Alex Fischer

Alex Fischer is a queer non-binary Sicilian Jew and a single adoptive parent living in Brattleboro, VT. They are a member of A Bookkeeper Cooperative, a unionized worker-owned cooperative that focuses on financial management for the solidarity economy & social movements. When not making spreadsheets & budgets, they can be found laughing outside in a garden, lake or the ocean; organizing around prison abolition and racial justice; and making art & food for loved ones. After years of working to support queer and trans youth, they were given the opportunity to adopt and be adopted by their amazing kid, made possible by the depth of support from their queer family. 

 

In this interview, we talk to Alex Fischer about creating chosen family through adoption and community building, the importance of queer family, the needs of queer, trans, and BIPOC youth and teens in the foster care system, what it's like to be a solo parent in a multi-racial family, and the perks of getting "a free name change" when adopted. 

 

Content warning: Transphobia, racism, classism, ageism, sibling separation, death of a family member.