Abstract
ABSTRACT Little research has directly analyzed the ways in which gay fathered families navigate experiences stemming from the fact that their family type stands out and challenges heteronormative family ideologies and the culturally dominant “Standard North American Family” or SNAF model. Using interviews with 37 gay fathers and integrating queer theory as a theoretical tool, this study examines these experiences. Results show that fathers queered the family by openly and honestly addressing family, friends, and strangers that questioned or commented on their families. They also queered education by urging schools to have books and other media normalizing and explaining families outside of the heteronormative SNAF and by challenging how the SNAF is used to organize routine school events. These findings reveal how gay fathered families can broaden our definition of family and change the institutions of the family and education by confronting heteronormative binaries that surround gender, sexuality, and family.
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