Celebrating the Launch of AgeFWD
On May 6th, 2026, The Pride Chamber of Orlando launched AgeFWD, a new program that supports professionals who serve older LGBTQ+ adults in Central Florida.
Compassion dissonance in Deathcare Sales
This Mental Health Awareness Month, let’s explore the emotional toll of balancing service, grief, and sales pressure in modern deathcare. This article examines mental health, compassion fatigue, and why service-centered care may be the key to a healthier future for deathcare professionals.
Donate With Pride Blood Drive
The Donate With Pride Blood Drive honors the advocacy, research, and community leadership that helped drive the FDA’s 2023 policy changes allowing more LGBTQ+ individuals, including many gay and bisexual men, to donate blood. Learn how Central Florida leaders, Pulse-era advocacy, and local organizations helped shape this historic movement — and why Donate With Pride continues raising awareness and saving lives today.
Donate Life Month: Inclusion Saves Lives
April is Donate Life Month—and as a pre-planning advisor, it’s a topic I’m asked about often, especially within LGBTQ+ communities. Let’s talk about everyone’s power to save lives through organ, eye, and tissue donation.
We Need to Talk About Trans Deathcare
Affirming deathcare is a critical but often avoided conversation. This article talks about key risks, including identity erasure and family conflict, and highlights how pre-planning with inclusive professionals and providers protects dignity and autonomy.
The Future of Inclusive Aging
Be part of this special event launching The Pride Chamber’s new initiative, AgeFWD: Flourish With Dignity. The May 6 ribbon cutting, held during Older Adults Month, will celebrate the beginning of an innovative collaboration and a new future for inclusive aging in Central Florida.
Expanding inclusion beyond religion
Celebrating The Pride Chamber’s leadership while exploring how updating non-discrimination language to include Religious, Secular, and Spiritual Identity (RSSI) strengthens inclusion, improves psychological safety, and ensures all people are seen and protected.
Women Who Reshaped Deathcare
On this International Women’s Day, honoring women pioneers reminds us that the future of funeral service will continue to be shaped by those willing to expand the profession’s capacity for care. In a field dedicated to honoring every life, diverse leadership ensures that dignity in death truly belongs to everyone.
Time Travel.
As a pre-planning advisor, i help people who want to make final arrangements in advance. I sometimes describe this role as a “Time Travel Agent”. There are three windows where final arrangements can be made:…
Continuing Education in a Changing Deathcare Landscape
Continuous improvement for the service-focused professional is first and foremost about how we show up for others. Advancement and opportunity may follow — sometimes. But the real measure is the impact we make and the…
