Exploring Family Building Journeys

The Art x ART project aims to explore journeys of family planning of six LGBTQ+ individuals through a textile art-making focus group, and collection of oral histories and lived experiences, in order to unveil personal and collective barriers related to fertility, as well as to de-stigmatise some aspects of ART. The conversations focused on the meaning of family and family building. All participants were invited to share and reflect on different stages of their path to family building and parenthood while creating a textile art piece that resemble each stage.  Below are some of their stories.