Mommy ... and Mommy? The stories of homomaternal families ¿Mami... y mami? Los relatos de las familias homomaternales

Abstract

The present article refers to the study of families constituted by women that identify themselves as lesbians and have children. it has the objective of knowing how these women are experiencing motherhood in lesbian conjugal relations. Eight women that named themselves as lesbians who have sons or daughters were interviewed, independently of the way that maternity occurred. the interviews were recorded, transcripted and analyzed through discourse analysis based on feminist and gender theories. through the feminist perspectives of gender, it is possible to make an association between the studied themes and the theories which refer to them. taking into consideration the feminist studies of gender, this study seeks an equal relation between men and women, where the female is not oppressed or subjugated by the male and heterosexuality is not seen as a norm, the reflections that follows pervade these issues and invite other sciences for discourse. The results pointed that the homomaternal families were very satisfied and happy with their condition, however they still suffer prejudice and fear their daughters and sons do too. We understand that it is necessary to have the knowledge and comprehension of the diversity of existing families, so that they can have
citizenship respected in all aspects, contributing with the existence of a fairer society with more equality.