Friendships within all minorities are strengthened by a level that normative relationships simply do not need. Discrimination welds together, whether it is homophobia, transphobia, sexism, or racism. Queer people experience discrimination and exclusion, not only from the outside. The first encounter many have to endure in the Inner Circle - their own family. There is a reason that queers often speak of ”the family you choose“ when it comes to their friends. Queer friendships are special.