Queering weddings and gender expression feat. Tonya

Allyship is a Verb

⁠⁠📺 ⁠⁠Watch the recording⁠⁠ for PFLAG Los Angeles Presents: Trans and Nonbinary Joy ✨

☎️ Call the new QTP Loveline to get various LGBTQ+ affirmations and encouragement

This week, Tonya (she/they) shares how questioning their gender 3-5 years ago has taken them on a journey, including navigating decisions about pronouns, make-up, hair length, and clothing. In this episode, you will learn 1. Why they hired a wedding planner who has experience with queer weddings, among other intentional decisions they've been working through 2. What a previous workplace did that was a positive change for the LGBTQ+ community at large 3. How, surprisingly, a trip to a coffee shop in a small town in Texas recently made them feel seen

💻 Sources and resources:

• Microsoft Teams Pronouns | YouTube video showing how to enable it
• Reel one and two | Instagram account @butchboudoirproject showing how to add pronouns for iOS17

Host Charlie Ocean, MSW (they/them), has a background in LGBTQ+ training, community organizing, and technology. Guest episodes feature at least one allyship tip, including tailored questions based on the guests' unique intersecting identities. You can follow Charlie on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack.