danno, che secondo gran parte della dottrina liberale è l’unica ragione o la ragione fondamentale per giustificare l’uso della coercizione da parte dello Stato. Questa operazione concettuale è propedeutica per chiarire il cagionare quali tipi di danni possa essere legittimamente punito in base ad un’etica liberale, e per risolvere un problema fondamentale. Il problema è se, come vorrebbe la strategia di Feinberg, non solo l’Harm principle, ma anche l’Offence principle sia da conside…
A transsexual parent recounts his transition.
2015
Changes in family systems have concerned norms, roles and relational styles. The presence of a trans-sexual father or mother represents a specific condition in the parenting function. When a parent decides to come out about his or her transsexualism, the process of disclosure becomes a family issue and this coming-out may cause, in the transsexual’s partner, sexual rejection, disillusion, anger, identity crisis, alteration in one’s system of beliefs and concern for one’s children. The adjustment process to trans-sexual parenthood entails the acceptance of this new condition and a focusing on the care function, independently of the relationship of the couple. Moreover, difficulties at the le…