non-nuclear family Archives - Prism

color photograph of a pride celebration in a grassy park with trees in the background. people sit and stand close together on the grass, and a black queer couple dances in the foreground. one is shirtless and wears khaki pants, and the other wears a white shirt with a pride flag tied around their shoulders and flowing with their movement

Gender & LGBTQIA+

For the love of found family

by Sherronda J. Brown February 6th, 2023February 6th, 2023

California’s new law allows care for non-nuclear families, offering legal recognition to family structures that have always existed for queer, Black, and Indigenous people

three queer BIPOC sit on a dark red sofa pushed against a wall. Two more queer BIPOC sit at their feet and lean against the legs of the person sitting in the middle of the couch. They all have their arms lovingly draped around each other

Gender & LGBTQIA+

Queer, non-nuclear, non-conformist: Family is what we make it

by Sherronda J. Brown September 16th, 2022September 27th, 2022