05/19/2026
Ok, now don’t cancel me... I’m about to write a vulnerable (and a little embarrassing) caption 💀😂
I remember a few years ago, a couple reached out and asked if I was “queer safe,” and I was borderline offended…
I thought “of course I’m safe! In this day and age, what a question to ask.” Unfortunately, after getting deeper into the wedding world, I came to realize it wasn’t a silly question at all.
I grew up around gay couples. They were my neighbors, my parents friends, my school buddies, I never got a “talk” about it, they were just people who loved someone? So when I was first asked about it, it almost felt like an accusation. I see now that I was deeply privileged to think this was a thing of the past and that any normal person (especially in the industry of capturing love) would think any differently then how I did.
Having real conversations with my gay couples opened my eyes to what they actually go through just trying to book vendors, they don’t have the luxury of assuming the world is safe. The gratitude they’ve shown me just for treating them like human beings is honestly bittersweet, because what do you mean that’s something you have to feel grateful for? Basic respect and decency should be the baseline. To withhold that because of who someone loves is high key fu***ng weird!?
So, because it unfortunately still needs to be said, I’ll scream it from the rooftops:
I AM Q***R SAFE, because I’m not a fu***ng freak. 🤍 I’m here to celebrate and capture all true and honest love, on this continent and any other