Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of the factors that shape the reproductive decisions of LGBTQ+ individuals, with attention to theoretical and empirical advances as well as controversies and gaps in this area. The chapter will be divided in four thematic axes: (1) theoretical and historical review of family and reproductive rights in the LGBTQ+ community; (2) forms of access to parenthood used by the LGBTQ+ community such as adoption, reproductive technologies, and surrogate motherhood, among others; (3) main findings of comparative studies between the motivations and desires to have children of heterosexual and LGBTQ+ couples; and (4) particularities of the reproductive decision-making process of each group in the LGBTQ+ community. We conclude that information about the choice and reproductive process of the LGBTQ+ community is still incipient, but there is evidence of a gradual increase in interest in knowing their motivations, intentions, desires, and reproductive behaviors. This data will allow a deeper understanding of the processes that go through them and their social and emotional needs. Remembering always that the struggle for these rights cannot make us forget that this community is made up of groups whose needs, experiences, and difficulties make their struggles unique.
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Varas, G.V.V., Akerman, L.P.F., Borsa, J.C. (2021). “I Want to Have Children Too”: Reproductive Motivations and Decisions in the LGBTQ+ Community. In: Morais, N.A.d., Scorsolini-Comin, F., Cerqueira-Santos, E. (eds) Parenting and Couple Relationships Among LGBTQ+ People in Diverse Contexts. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84189-8_13
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