Whether or Not “It Gets Better”…Helping LGBQ People Cope with Parental Heterosexist Rejection

This grounded theory qualitative study explored LGBQ people’s experiences coping with parental rejection. The core category that emerged was: LGBQ people experience parental rejection as a corrective experience that is internalized; relocating the problem as their parents’ enables them to choose adaptive acceptance based strategies over maladaptive avoidance strategies.