Abstract
This paper explores representations of LGBTQ+ families in Icelandic media 2010–2021 and how they are entangled with neoliberalism and homonationalism. Iceland is an interesting site to study this topic as it is often regarded as a utopia for sexual and gender minorities. The data consists of 37 interviews with LGBTQ+ families in Icelandic media which we use to understand the public discourses the interviewees and the journalists draw on when constructing the image of LGBTQ+ family life in Iceland. The interviews are analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis, connecting themes to discourses. We have constructed two discursive themes: 1. LGBTQ+ parents are good/better parents and create resilient citizens where we discuss how good LGBTQ+ parents are understood to be those whose parenting adheres to neoliberal ideas about parenthood. 2. LGBTQ+ families belong to the “superior” Icelandic nation where we develop an understanding on how nationalism and homonationalism in Iceland is tightly connected, explicitly and inexplicitly, to family relations, formations, and extended families. Our analysis suggests that the folding of LGBTQ+ families into the Icelandic nation is contingent upon the families’ connections to extended families, whiteness, able-bodiedness and middle-class privileges in terms of parental practices.
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