🏳️‍🌈 As Pride Month begins, our community continues to find itself under attack — facing a rising tide of anti-LGBTQ+ hate, harmful legislation, and a wave of fear designed to silence and erase us. But we will not be erased. Pride is not just a celebration — it is a protest, a declaration of existence, and a refusal to go back into the shadows.

That’s why I felt it was not just timely, but essential, to replay one of the most powerful episodes from our 2024 Pride series — a conversation that reminds us what allyship, love, and chosen family truly look like.

Please join me for a deeply moving and affirming conversation with Daniel Blevins, the visionary founder of Stand In Pride. In 2021, Daniel witnessed a heartbreaking viral TikTok: a bride-to-be devastated after her mother chose not to attend her wedding — simply because she was marrying a woman. But Daniel didn’t just watch with sadness — he stepped up. He offered to stand in as her family.

That single moment of radical compassion sparked a global movement.

Stand In Pride is now an international network of thousands of moms, dads, siblings, and chosen family members who show up for LGBTQ+ individuals at weddings, birthdays, graduations, and the milestones that matter most — moments where no one should ever feel alone.

This isn’t just heartwarming. It’s revolutionary. At a time when we are told we don’t belong, Stand In Pride sends a resounding message: You are worthy. You are celebrated. You are loved — fiercely, loudly, and without condition.

Daniel is one of the kindest and most genuine souls I’ve met. Our conversation is filled with joy, truth, and a shared commitment to making this world safer, kinder, and more loving for queer people everywhere.

In the face of hate, Daniel chose love. And that is what Pride is all about.

🌈 Learn more about Stand In Pride and how you can get involved at https://standinpride.org

Follow Stand In Pride on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/standinpride/

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