“WITH YOUR HEAD HELD HIGH”: ITALIAN AND BELGIAN LESBIAN-PARENTED FAMILIES’ CLAIMS AND STRATEGIES TO OBTAIN KINNING RIGHTS

peer reviewed ; Lesbian-parented families without legal recognition are subjected to power of the State, which defines who is kin and who is not. This article focuses on the ways in which such families use a range of kinning practices to claim the right for all intentional parents to be considered kin. Our sample includes Italian and Belgian lesbian-headed families with different degrees of legal recognition. Our methodology consists of (i) participant observation of the family life; (ii) in-depth, non-directive biographical interviews and the construction of kinship diagrams; (iii) a socio-hi... Mehr ...