07/01/2025
Happy Pride!
It's the final day of a month that means a lot to me. I've been an openly bi woman more of my life than not. It was never a question, never a choice. People are incredible, and being able to find not only attraction but also love, no matter what gender is a beautiful gift.
If you've ever seen my set up, glanced at my product galleries, or you are just lucky enough to know me- you know I am delightfully q***r and have built a customer base of the most wonderful community I could ever dream of!
Interlinked Jewelry is an extension of me and my values. So, making jewelry that represents my customers' identities in soft and subtle or loud and proud ways touches my heart each time. Being able to create that safe space where people can not just find ways to express their identity but also find out more about themselves means the world to me.
Last year, I had a customer approach me at a con whom I had not seen since precovid. She was nervous, she thought I wouldn't remember her, as the last time I had seen her she had been masc presenting. I remembered her and her friend coming up, her clear embarrassment as she selected the earrings she liked most. She proudly showed me those same earrings her friend had bought her back in 2019. I came to find out that they were the first pair of earrings she ever owned, and that her friend got them to motivate herself into getting her ears pierced. Once they healed, they were all she ever wore. She thanked me and asked to give me a hug. She told me I was kind and never looked at her weird or judged her for wanting pretty pink earrings, and explained the fear of such a reaction had kept her from taking that small step for so long.
It's customers like her that remind me why we have Pride Month. No one should ever be in fear because they want to feel nice and wear pretty things that make them happy. I'm so grateful to all of you who go out of your way to create the safe spaces we so desperately need.
I look forward to a day when we can all feel safe finding and being ourselves unapologetically together.
To my fellow LGBTQIA+
Happy Pride 💜
~Semira
