Gema

“As a person of the global majority, you're born into the world with some burdened energy in your body and mind from the historical trauma in your ancestral lineages. And whether you know it or not, you're also born with a core Self that holds powerful energy and qualities of who you really are, unburdened.”
― Natalie Y. Gutiérrez LMFT

“algo está cambiando: la rebelión de niños y niñas está frente a nuestra mirada y resulta urgente escucharlos, acompañarlos a narrar sus historias de vida y mostrarles que hay millones de personas adultas dispuestas a salvarlos del destino manifiesto del machismo destructor.”
― Lydia Cacho, #EllosHablan

“When is comes to experiences of racism and oppression, even when you receive love and support you can still develop PTSD or CPTSD, because feeling othered every day can rob you of your sense of safety in the world.”
― Natalie Y. Gutiérrez LMFT, The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color

“Gender is not what people look like to other people; it is what we know ourselves to be. No one else should be able to tell you who you are; that’s for you to decide.”
― Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary