Table 2.

Number of Participants Endorsing Each Major Theme

Theme	N (% of 29)
Level of involvement
Recent	15 (52%)
Past	5 (17%)
None	9 (31%)
Parenting community	24 (83%)
LGBTQ friends
Many/most	8 (28%)
Some	14 (48%)
Desire for LGBTQ community
Desire more community	7 (24%)
Preference for LGBTQ others	4 (14%)
Community unimportant	10 (34%)
Barriers
Practical barriers	7 (24%)
Community level barriers	9 (31%)
Internal barriers	10 (34%)
Support from LGBTQ community	9 (31%)
Hopes/plans child involvement	9 (31%)

Note. Themes in the barriers category are not mutually exclusive, as some participants reported multiple types of barriers.