LGBTQ+ Pride and Joy.

Karen Cusson (she/her)

“In 2019, at the age of 69, I experienced an epiphany in my life that made me realize I could finally become who I really was — after knowing since age 8 that I was not a boy — and shed the masks I was forced to wear once and for all,” said Cusson, who is a pastor and the executive director at Victory Mission, a small, independent homeless shelter in Salinas, California.

“The joy and peace in life I have finally experienced as a result of beginning my transition in October 2020 has been incredibly profound. The last two years have, in many ways, been both terrifying and incredibly fulfilling as my true self has finally been able to emerge and thrive.”

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Karen Cusson (she/her)<br />
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“In 2019, at the age of 69, I experienced an epiphany in my life that made me realize I could finally become who I really was — after knowing since age 8 that I was not a boy — and shed the masks I was forced to wear once and for all,” said Cusson, who is a pastor and the executive director at Victory Mission, a small, independent homeless shelter in Salinas, California.<br />
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“The joy and peace in life I have finally experienced as a result of beginning my transition in October 2020 has been incredibly profound. The last two years have, in many ways, been both terrifying and incredibly fulfilling as my true self has finally been able to emerge and thrive.”