Care in Comics: What is Queer Home

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This comic explores what “home” really means for LGBTQ+ people, beyond bricks and mortar. Through the stories of Rafi, Mac, Jules, Rey, and Maz, it shows how home might be shaped by care, safety, belonging, and identity. Each page invites readers to rethink how health, housing, and care services can help people feel at home, not just be housed.

Created by PJ Annand in a one-day Reject Lounge workshop as part of the Queering Shelter project, the piece blends research and storytelling to spark reflection and conversation about what these insights might mean for practice.

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Cover page Comic cover showing a person on a bench reflecting that home is more than a roof. Title reads “What is Queer Home? And why should we care as service providers?” Page 1 – Home is Where It All Comes Together Comic page introducing the idea that home connects care, safety, health, and belonging, especially for LGBTQ+ people facing social and structural harms.

Page 2 – Rethinking Home Comic page about how health, housing, and care practitioners should work together to support people in feeling at home, not just being housed. Page 3 – Rafi’s Story Rafi, 26, finds home in prayer and relationships after repeated moves. The page highlights emotional connection as the foundation of feeling at home.

Page 4 – Mac’s Story Mac builds her own home after eviction and unsafe housing. The page shows home as hard-won and asks how services can support people’s autonomy and safety. Page 5 – Jules’s Story Jules, a wheelchair user, describes home as a fleeting feeling when fully accepted. The page explores how belonging depends on identity affirmation.

Page 6 – Rey’s Story Rey, a 71-year-old refugee, builds home through queer community and shared rules made collaboratively. The page stresses dignity and agency in safe housing. Page 7 – Maz’s Story Maz, a care worker, finds home through mutual care with partners. The page celebrates interdependence, nontraditional households, and shared wellbeing.

Page 8 – What Does It Mean to Support Someone in Feeling at Home? Final page asks how care systems can help LGBTQ+ people feel at home. Features the progress pride flag and a call for more inclusive, joined-up practice. Back cover Back cover with artist PJ Annand’s bio and project info for Queering Shelter and Care in Comics, with QR code and research funder logos.