Educator and writer belle hooks wrote this when asked about queer means to her: :”queer is about the self that is at odds with everything around it and that has to invent and create and find a place to speak and to thrive and to live.” During this Pride month, we’ll celebrate the ways that queerness invites us all, and especially all of us UUs, into creating futures in which everyone thrives. As part of this service, we’ll hold a ritual to honor the newest members of our thriving community!