A queer sitcom about friendship, identity, and chosen family in Los Angeles, where a group of lesbians learn that growing up is optional but growing together is not.

Mak explains chosen family

Chosen Family is what happens if Friends, New Girl, and The L Word had a chaotic gay little lovechild.

Let’s be honest, lesbians being hot has carried representation for long enough. The reality is, lesbians are funny. Genuinely funny. Our lives are chaotic, specific, and deeply entertaining in ways that have barely been explored on screen. We carry around fake d**** in backpacks. Our exes and current partners somehow overlap. We fall in love fast, move in faster, and build entire ecosystems out of friendship, resilience, and shared experience.

Chosen Family taps into that world.

The series follows a naive pastor’s daughter whose life has just blown up as she is thrown into a Los Angeles loft with three wildly different queer women. What unfolds is a story about identity, friendship, and finding your footing, told through humor, warmth, and the kind of lived in dynamics that make sitcoms timeless.

This is New Girl with queer women.
This is Friends in Los Angeles, but the group chat is gay.

TONE, STRUCTURE, AND STYLE

Chosen Family is a character driven sitcom rooted in humor, comfort, and relatability. While many queer stories lean heavy or tragic, this series intentionally creates space for joy, absurdity, and everyday life.

The tone is lighthearted and fast paced, grounded in comedic dynamics and sharp, personality driven writing. It is a show you can come home to, where being queer is not the conflict, it is just the world.

WHY THIS STORY MATTERS

For a lot of queer women representation has historically meant tragedy, invisibility, or distortion. Stories either center suffering or reduce queer characters to side plots in someone else’s narrative.

Chosen Family exists to change that experience.

This show is for the version of me who grew up in the Midwest and could not find herself anywhere on screen. It is for the people who do not want another story about surviving being queer, but instead want a story about living while being queer.

It is a reminder that joy is not something we earn after hardship. It is something we are allowed to have now.

WHY THIS PROJECT, WHY NOW

This project comes from lived experience, not trend.

Mak built a decade long audience by sharing her own coming out journey online, creating a space where queer people could feel seen in real time, not just in hindsight. That connection is the foundation of this series.

Pool Girl Studios was built specifically to tell stories like this. Stories led by women, driven by queer voices, and grounded in authenticity rather than industry formulas.

Together with a team that includes established producers, creators with viral cultural reach, and a network of experienced collaborators, Chosen Family is not just an idea. It is a production ready project with both creative vision and execution behind it.

This is not about waiting for permission from traditional networks. It is about building the stories we know audiences are already asking for.

What’s next?

We’re funding the first episode of our series at $50,000—and if we reach $360,000, we’ll produce the entire first season and deliver the first four episodes by the end of 2026. Every contribution directly impacts the scale of what we can create: at the base level, you’re helping us bring the pilot to life as a fully realized proof of the series, and at full funding, you’re unlocking a complete season with expanded scope, higher production value, and a faster path to getting this story out into the world.

The campaign drops this weekend

We’re letting early access in first before anything goes public—meaning the first people in will get the best rewards, and we’re not holding them back or restocking once they’re gone. If you’re even thinking about backing this, get on the early access list now so you don’t miss your chance to be in at the start.

$50K

$360K

Private First Watch Screening Invite (First 2 Backers)
A limited number of early backers will be invited to a private online screening of the pilot episode before it is released to the public. This is a one-time, closed event designed to give early supporters the first look at the finished work in its intended form.

Personal Voice Note from Mak (First 10 Backers)
A limited-quantity reward featuring a personal voice note from Mak thanking you directly for supporting the project. This is reserved exclusively for early backers at this tier and is capped to ensure each message remains intentional and meaningful.

Early Casting & Extras Access (First 20 Backers)
Early backers will receive first access to casting calls for background roles, cameos, and on-set opportunities within the series. This access is only available during the early funding period and will close once production planning is finalized.

Private Behind-the-Scenes Drop Series (First 50 Backers)
Early supporters will receive access to a curated series of behind-the-scenes content, including raw set footage, bloopers, and production diaries from the earliest days of filming. This content is released only to early backers and will not be made available after the campaign’s initial phase.

Name in Episode Credits (First 100 Backers)
Backers who join during the early funding window will have their name included in the credits of the pilot episode or season one (depending on funding outcome). This recognition is only available before the early cutoff date and serves as a permanent acknowledgment of foundational support.

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