Lake + Karli // Chicago LGBTQ+ Top Surgery Celebration + Couples Session

HOWDY!

Wowie, it’s been a while since I’ve sat down to write a blog post. Life’s been messy and busy and full, but I’m super excited to be heading into spring - the mark of the start of wedding season! In the meantime, I wanted to share this super sweet lil session from December.

Karli reached out to me wanting to surprise Lake with a shoot to celebrate their top surgery + the love they share between them, and it was such a treat to put it together. We met up in Chicago and chatted all things Christmas movies (listen, it was December) and doggies and queer life.

Doing these gender-affirming sessions with other LGBTQ+ folks has really become so near + dear to my heart. With over 340 ant-LGBTQ+ bills introduced across the nation this year, finding ways to celebrate queerness is an integral part of my life and my work. Cis + straight folks: I hope you’re paying attention to what’s happening in your community and your state as we watch folks on the right seek to push us back into closets and legislate us away. We need you to take action now so that LGBTQ+ people - particularly young, trans, and BIPOC people - can have the futures they deserve.

ANYWAY. Enjoy these sweet, smily, tender moments of Lake + Karli - and sprinkle as much queer joy into your day as possible.