Month: June 2024

Actively Affirming Your Queer Identity I’m rounding out pride month this year with some thoughts about queer affirmation. With the amount of hatred and harm we continue to witness against the LGBTQIA+ community, we need to counteract it with fervid affirmation.   Affirmation of queer identity doesn’t always have to be “loud & proud”, in… Read more

Managing New Relationship Energy in Queer Relationships New relationship energy aka NRE describes the initial “honeymoon phase” of relationships. Often it’s characterized by intense joy, euphoria or excitement, and it can become all-consuming rather quickly! We may find ourselves growing more and more infatuated with the new person we are with, and less and less… Read more

Approaching Pride Month Conscientiously Pride is a wonderful time for queer people to congregate, affirm and celebrate the marginalized parts of ourselves. It’s more than just a party, though, it’s an activist movement. Martha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera were both key figures in the gay rights movement, present at the Stonewall Riots and even… Read more