Breastfeeding and Chestfeeding Experiences of Cisgender Sexual Minority Women, Transgender, and Gender Diverse Parents
In our cohort, rates of lifetime breast/chestfeeding were high among sexual and gender minority parents who had ever carried a pregnancy. Breast/chestfeeding provides important health and infant-parent bonding benefits in families where one or more parents has the interest in and capacity for lactation. Co-lactation and/or lactation induction may be particularly beneficial for sexual and gender minority families.
Authors
- Juno Obedin‐Maliver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0945-2842)
- Diana M. Tordoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9238-9927)
- Danit Ariel
- Susan Crowe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9523-4819)
- Micah E. Lubensky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8882-0967)
- Annesa Flentje (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1964-4151)
Institutions
- Palo Alto University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Human Lactation
- Published
- 2025-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/08903344251391163
- Primary Topic
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00