The Chosen Family
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The Chosen Family was a Canadian
comic strip
, written and drawn by cartoonist Noreen Stevens
. The strip, which first appeared in 1988, was based on Stevens' own life, revolving around a lesbian
couple named Weed and Kenneth-Marie. Minor characters included the couple's friends Puddin' Head (a stereotypical gay
man) and Straight Chick, and their two children, a daughter named Rosebud and a son whose name was never given.
The strip appeared in many LGBT
publications throughout North America, including Xtra!
and the Washington Blade, and also in mainstream general interest publications such as Geist
.
Stevens retired the strip in 2004.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
, written and drawn by cartoonist Noreen Stevens
Noreen Stevens
Noreen Stevens is a Canadian cartoonist, who created and wrote the lesbian comic strip The Chosen Family....
. The strip, which first appeared in 1988, was based on Stevens' own life, revolving around a lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
couple named Weed and Kenneth-Marie. Minor characters included the couple's friends Puddin' Head (a stereotypical gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
man) and Straight Chick, and their two children, a daughter named Rosebud and a son whose name was never given.
The strip appeared in many LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
publications throughout North America, including Xtra!
Xtra!
Xtra! is a gay magazine, on newsprint in tabloid format, published by Pink Triangle Press in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-History and content :...
and the Washington Blade, and also in mainstream general interest publications such as Geist
Geist (magazine)
Geist is Canada's most widely read literary magazine. Geist is published four times a year in Vancouver since 1990. The magazine takes its name from the German word geist, meaning "mind" or "spirit."...
.
Stevens retired the strip in 2004.