Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. www.identiversity.org › what-makes-a-familyLGBTQ Family | Families of Choice | Identiversity

   www.identiversity.org › what-makes-a-family

   • Cached

   Families of Choice. Of course, families of all kinds can be places of stress and frustration—even alienation. But at their best, they are sources of love and affection, sustenance and belonging. For LGBTQ+ persons, families of origin have not always been welcoming—and traditional avenues for creating family, such as marriage, have (up until ...

2. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesConceptualizing “Family” and the Role of “Chosen Family ...

   www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articles

   Mar 25, 2021 · Some of the words identify specific people or types of people who should be included in the definition of a family (people, mom, dad, sibling, brother, friend, community, partner, etc.), while others have offered descriptive words of the quality of family life and the relationships that describe family (love, team, happy, belong, difficult ...

   • Author: Seohyun Kim, Israel Fisseha Feyissa
   • DOI: 10.3390/healthcare9040369

   • Publish Year: 2021
   • Publication: Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Apr; 9(4): 369.

3. People also ask

   What is a chosen family?

   • In Weeks et al. [ 4 ], chosen families are defined as highly committed and friendship-based kin-like relationships. The typical characteristic of these chosen families is that they are “actively created as a positive step to reinforce a non-heterosexual lifestyle that affirms a new identity and provides a new means of belonging”.

   Conceptualizing “Family” and the Role of “Chosen Family” within the

   www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8066340/

   See all results for this question

   Who is a family of choice in the LGBT community?

   • Families of choice in the LGBT community can include “lovers, ex-lovers, friends, co-parents, gamete-donors, and children brought into the family through adoption, foster care, prior heterosexual relationships, and alternative reproduction.” Families of choice provide emotional support, economic cooperation, and socialization.

   Fictive Kin - American Bar Association

   www.americanbar.org/groups/public_interest/child_law/resources/child_law_practiceonline/january-december2022/fictivekin/

   See all results for this question

   What is the difference between biological family and chosen family?

   • Biological family is sometimes associated with words that instigate fear, danger, and insecurity, while the concept of chosen family is associated with words like trusting, like-minded, understanding, welcoming, loving, committed, etc.

   Conceptualizing “Family” and the Role of “Chosen Family” within the

   www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8066340/

   See all results for this question

   Why is a chosen family important?

   • A chosen family can be part of a person’s growing network, and can help construct a wide foundation of support that continues to grow with time. The importance of “chosen family” in many of our lives is reflected in the kinds of policies that have been implemented in communities around the country.

   Finding Connection Through "Chosen Family" - Psychology Today

   www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/being-unlonely/201906/finding-connection-through-chosen-family

   See all results for this question

4. www.psychologytoday.com › us › blogFinding Connection Through "Chosen Family" - Psychology Today

   www.psychologytoday.com › us › blog

   • Cached

   Jun 14, 2019 · In the book Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship, cultural anthropologist Kath Weston defines chosen family as consisting of “friends, partners and ex-partners, biological and non ...

   • Author: Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH

5. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articles“We Just Take Care of Each Other”: Navigating ‘Chosen Family ...

   www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articles

   Oct 8, 2020 · “Chosen family” is a term employed within queer and transgender (Q/T) communities to describe family groups constructed by choice rather than by biological or legal (bio-legal) ties. Chosen family implies an alternative formulation that subverts, rejects, or overrides bio-legal classifications assumed to be definitive within an American ...

   • Author: Nina Jackson Levin, Shanna K. Kattari, Emily K. Piellusch, Erica Watson

   • Publish Year: 2020

6. www.psychologytoday.com › us › blogCreating Your Second-Chance Family of Choice - Psychology Today

   www.psychologytoday.com › us › blog

   • Cached

   Feb 11, 2022 · A second chance family-of choice is the people we get to choose to be in our lives versus who we are forced to be around when we’re young. They are not necessarily members of our family-of ...

7. www.improvingmipractices.org › family-choiceFamily of Choice | Improving MI Practices

   www.improvingmipractices.org › family-choice

   • Cached

   Definition: Not to be confused with family of origin, a family of choice is just that: chosen family. Sometimes a family of origin may be so dysfunctional it contributes to an individual’s struggles rather that serving as a healthy source of support. A family of choice is understood to be a client-selected combination of other individuals ...

8. www.americanbar.org › groups › public_interestFictive Kin - American Bar Association

   www.americanbar.org › groups › public_interest

   • Cached

   Mar 1, 2022 · Families of choice in the LGBT community can include “lovers, ex-lovers, friends, co-parents, gamete-donors, and children brought into the family through adoption, foster care, prior heterosexual relationships, and alternative reproduction.”[30] Families of choice provide emotional support, economic cooperation, and socialization.[31]