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Community Builder & Art Maker
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Founder @openspacetherapycollective
My Therapist is Out! Pod
Board Secretary @laqueercoalition

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The applications are OPEN and we are so ready. 🏳️‍🌈✨

Queerly Connected is back — Sunday, August 23rd, Noon to 4pm — and we're calling in our people.

We're looking for 40 LGBTQ+ organizations, wellness practitioners, and community builders to table and vend with us this summer. If your work is queer, community-centered, and built with love — we want you in the mix.
Good vibes. Great people. One afternoon dedicated entirely to queer connection.

Grab your spot before they're gone. Tabling and vendor applications are now open. Link in bio. 🔗

#QueerlyConnected #QueerCommunity #LGBTQ #VendorApplication #QueerWellness CommunityBuilders LosAngeles QueerLA Pride SilverLake taken in Sunset Triangle plaza by @renaejohnsonstudio

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🎙️New Episode Drop: Sex, Shame, and Survival: A Conversation with Alex Garner!

🌈What does it mean to survive, thrive, and reclaim joy after 30 years of living with HIV? In Episode 81 of @mytherapistisout, Renae Johnson, LPCC, ATR-BC (they/them) sits down with Alex Garner (he/him) for a powerful conversation about queer health, sexuality, HIVstigma, advocacy, and the resilience of LGBTQ+ communities.

Together, they explore mental health, queer identity, activism, and why joy can be one of the strongest forms of resistance.

If you’re passionate about queer wellness, global health, andauthentic storytelling, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.

#SexShameAndSurvival #HIVAwareness #MentalHealth #Sexuality #CommunityCare taken in Silver Lake by @renaejohnsonstudio

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#10 POWER & FUTURE: Fear of failing is really fear of being seen. 🏳️‍🌈

PART IV: WHERE YOU’RE GOING

We don’t avoid failure because it’s painful. We avoid it because we’ve tied it to our worth. If I fail, what does that mean about me? 🌀

Queer people are often held to an impossible standard where failing confirms every lie we were told. This week, pull those two things apart. What becomes possible when failing just means failing, and nothing more? ✍️💜

Write Yourself Raw is a 12-week journaling challenge built around personal insight. Each week drops one prompt. Short, direct, and designed to land. The prompts are organized into four parts: Who You Are, How You Connect, What You Carry, and Where You’re Going.

Share with a friend to join the summer journaling challenge! 🌈

In video: Renae Johnson LPCC, ATR-BC

#WriteYourselfRaw #OSTCJournalingChallenge #Week10 #RiskAndGrowth MentalHealthLA taken in Silver Lake, LA by @renaejohnsonstudio

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#9 BODY & SELF: Loss doesn’t need to be huge to be real. 🏳️‍🌈

PART III: WHAT YOU CARRY

Not every grief gets a funeral. Some of it is the version of your life you thought you’d have. The friendship that quietly ended. The part of yourself you left somewhere along the way. 💜

Queer grief is real, layered, and often invisible to the people around us. This week, name it. Give it the space it deserves. ✍️

Write Yourself Raw is a 12-week journaling challenge built around personal insight. Each week drops one prompt. Short, direct, and designed to land. The prompts are organized into four parts: Who You Are, How You Connect, What You Carry, and Where You’re Going.

Share with a friend to join the summer journaling challenge! 🌈

In video: Renae Johnson LPCC, ATR-BC

#WriteYourselfRaw #OSTCJournalingChallenge #Week9 #Grief MentalHealthLA OpenSpaceTherapyCollective taken in Silver Lake by @renaejohnsonstudio

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#8 BODY & SELF: Your nervous system keeps score. 🏳️‍🌈

PART III: WHAT YOU CARRY

Your body has been trying to tell you things. A tight chest in a certain room. A knot in your stomach before a certain call. That sudden exhaustion that shows up at inconvenient times. 🌀

For queer and trans folks, the body often carries what the world wouldn’t let us say out loud. This week, listen back. What did it say, and did you listen? ✍️💜

Write Yourself Raw is a 12-week journaling challenge built around personal insight. Each week drops one prompt. Short, direct, and designed to land. The prompts are organized into four parts: Who You Are, How You Connect, What You Carry, and Where You’re Going.

Share with a friend to join the summer journaling challenge! 🌈

In video: Renae Johnson LPCC, ATR-BC

#WriteYourselfRaw #OSTCJournalingChallenge #Week8 #SomaticAwareness MentalHealthLA OpenSpaceTherapyCollective QueerMentalHealth LGBTQMentalHealth TransMentalHealth QueerHealing PrideAndMentalHealth QueerWellness LGBTQTherapy taken in Silver Lake by @renaejohnsonstudio

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🌈If a space says it’s for everyone... how do you know if it actually is?

In Episode 79, “All Hands In: The Real Work of Building Queer Community,” on @mytherapistisout ,we dive into the green flags, red flags, and realities of building inclusive queer communities.

🎧 Tune in now wherever you get your podcasts!

#QueerCommunity #LGBTQPodcast #CommunityBuilding #QueerSpaces #InclusiveLeadership taken in Silver Lake by @renaejohnsonstudio

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🌈”Queer community” sounds beautiful. Building it is complicated.

Yinka Freeman joins Renae Johnson for Episode 79, “All Hands In: The Real Work of Building Queer Community,” on @mytherapistisout , to talk about inclusion, accountability, repair, and what it really takes to create spaces where everyone belongs.

🎧 Tune in now wherever you get your podcasts!

#QueerCommunity #LGBTQPodcast #CommunityBuilding #QueerSpaces #InclusiveLeadership taken in Silver Lake by @renaejohnsonstudio

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Cute dog photo break because cute dogs are all into Pride ! Including this diva!
#goodpeoplechangethewayyoulive by @renaejohnsonstudio

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🌈Community isn’t the same thing as a social scene.

And that distinction might change everything.

In Episode 79, “All Hands In: The Real Work of Building Queer Community,” on @mytherapistisout , Yinka Freeman shares lessons from producing large-scale queer events and cultivating spaces where people feel seen, valued, and connected.

A thoughtful discussion on belonging, activism, trauma, repair, and the future of queer community.

🎧 Tune in now wherever you get your podcasts!

#QueerCommunity #LGBTQPodcast #CommunityBuilding #QueerSpaces #InclusiveLeadership taken in Silver Lake by @renaejohnsonstudio

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#7 BODY & SELF: Anger, numbness, humor. 🏳️‍🌈 What’s actually underneath?

PART III: WHAT YOU CARRY

Being “the funny one” or “the chill one” or “the driven one.” Sometimes those are real. And sometimes they’re armor. 🛡️ Queer survival often teaches us to intellectualize, perform, or deflect before we feel.

This week, get curious about the trait you lead with most. Is it you, or is it a feeling that found a costume? ✍️💜

Write Yourself Raw is a 12-week journaling challenge built around personal insight. Each week drops one prompt. Short, direct, and designed to land. The prompts are organized into four parts: Who You Are, How You Connect, What You Carry, and Where You’re Going.

Share with a friend to join the summer journaling challenge! 🌈

In video: Renae Johnson LPCC, ATR-BC

#WriteYourselfRaw #OSTCJournalingChallenge #Week7 #EmotionalIntelligence MentalHealthLA OpenSpaceTherapyCollective QueerMentalHealth LGBTQMentalHealth TransMentalHealth QueerHealing PrideAndMentalHealth QueerWellness LGBTQTherapy taken in Silver Lake by @renaejohnsonstudio

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🌈 What does “inclusive” actually mean?

Not the buzzword. Not the marketing copy. The real thing.

This week, Yinka Freeman joins Renae Johnson on @mytherapistisout in episode 79 “All Hands In: The Real Work of Building Queer Community,” to talk about building queer community that moves beyond performative inclusion and creates genuine belonging.

From green flags and red flags to repair, accountability, and hope for the next generation, this episode explores what it takes to build spaces that truly hold people.

🎧 Tune in now wherever you get your podcasts!

#QueerCommunity #LGBTQPodcast #CommunityBuilding #QueerSpaces #InclusiveLeadership taken in Silver Lake by @renaejohnsonstudio

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🌈 New Episode Drop! 🎙️

On this episode of @mytherapistisout , host Renae Johnson sits down with community builder and event producer Yinka Freeman to unpack the real work of creating queer spaces where everyone can thrive.

Building queer community isn’t just about gathering people in a room. It’s about making space for difference, navigating conflict, repairing harm, and creating belonging that goes deeper than a social scene.

If you’ve ever walked into a space that claimed to be inclusive and immediately felt otherwise, this conversation is for you.

🎧 Tune in now wherever you get your podcasts!

#QueerCommunity #LGBTQPodcast #CommunityBuilding #QueerSpaces #InclusiveLeadership taken in Silver Lake by @renaejohnsonstudio

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