Being different is difficult. It means standing up for yourself, your worth and your values. When you don’t feel like you belong in a group because of your sexual orientation, something you were born with, the consequences are devastating. For this post, we’ll use the example of leaving a religi ...
All too often 2SLGBTQ+ individuals courageously share how they’ve been marginalized and erased in their community spaces (family, workplace, religious communities and ethnic communities) as a way to ignite much needed change. Sometimes it’s met with love, compassion and understanding. Other times i ...
After coming out to my family, I honestly thought I would automatically know which spheres in my life (family, friends, social, ethnic community and religious community) that would feel safe and supportive to me. In my mind, life would now be rainbows and unicorns. We’ll it didn’t exactly turn out t ...
