Discussion 1-How do struggles over marriage equality and continuing challenges for LGBTQ+ families suggest that definitions of family and family laws and policies are still largely heteronormative? How might laws, policies, and programs be revised to better reflect and support the growing number of LGBTQ+ couples and families, especially those raising minor children? How do the Baumle and Compton reading “Love Wins?” and the Acosta reading “We Are Family” reinforce the importance of “chosen families” ties not rooted in law, marriage, or biology?

Discussion 2- Are you aware of any policies, programs, or comments made by prominent leaders that reflect nativism directed at immigrants and their families? How does the research on second-generation immigrants, like that described in the Tran reading “Social Mobility among Second-Generation Latinos,” challenge stereotypes embedded in these policies or comments? If you are part of an immigrant family, do Tran’s findings resonate with you and your family’s experiences? Based on Zarrugh and Romero’s description of the family impacts of detention, disappearance, and incarceration, how can we better support families facing the deportation or imprisonment of a loved one?