A 12-Week Bitter2Sweet Community for LGBTQIA2S+ Adults Building Safety, Stability, and Belonging Abroad
Leaving the United States can bring relief, grief, guilt, and disorientation—often all at once. For LGBTQIA2S+ people, that transition is rarely just about moving countries. It’s about identity, safety, belonging, and figuring out how to live in the in-between.
Chosen Village is a facilitated community space for LGBTQIA2S+ adults who have left the U.S. and are navigating life abroad. This Village is not about having answers or feeling settled. It’s about not being isolated while you figure things out.
Together, we focus on connection, nervous system regulation, and shared meaning. Conversations may include adjusting to a new country or language, navigating gendered systems, managing doom-scrolling and news fatigue, holding grief and relief at the same time, staying connected to loved ones from afar, and finding sustainable ways to rest, care, and engage without burning out.
This is a lightly facilitated, participant-led group. Facilitators help hold the container, support regulation, and ask grounding questions, but the content of each session is shaped by the needs and experiences of the group. There is no pressure to perform, justify why you left, or have things figured out.
Like chosen family, Chosen Village is built through intention, care, and mutual support. You don’t have to feel at home yet to belong here.
PURPOSE & PHILOSOPHY:
Chosen Village exists to help LGBTQIA2S+ expats move from displacement to belonging.
We center:
Chosen Village is not therapy or crisis intervention. It is a trauma-informed, community-based support space focused on stability, connection, and sustainable living. We help you create conditions where safety, confidence, and home can grow.
Villagers are placed into carefully matched cohorts to support safety, trust, and meaningful community.
Are you:
If you found yourself nodding along, Chosen Village may be a good fit.
You don’t have to navigate this alone.