TG Geeks Webcast Episode 286
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Elena Joy who is the founder of the Pride and Joy Foundation. She tells us her story and what prompted her to create a foundation for the LGBTQ+ community. She also gives us a little bit of an idea of what the foundation does and where she envisions it going. Have a listen and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.
About Elena Joy
Elena Joy Thurston is an inspirational speaker and founder of the Pride and Joy Foundation. She grew up in a turbulent home, joined a conservative church as a teenager, put herself through college, married and birthed 4 beautiful children, and then…
Life 2.0 brought a divorce, leaving/getting kicked out of her church, a beautiful love story, and a successful new career! Her viral TEDx talk has paved the way for speaking engagements around the country. Audiences have included ABC, CBS and Fox news stations, the First Event in Boston, the Seacoast Wellness Series in New Hampshire, the THRIVE conference in Utah, as well as multiple prints and online media and podcasts.
About Pride and Joy Foundation
The Pride and Joy Foundation is dedicated to building self-awareness and safety in LGBTQ families and their allies. The education resources teach concepts such as Core Values, Limiting Beliefs, and Self-Awareness in an affordable and accessible way. We believe that when LGBTQ and allied individuals integrate these resources, their lives and their families become stronger and safer. Additionally, the foundation hosts an online support group. Queer parents with straight kids get to receive and give support to straight parents with queer kids, and allies get to learn how to raise the next generation of allies.
Elena Joy continues to speak to businesses and organizations regarding
· the damage that conversion therapy does to communities
· inclusion in the workplace and at home
· Life 2.0: how to love your new normal
Website: https://www.prideandjoyfoundation.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PrideJoyFound
Twitter: @PrideJoyFound
Instagram: @Pridejoyfoundation
In our second segment, we chat about Star Trek: Lower Decks… We also highlight recent articles posted to the tggeeks.com in the past week. As always we have our birthdays and we have the ever-popular feedback segment.
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Show Notes / Links:
- TG Geeks Episode 284
- TG Geeks Episode 285
- Hamish Downie’s Five Questions with Michael Chan and Nightingale Nguyen of Talking With Our Mouths Full
- Nerdy Chupacabras #007
- Ben’s Breakdown | The Umbrella Academy Season 2: Three Episode Thoughts
- Uplifting Short Film The Gesture And The Word Brings A Much Needed Touch Of Positivity In Today’s World
- Ben’s “Gay” Breakdown | Forget The Raven Saying Nevermore. How about Never Again???
- Hamish Downie’s Five Questions with Richard Lee
- Andrea’s Angle | The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Wrap Up: Unexpected Twists and Character Growth
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