Celebrations that honour your identity, your story, and your love, exactly as you are
Choosing a Celebrant is more than choosing someone to lead a ceremony. It’s choosing someone who sees you, respects you, and embraces every part of who you are, without hesitation, judgement, or assumptions.
For LGBTQ+ people, that matters more than ever. And it matters to me too.
Based in Bovey Tracey and working across South and North Devon, I offer ceremonies that centre your identity, your love, and your choices. Whether your ceremony is bold and colourful, quiet and heartfelt, traditional, themed, symbolic, or completely unique, you are welcomed here with warmth and full acceptance.
My role is simple: to create a space where your story is honoured exactly as it deserves to be.
Ceremonies I offer for the LGBTQ+ community
Your ceremony can look however you want it to look. I work closely with you to create something meaningful, personal, and deeply reflective of your relationship, identity, and values.
Weddings
Ceremonies that reflect who you are, from classic and elegant to joyful, playful, colourful, spiritual, or proudly unconventional or quirky.
Vow renewals
A chance to reaffirm your commitment with words and rituals that reflect your journey, your milestones, and your shared hopes for the future.
Naming ceremonies (adults, children & trans celebrations)
A deeply affirming ceremony for choosing or claiming a name that reflects who you truly are. I create these with sensitivity, care, and a profound respect for identity and self-expression.
Transition & Identity ceremonies
For those marking a personal milestone, transition, or self-affirmation. These ceremonies can be powerful, healing, joyful, and meaningful, celebrating the moment you step into your fullest self.
Family & blended family ceremonies
For families expanding through adoption, blended families, or chosen families, acknowledging the bonds that matter most.
Memorials & Funerals
A celebration of life that honours the individual as they lived, loved, identified, and expressed themselves, with dignity, depth, and compassion.
What LGBTQ+ clients often tell me they want in a Celebrant
LGBTQ+ friends and colleagues have shared that they value:
- Feeling safe and fully accepted without explanations
- A Celebrant who doesn’t assume pronouns, roles, or family dynamics
- Representation and inclusion woven naturally into the ceremony
- Language that respects identity rather than fitting people into old templates
- Flexibility in structure, symbolism, and ritual
- Understanding of chosen family, community, and diverse relationships
- Creativity, from quiet rituals to bold, themed celebrations
- A gentle, reassuring presence who supports the emotional experience of the day
These values shape everything I do.
My background in hypnotherapy, coaching, and 35 years of nursing gives me an unusually sensitive, grounded way of working. People often tell me they feel “heard for the first time”, and for LGBTQ+ clients, that sense of being understood can be especially important.
Themes, rituals & personal touches
You may want something traditional. You may want something unconventional. Or you may want a ceremony that blends both.
I welcome it all:
- Handfasting
- Sand ceremonies
- Ring blessings
- Candle rituals
- Unity rituals
- Chosen-family acknowledgments
- Pride-inspired themes
- Nature, spiritual, or symbolic elements
- Gentle humour and storytelling
- Pirate, festival, retro, fantasy, or quirky themed ceremonies
- Anything meaningful that’s truly you
Your ceremony should feel like home.
Frequently Asked Questions
“Will you use our pronouns correctly?”
Yes, always. I will check, confirm, and honour them throughout the process and the ceremony.
“Our relationship doesn’t fit the traditional format. Is that a problem?”
Not at all. I don’t work from pre-set templates. Your relationship is your relationship, and the ceremony reflects your dynamic, not anyone else’s expectations.
“Our families are complicated… can you work with that?”
Of course. Many LGBTQ+ ceremonies involve blended families, estranged families, chosen families, or unique dynamics. I support you in navigating this safely and sensitively.
“Can we have a themed, alternative, or unconventional ceremony?”
Yes. If you can imagine it, we can make it happen.
“What if we want something simple and understated?”
That’s just as welcome. Elegance and simplicity can be as powerful as bold expression.
Working together
My process is relaxed, supportive, and tailored to your comfort:
- Initial call or message — a relaxed chat about what you’d like
- Your story — shared in a way that feels safe and natural
- Drafting — I create a personalised ceremony script
- Refinement — you add, remove, shape, and guide
- The Ceremony — delivered with care, warmth, humour (if you want it), and absolute presence
You have full control and full affirmation at every stage.
You are welcome here. Fully and without question.
Your identity, your journey, your love, your joy, your grief, your self-expression, all of it deserves to be honoured with respect and dignity.
If you’d like to explore your ideas, ask questions, or simply see if you feel a connection, I’d love to hear from you.
Let’s create a ceremony that feels beautifully, authentically, unmistakably you.