{"id":51280,"date":"2026-02-12T08:24:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T07:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/?p=51280"},"modified":"2026-02-12T10:12:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:12:05","slug":"in-2026-our-chosen-families-are-writing-a-different-belgian-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2026\/02\/12\/in-2026-our-chosen-families-are-writing-a-different-belgian-story\/","title":{"rendered":"In 2026, Our Chosen Families Are Writing a Different Belgian Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Faced with family rejection, still\u2011closed closets and precarity, LGBT+ people in Belgium keep building their own families: solidarity house\u2011shares, mutual aid networks, co\u2011parenting, rainbow houses and safe spaces. Behind the words \u201cchosen family\u201d are survival strategies \u2013 but also a lot of joy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many LGBT+ people, family is not about genealogy, blood ties or civil status. It is built with close friends, exes turned allies, flatmates, people met in an association or a queer bar, long\u2011term confidants. \u201cChosen family\u201d describes these emotional and practical networks that allow us to stay afloat in a world where the family of origin has not always been a refuge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2026 in Belgium, this notion is anything but abstract. It takes very concrete forms: intergenerational queer house\u2011shares, WhatsApp mutual aid groups, Sunday dinners in rainbow houses, LGBT+ parents who stitch together support networks for their kids. And in the background, there are stories of rupture: coming\u2011outs that went badly, heavy silences, conditions attached to being \u201caccepted\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"766\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Capture-decran-2026-01-07-122550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Capture-decran-2026-01-07-122550.jpg 766w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Capture-decran-2026-01-07-122550-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Capture-decran-2026-01-07-122550-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rainbow houses, local LGBT+ centres and associations play a key role in this landscape. In Brussels, Antwerpen, Li\u00e8ge, Namur, Mons, Ghent or Charleroi, these spaces become living rooms, kitchens, village squares. Birthdays are celebrated there, break\u2011ups are cried over, and someone is always around to listen when the closet is still firmly shut at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chosen family does not always replace family of origin: for some, it is an extra layer, an additional safety net, a way to feel less alone even when \u201cblood\u201d parents are still in the picture. For others, it is a full\u2011on alternative, a way of rebuilding from scratch after a violent rupture or rejection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In practice, these chosen families tend to organise around three main axes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Material support (help with moving, emergency accommodation, lending money, childcare).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emotional support (listening, validation, sharing queer experiences, going out together, being present for a coming\u2011out).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Political support (marching together at Pride, creating a collective, meeting to write letters or put pressure on decision\u2011makers).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Academic work on the topic \u2013 especially in social work and sociology \u2013 underlines that these chosen ties can be just as structuring and protective as \u201cclassic\u201d family bonds. In Belgium, recent research shows that chosen families play a key role in preventing distress, suicidal ideation and isolation among LGBT+ youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet this reality remains largely invisible in public policy. Most schemes (housing, leave, visitation rights, tax rules) are still designed for heterosexual nuclear families. Recognising chosen families would also mean changing these frameworks: allowing a non\u2011biological queer \u201caunt\u201d to have a legal role, granting leave to accompany a chosen loved one at the end of life, opening social housing criteria to solidarity house\u2011shares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In everyday life, however, chosen families overflow the administrative boxes. They invent their own rituals: \u201cun\u2011birthday\u201d parties, \u201cfamily\u201d dinners on 24 December for those who no longer go back to their parents\u2019 home, celebrations of gender transition or new names. They create affective archives: holiday pictures, photo albums, memories that are not \u201calternative\u201d at all \u2013 they are simply family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Talking about \u201cchosen family\u201d also helps to name racialised and migrant realities. For queer people from diasporas, chosen family can be a space where multiple cultural belongings coexist, where racism within LGBT+ spaces can be discussed, and where transnational solidarities can be built. It is also a way of resisting the idea that family must be heteronormative, white and middle\u2011class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Belgium, several associations explicitly work on these questions. Support groups bring together people rejected by their families of origin, queer house\u2011share collectives pool rent and energy, and university research projects document these practices of chosen kinship. Rainbow houses, LGBTI+ centres and local antennas become anchor points for these family constellations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Useful links (Belgium):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Academic study on chosen families in queer communities in Belgium:<\/strong><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diva-portal.org\/smash\/get\/diva2:1805273\/FULLTEXT01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.diva-portal.org\/smash\/get\/diva2:1805273\/FULLTEXT01.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RainbowHouse Brussels:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rainbowhouse.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/rainbowhouse.be<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00c7avaria (Flanders)<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavaria.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.cavaria.be<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Maison Arc\u2011en\u2011Ciel de Namur:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macnamur.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.macnamur.be<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Homoparentalit\u00e9s asbl (LGBTQI+ families):<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.homoparentalites.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.homoparentalites.be<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Arc\u2011en\u2011Ciel Wallonie (Francophone LGBTQI+ platform):<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcencielwallonie.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.arcencielwallonie.be<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Capture-decran-2025-10-13-a-17.49.47-1024x508.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50541\" 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