about us
The Queer Sol Collective is a Queer and Indigenous-led NGO and registered non-profit. Our initiative is centered in activating emergence in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community through the art and practice of Queer embodiment. Our movement is designed to ignite the emotional connection between the self and the land, piecing back together the true understanding of what nature is: everything, including us. This understanding is an essential component of our core philosophy and guides our intentions and actions in our programmatic approach.
Our headquarters reside on the sovereign land of the San Pasqual Band of Kumeyaay Indian's. A federally recognized tribe of the Kumeyaay nation in southern California. And while our roots run deep within this sacred land, we go where our work is needed and welcomed. We are a young and humble organization that is growing rapidly as the need for collective wellness accelerates, especially within the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Our board is gender expansive and majority BIPOC. Our leadership is one hundred percent Queer.
A sanctuary for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. A place of safety, discovery, healing, celebration, integration, and wellness. A mission anchored in engaging communities on the land and introducing Indigenous methodologies that activate and restore the symbiotic relationships between the individual, the land, and the collective.
OUR MISSION
A future where Queer and Indigenous leadership is embraced and biodiversity restored to our social and environmental ecosystems. A place where our 2SLGBTQIA+ siblings are safe to embody their identities to the fullest extent of personal and collective expression.
OUR VISION
We know that nature is Queer. That being in right relationship with the land is the only way forward. That embracing Queer BIPOC leadership not only serves our community, but the human collective as a whole. That culture is medicine, and the social foundations required for whole person health cannot be delineated or treated individually, but must be addressed in tandem with each other for the well being of the human collective.
OUR KNOWING
Co-Founder
hudson garcia perez; ome ehecatl (two wind) is a 2s artist, firekeeper, and community builder dedicated to uniting other detribalized folx within the lgbtq+ community and bridging pathways towards the reclamation of indigeneity with humility and respect.
as a medicine carrier and descendant of quimbaya and mexica lineages, ome ehecatl helps communities interweave cultural heritage, identity, and spirituality into a path for self-realization. applying a queer ecological lens to their work, facilitates the realignment of pre-colonial narratives with collective awareness. their greatest motivation is “to help those who are ready, remember who they are.”
Co-Founder
Juan Angel Reynoso; “nemuuly” (Grizzly Bear) is Ipai Kumeyaay from the San Pasqual Band of Kumeyaay Indians, one of the 13 tribal bands of the Kumeyaay Nation.
An Indigenous-Queer Storyteller, Teacher, and Healer, his work centers the experiences of Indigenous/Queer Kin and their perspectives within Native country; past, present, and future.
Juan holds a M.A. degree in Teaching and Learning: Bilingual Education (ASL-English) from The University of California San Diego, a B.S. in American Sign Language and English Interpretation from William Woods University and is a California credentialed Education Specialist and Multiple-Subjects educator.