QBC-Families is a tiny, brand new discussion list designed to provide support for the families of Queer By Choice (QBC) people — in other words, the families of lesbian, gay, transgendered and bisexual people who consider their sexual orientations and/or gender identities to be wholly or partially chosen. Having relatives or friends whose viewpoints are such a stigmatized and invisible minority within the queer community can be very lonely and confusing, but you're not the only one to experience this. Others on the QBC-Families list have been through similar experiences, and we're here to help! In addition, this list also serves as a wonderful support forum for PFLAG chapter leaders to discuss ways to provide better support for relatives and friends of queer by choice identified people within PFLAG.

The QBC-Families list was created as a spinoff of the Queerchoice Mailing List (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/queerchoice), which is for lesbian, gay, transgendered and bisexual people who consider their queerness a choice. (For more information on the Queerchoice Mailing List, visit http://www.queerbychoice.com.)