Celebrating Pride

June is Pride month, and the parade just happened this weekend in LA.  

I identify as a queer person, and yet I've been struggling for over a week about a blog post to write on this topic.  Maybe because this is an issue near and dear to my heart, which makes it vulnerable to share.  Maybe because I haven't worked out all of my own issues around it.  Probably a combination of the two.  

There's a lot than can be said about identity formation and how various things such as sexual orientation, gender, race, etc, shape who we are and how we experience the world.  Queerness, like any "otherness," can make you feel different from a young age in a way that is hard to put into words.  

So, whether you are loud and proud, or quiet and proud, or still questioning and feeling uncertain, take the month to reflect on what Pride means to you.  And please know that you are always welcome in my practice, whatever your gender or sexual identity.