It’s all relative

Families are complex, complicated, and often fraught relationships. For the LGBTQI+ community, being yourself often meant being thrown out of your biological family. But for as long as being queer has meant possibly losing one family, it also meant building another family, filled with people who love you for who you are. Xander talks about forming his House of Silky family and how ballroom culture has provided mother and father roles. And Kendal Walton, president of Dykes on Bikes, tells us how the motorcycle group has long cared for each other and the rest of the queer community.

You never know how much of an impact you're having on someone, especially if they have to be closeted in the area they live in.

Kendal Walton, Dykes on Bikes President

Kendal Walton, Dykes on Bikes President

The House of Silky is my baby.. it's my love... it's a collective of queer, trans, BIPOC people in the ballroom scene that move together as a family, on and off the floor.

Xander, co-founder House of Silky

Xander, Co-Founder House of Silky

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It’s all relative

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Credits

Host: Farz Edraki

Producers: Laura Brierley Newton, Olivia O'Flynn

Sound Design and Mix: Laura Brierley Newton

Executive Producer: Kate Montague and Lorna Clarkson

Theme Music: What! By the Vovos

Art: Siena Zadro

SBS Team: Joel Supple, Max Gosford, Bernadette Phương Nam Nguyễn, Philip Soliman