Queer Relationship Counseling
Reclaim Intimacy recognizes and celebrates the queer community as...
-a diverse, intersectional, social and political group of people who are outside of the cisgender binary, outside the heterosexual binary, and/or both
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-a community that has reclaimed what was previously a derogatory slur and rebranded the word into a celebration of rebellion against gender-, relationship-, and hetero-normative ways-of-being
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-inclusive of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, asexual, nonbinary, gender-expansive, queer, pansexual, 2Spirit, and all other LGBTQIA2S+ communities
​-inclusive of consensual non-monogamous relationship structures, like polyamory, open relationships, ethical non-monogamy, swinging, relationship anarchy, 'monogamish,' etc.
L G B T Q I A 2S +
Queer relationships can encounter difficulties that cisgender, heterosexual couples do not (due to sociocultural influences on day-to-day life), including...
Minority Stress
Navigating systemic discrimination, microaggressions, etc., + emotions around them
Family Dynamics
Managing strained/rejecting family relationships; building chosen family; negotiating family relationships when acceptance is low/uneven
Identity & Authenticity
Personal & relationship visibility/"out-ness," differences in individual identity
Sex & Intimacy
Exploring sexual intimacy outside cishet-focused frameworks; healing from traumatic, shame-based messaging from upbringing
Intersectionality
Intersection of queerness with race/ethnicity, age, dis/ability, gender, religion/spirituality, location, etc.
Community Dynamics
Balancing individual self + relationship in "small world" of queer spaces; navigating pressure to conform to subcultural norms/aesthetics