The nuclear family, long idealised as the natural unit of belonging, frequently fails to provide safety for those whose bodies, genders, or desires challenge its norms. For many, the family is not a sanctuary, but a gatekeeping institution—requiring silence, conformity, or absence as a condition of inclusion.

This workshop invites participants into a critical, open-hearted conversation about what it means to abolish the family—not in the sense of losing connection, but of transforming who and how we love, support, and raise each other.

We’ll explore the family as a site of both care and control: how colonialism, capitalism, and cisheteropatriarchy have shaped the nuclear family—and how queer, Black, and trans communities have long created chosen families, house collectives, and other liberatory alternatives. Through storytelling, reflection, and visioning, we’ll ask:

What would a world look like where care is communal, interdependent, and freed from oppressive norms?