The first queer relationships I saw were my friends and my own. Growing up I had rarely seen queer families or partnerships in domestic settings, but I was surrounded by straight ones. Realizing you are queer during childhood makes it hard to picture what your adult life will look like when the adults around you are living heteronormal lives. The shift from queer adolescence to queer adulthood is a transformative experience. One has to decide how to lead their lives and relationships, with few people to look to for a play-by-play. From personal experience, I have found that navigating the domestic part of queer romantic relationships was uncharted territory. However, once you find your footing, in those queer relationships they become something powerful and beautiful, something that needs to be represented more.

For this project I am photographing lesbain couples in their homes or personal spaces. Through these photographs, I discovered that queer domesticity challenges conventional definitions of family and home, and affirms that love and stability can flourish beyond traditional norms. Queer partners have to create their own radical definitions and decide what domesticity looks like for them.