Queer migrationNew
Queer marriage migration beyond the couple: Families of origin in matters of the heart and state
Brainer, Amy. 2026. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
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2026
2025
Queer migration
In bed with the state? Queer and trans migrations through marriage
Brainer, Amy. 2025. Sociology Compass.
2024
Queer migration
‘To have security, to have access to life’: Queer ambivalence at the borders of marriage and the nation
Brainer, Amy. 2024. Pp. 113–129 in Excluding Diversity through Intersectional Borderings: Politics, Policies, and Everyday Experiences in Europe and Beyond, edited by L. Merla, S. Murru, G. Orsini, & T. V. Juros. Springer.
2023
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Queer bat signals: Families of origin and choice under social distancing and lockdown
Brainer, Amy. 2023. Pp. 209–222 in Families as They Really Are (3rd ed.), edited by V. Rutter, B. Risman, & K. Williams. W. W. Norton & Co.
2022
Queer migration
‘There is absolutely no discrimination based on that allowed’: Marriage, migration, and equality rhetoric as a justification for harm
Brainer, Amy. 2022. Humanity & Society 46(4): 571–593.
2021
Queer Taiwan
Lesbian and gay parents, heterosexual kinship, and queer dreams: Making families in 21st century Taiwan
Brainer, Amy. 2021. positions: asia critique 29(3): 633–656.
Queer Taiwan
Caring for queer bodies and spirits in and after death: Research notes from Taiwan
Brainer, Amy. 2021. Whatever: A Transdisciplinary Journal of Queer Theories and Studies 4: 688–692.
2020
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Race and ethnicity in the lives of LGBTQ parents and their children: Perspectives from and beyond North America
Brainer, Amy, Pallavi Banerjee, & Mignon Moore. 2020. Pp. 85–103 in LGBTQ-Parent Families: Innovations in Research and Implications for Practice (2nd ed.), edited by A. Goldberg & K. Allen. Springer.
2019
Queer Taiwan
Queer Kinship and Family Change in Taiwan
Brainer, Amy. 2019. Rutgers University Press.
2018
Queer Taiwan
New identities or new intimacies? Reframing ‘coming out’ in Taiwan through cross-generational ethnography
Brainer, Amy. 2018. Sexualities 21(5–6): 914–931.
2017
Queer Taiwan
Patrilineal kinship and transgender embodiment in Taiwan
Brainer, Amy. 2017. Pp. 110–128 in Perverse Taiwan, edited by H. Chiang and Y. Wang. Routledge.
Queer Taiwan
Materializing ‘family pressure’ among Taiwanese queer women
Brainer, Amy. 2017. Feminist Formations 29(3): 1–24.
Queer Taiwan
Mothering gender and sexually nonconforming children in Taiwan
Brainer, Amy. 2017. Journal of Family Issues 38(7): 921–947.
2015
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Growing up with a lesbian, gay, or bisexual sibling
Brainer, Amy. 2015. Pp. 164–181 in Families as They Really Are (2nd ed.), edited by B. Risman & V. Rutter. W. W. Norton & Co.
2013
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Race and ethnicity in the lives of sexual minority parents and their children
Moore, Mignon & Amy Brainer. 2013. Pp. 133–148 in LGBT-Parent Families: Innovations in Research and Implications for Practice, edited by A. Goldberg & K. Allen. Springer.