{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6753b133a8461f164e7ab6c7/6a6750adcc8464e5cd86eea3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Chosen Family: how to create a close community & what straight people can learn from the LGBTQIA+ community ","description":"<p>Chosen family isn't a backup plan — for queer and trans communities, it's been survival and a radical way to build love, care, and belonging outside blood and marriage. This episode asks why the rest of us haven't caught up.</p><p>Bree talks to Dr. Shanna Kattari, associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and director of the [Sexuality | Relationships | Gender] Research Collective, whose research includes the landmark study \"We Just Take Care of Each Other,\" on chosen family among queer and transgender young adults.</p><p>In this episode you'll learn:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>What chosen family actually means, and its roots in queer and trans history</li><li>Why queer and trans people are often better at deep, lasting friendship — and what the rest of us can learn from it</li><li>The real, researched benefits of chosen family</li><li>Why straight people, and single women especially, should be building chosen family too</li><li>How to actually create a chosen family — it's a practice, not something that just happens</li><li>The conversations needed with coupled-up friends and parents who've never had to prioritise friendship</li><li>What healthy expectations of a chosen family member look like, and why not everyone in your life needs to play the same role</li></ul><p><br></p><p>If you've ever felt your friendships deserved to be taken as seriously as a romantic relationship, this episode is for you.</p><p><br></p><p>Best listened to as part of the full Last Year of Single series.</p><p><br></p><p>Dr. Shanna Kattari: shannakattari.wordpress.com</p><p>Follow Dr. Kattari: @DrShannaK</p><p>Substack memoir — last year of single in real time: breesteele.substack.com</p><p>Instagram: @lastyearofsingle @breesteele.mp3</p><p>Email: lastyearofsingle@gmail.com</p><p>Join the Last Year of Single Facebook Community: <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1BthE53uod/?mibextid=wwXIfr\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1BthE53uod/?mibextid=wwXIfr</a></p><p><br></p><p>Host and Executive Producer: Bree Steele</p>","author_name":"Bree Steele"}