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Sometimes, it starts with showing up.

Breakfast with someone new. A birthday that feels like family. These are experiences shared by people in the Stand In Pride community.

From our community

Someone showed up.

You belong.

Connor’s solo road trip

It started with breakfast.

On a solo road trip, Connor met Diana and her son for breakfast in Sacramento. They had connected through Stand In Pride West.

“But that short time really made a difference to me.”

ConnorShared in Stand In Pride Stories

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Connor posted ahead of the trip hoping to meet people, with little supportive family to turn to. Diana and her son showed up and spent the day with Connor.

“We spent the day together and it felt so nice just having someone I could talk to. It may have only been one day and we haven't talked since. But that short time really made a difference to me.”

Wes, Niki & Sarah

A birthday with chosen family.

For Wes, Niki became a big sister and Sarah became a maternal figure and friend. Both helped make Wes’s 31st birthday feel like family.

“That day healed a part of me that I wasn’t sure would ever be healed.”

Wes (they/them)Shared in Stand In Pride Canada

More of Wes’s story

In a Mother’s Day post, Wes thanked Niki and Sarah for the ways they show up. That includes weekend grocery trips and helping with the food and candles at a birthday party filled with childhood games.

“Chosen family is out there. Maternal figures exist. And healing of those wounds: It is possible. My life is proof.”

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