Cogs in the Machine or Unionized Against Cisheteronormativity: Siblings in the Gender and Sexuality Factory

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dc.contributor.advisorGorman, Bridgeten_US
dc.creatorAlexander, Katherine S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-30T16:37:08Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-08-30T16:37:08Zen_US
dc.date.created2024-08en_US
dc.date.issued2024-07-17en_US
dc.date.submittedAugust 2024en_US
dc.date.updated2024-08-30T16:37:08Zen_US
dc.description.abstractWhile the family has been described as a gender and sexuality factory, most research on gender socialization in families focuses on how parents contribute to or challenge cisheteronormativity in their childrearing and acceptance, rejection, or ambivalence toward their LGBTQ children. This leaves the potentially supportive role of nonparental relatives, such as siblings who act as important peer and family resources and influences, understudied. Drawing on 73 qualitative interviews from a mixed-methods longitudinal study with LGBTQ youth in South Texas and the Inland Empire of California, I analyze the meaning-making narratives that LGBTQ youth use to evaluate their siblings as supportive family members. I find that siblings engage in a range of practices that affirm or resist family cisheteronormativity, with consequences for LGBTQ youth’s wellbeing, sense of safety, and housing stability. This study advances research on gender as an accomplishment through family interactions by demonstrating how siblings hold LGBTQ youth accountable to cisheteronormativity as well as use accountability processes to challenge other family members to recognize gender and sexual diversity.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationAlexander, Katherine S.. Cogs in the Machine or Unionized Against Cisheteronormativity: Siblings in the Gender and Sexuality Factory. (2024). Masters thesis, Rice University. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/117799en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/117799en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectlgbten_US
dc.subjectcisnormativityen_US
dc.subjectheteronormativityen_US
dc.subjectfamilyen_US
dc.subjectsiblingsen_US
dc.subjectgenderen_US
dc.subjectsexualityen_US
dc.titleCogs in the Machine or Unionized Against Cisheteronormativity: Siblings in the Gender and Sexuality Factoryen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentSociologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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