Jokes about having to sit at the same table for two hours with your drunken bigoted uncle aside, there’s no holiday in this country that emphasizes “getting together with family” quite so centrally as Thanksgiving. That makes it also a holiday that can be painful and lonely for many, when the traditional feasting, warmth and joy are disrupted by the loss of a loved one or a tear in the social fabric.

In the past decade, with political division on the rise in America and increasing numbers of people choosing to go no-contact with relatives whose values have proven irreparably incompatible with one’s own, gathering for the holiday with “found family” rather than blood relations is becoming a more popular option. And for folks on the LGBTQ+ spectrum – especially young people born into famili

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