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April 3, 2018 6:42 PM Subscribe
What are your favorite representations of queer families in media (books, television, games, and comics especially?)
I'm looking for positive representations (i.e. realistic struggles is good, but no tragic queer tropes plz). Anywhere from fluffy/feel-good to slice-of-life realistic. Bonus points (but not mandatory) for families with children, adoption/foster parenthood, non-normative lives (broadly defined), and cute animals.
Thanks!
I'm looking for positive representations (i.e. realistic struggles is good, but no tragic queer tropes plz). Anywhere from fluffy/feel-good to slice-of-life realistic. Bonus points (but not mandatory) for families with children, adoption/foster parenthood, non-normative lives (broadly defined), and cute animals.
Thanks!
A kids' book called The Lotterys Plus One; nontraditional queer/poly family.
posted by gideonfrog at 7:20 PM on April 3, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by gideonfrog at 7:20 PM on April 3, 2018 [2 favorites]
The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue. A middle grade novel about queer parents raising biological and adopted kids.
posted by janepanic at 7:20 PM on April 3, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by janepanic at 7:20 PM on April 3, 2018 [1 favorite]
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli is a YA novel with a lovely family with lesbian mothers. That’s not the main focus, but the family aspects play a big role.
posted by wsquared at 7:47 PM on April 3, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by wsquared at 7:47 PM on April 3, 2018 [2 favorites]
Saving Montgomery Sole, a YA book by Mariko Tamaki with gay moms, a gay friend, and a misfit protagonist.
posted by momus_window at 7:48 PM on April 3, 2018
posted by momus_window at 7:48 PM on April 3, 2018
Best answer: I really like Kevin Cozner and Raymond Holt on Brooklyn 99 (and their dog Cheddar). They're a gay interracial married NY couple (and Holt is a cop, Cozner is a professor) and they never play any of that for easy laughs.
posted by jessamyn at 7:52 PM on April 3, 2018 [10 favorites]
posted by jessamyn at 7:52 PM on April 3, 2018 [10 favorites]
I literally just finished (like, less than an hour ago) The Prince and the Dressmaker and I cannot recommend it highly enough. The main plotline is a coming-of-age friendship/romance tale but there is a lot of family stuff in there too-- and a happy ending.
posted by WidgetAlley at 8:35 PM on April 3, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by WidgetAlley at 8:35 PM on April 3, 2018 [2 favorites]
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posted by matildaben at 9:03 PM on April 3, 2018
posted by matildaben at 9:03 PM on April 3, 2018
Best answer: This is why I like Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid. Check out this recent comment for my take. IMO the manga is better than the anime, in terms of less problematic content and more nuanced and satisfying relationship development.
posted by J.K. Seazer at 10:46 PM on April 3, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by J.K. Seazer at 10:46 PM on April 3, 2018 [2 favorites]
Dirk or Duck might be Cherokee's father in the Weetzie Bat books.
Clarice, Toni, Raffi and Sparrow, Stuart, JR in Dykes to Watch Out For. I read that Bechdel had planned to have Sparrow get an abortion, but then 9-11 happened.
posted by brujita at 11:59 PM on April 3, 2018 [1 favorite]
Clarice, Toni, Raffi and Sparrow, Stuart, JR in Dykes to Watch Out For. I read that Bechdel had planned to have Sparrow get an abortion, but then 9-11 happened.
posted by brujita at 11:59 PM on April 3, 2018 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Lumberjanes! I can't believe no one has mentioned it this far down! You can consider Roanoke cabin to be "found family" with each other, but also Jo has two dads. Not only do they have cute animals they have MAGIC cute animals!!
Oh and Nimona has some found family stuff going (but also a brief sad scene with some family of origin rejection tropes going on which may disqualify it).
posted by edbles at 6:51 AM on April 4, 2018 [3 favorites]
Oh and Nimona has some found family stuff going (but also a brief sad scene with some family of origin rejection tropes going on which may disqualify it).
posted by edbles at 6:51 AM on April 4, 2018 [3 favorites]
I thought that The Kids are All Right was a really good depiction of this... the central couple are clearly in a successful long-term partnership and raised happy, well-adjusted children. Even though the movie does show a bad time in their marriage...
posted by sometamegazelle at 7:21 AM on April 4, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by sometamegazelle at 7:21 AM on April 4, 2018 [1 favorite]
The Logic series by Laurie J Marks. First book is Fire Logic.
posted by azalea_chant at 7:39 AM on April 4, 2018
posted by azalea_chant at 7:39 AM on April 4, 2018
Best answer: Dykes to Watch Out For. Gets more queer/family in the later strips, love the Ginger/Sparrow/Lois/Jiao & Stu dynamic.
posted by Lawn Beaver at 12:35 PM on April 4, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by Lawn Beaver at 12:35 PM on April 4, 2018 [3 favorites]
I just read Bingo Love last night and adored it. Warning: it will make you cry, but in a good way. Awesome features: queer women of color; middled-aged to elderly queers; children & grandchildren.
Taproot : a story about a gardener and a ghost by Keezy Young was super sweet, though no kiddos. Can't remember if there are pets, but there are lots and lots of plants!
The family in Jen Van Meter's Hopeless Savages has a gay brother. Each family member gets air time, so he's one of the main characters.
posted by carrioncomfort at 8:15 AM on April 5, 2018
Taproot : a story about a gardener and a ghost by Keezy Young was super sweet, though no kiddos. Can't remember if there are pets, but there are lots and lots of plants!
The family in Jen Van Meter's Hopeless Savages has a gay brother. Each family member gets air time, so he's one of the main characters.
posted by carrioncomfort at 8:15 AM on April 5, 2018
The manga My Brother's Husband by Gengoroh Tagame: a divorced stay-at-home dad raising his tween daughter in Tokyo is unexpectedly visited by the white Canadian widower of his estranged twin brother.
posted by nicebookrack at 9:16 AM on April 10, 2018
posted by nicebookrack at 9:16 AM on April 10, 2018
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