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When biological family wants to join your chosen family spaces

My biological sister just came out and wants to join my queer chosen family events but I need some spaces that are just mine and don't know how to explain that without hurting her.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The integration of biological relatives into chosen family can threaten the separateness that makes those spaces emotionally safe.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with LGBTQ+ chosen family tradition?”

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