Category: 2018 Spring – Chosen Family
Re-learning Trust, Love, & Care
Jun 30, 2021 | 2018 Spring - Chosen Family
By Apphia K. I’ve been an LGBTQ activist for more than 11 years; I started out in my hometown in...
Read MoreLife is Better with Her
Jun 30, 2021 | 2018 Spring - Chosen Family
By Theresa Tyree When I was still at Portland State University completing my M.A. in Book...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Chosen Family
Jun 30, 2021 | 2018 Spring - Chosen Family, Editor's Note
Dear Reader, The term “chosen family” refers to those with whom we choose to have a significant and ongoing relationship and mutual support. This concept is particularly relevant to the LGBTQ+ community, as many of us are...
Read MoreAround the World: The First Ever Bi Pre-Conference at ILGA Asia
Jun 30, 2021 | 2018 Spring - Chosen Family, Around the World
By Soudeh Rad The seventh ILGA Asia conference was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from December 4th...
Read MoreFamily Values
Jun 30, 2021 | 2018 Spring - Chosen Family
By Aicila Lewis Family are the people who, when you need to go home, have to let you in. My uncle...
Read MoreCan Families Be Chosen?
Jun 30, 2021 | 2018 Spring - Chosen Family
By A.J. Lowe “Hello, you’ve reached 617-776-1008. Please leave a message for the goddess of your...
Read MoreChoosing Love
Jun 30, 2021 | 2018 Spring - Chosen Family
By Jane Bailey “They’re not your friends, you know.” The sentence would have sounded right at home...
Read MoreBreaking Up While Bi
Jun 30, 2021 | 2018 Spring - Chosen Family
By Elaine Schleiffer When a relationship ends, many times the friends and family closest to the...
Read MoreAn Exploration Confession
Jun 30, 2021 | 2018 Spring - Chosen Family, Poetry
By Hailey Forrester I have a secret, maybe. I have a confession, probably. I have a love letter,...
Read MoreUntitled
Jun 30, 2021 | 2018 Spring - Chosen Family, Poetry
By Dove the college girl asked me the shy college girl at the dutch reformed college the shy soft-voiced girl at the dutch reformed college with the conduct policy the dutch reformed college with the sexual conduct policy about...
Read MoreLoving Outside the Lines
Jun 30, 2021 | 2018 Spring - Chosen Family
By JMC In 2004, I met a newly single father of two and fell instantly in love. By the time we started dating in 2009, his brood had grown to six (through a combination of births, reunifications, and stepparenting). I went from...
Read MoreNews Briefs: Chosen Family
Jun 30, 2021 | 2018 Spring - Chosen Family, News Briefs
Bi Flag Raising in Santa Clara County, CA By Moria Merriweather Here are photos from the bisexual...
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