Haraway’s first husband, Jaye Miller, was gay, and the two continued to have a very close relationship even after their divorce.  In fact, Haraway, her second husband Rusten Hogness, Jaye, and his lover Bob Filomeno, all shared a household in Healdsburg, California until Bob and Jaye both died of complications from AIDS.  Jaye was a gay activist even during his marriage with Haraway, and their divorce clearly represented a reconfiguration of their relationship, rather than an end (they actually took a trip together to celebrate their divorce).  Her relationships with Rusten, Jaye and Bob exhibit an ongoing willingness to transcend conventional conceptions of romance and friendship and embrace more fluid and open-ended social connections.  Relationality is a primary focus of this interview; and throughout her work, Haraway has advocated new conceptions of families and relationships that can account for our consanguinity with non-humans and technology and our solidarity with people with whom we do not share blood ties.  Relationships that seek to transcend the hierarchical models of patriarchy.

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