"This whole journey was sacred": Latter‐day Saint parents' process in coming to accept a transgender child.
This constructivist grounded theory (CGT) study examines Latter‐day Saint (LDS) parents' process in coming to accept a transgender or gender diverse (TGD) child and the factors that impact acceptance. Data come from interviews with 38 LDS parents of TGD children and 130 Facebook posts from the same...
| Publicado en: | Family Process Vol. 64; no. 1; pp. 1 - 26 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2025
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