Out Loud Pride Consulting
Where Lived Experience Leads
Out Loud Pride Consulting centers lived experience as the bridge between communities and the institutional spaces where healing becomes possible. When the insight of those most affected by care shapes strategy, stigma decreases, trust deepens, and organizations evolve with integrity. Transformation and growth become meaningful, sustained, and grounded in authenticity.
Why this Work Matters
Recovery is not a single moment of clarity or decision. It unfolds over time through honesty, humility, and the courage to remain engaged. It is sustained through vulnerability and trust, especially in the moments when both feel fragile.
I work at the intersection of advocacy, consulting, and storytelling to ensure that the insight of those most affected by care informs culture, partnership, and long-term growth. This is how stigma decreases. This is how trust deepens. This is how transformation endures.
Lived experience is not anecdotal. It is necessary infrastructure.
Meet the Founder
Eric Dorsa (they/them)
Eric Dorsa (they/them) is a nationally recognized LGBTQ+ mental health advocate and activist, dedicated to advancing equity and inclusion within mental health and recovery spaces. Combining their lived experience with professional advocacy, Eric works to create meaningful change and amplify the voices of marginalized communities.
As the creator and lead organizer of the Out Loud Pride Summit, Eric collaborates with the Eating Recovery Center to offer an innovative virtual Continuing Education (CE) program that centers LGBTQ+ perspectives in mental health care. Their work extends to the global stage, including speaking at the United Nations on behalf of the National Alliance for Eating Disorders and The Mental Health Coalition, where they addressed systemic barriers to mental health access.
Eric has been featured on platforms such as Good Morning America for their dual careers as a celebrated drag artist and advocate for Substance Use Disorder recovery. Their journey has also been highlighted by Texas Public Radio’s Worth Repeating, the Mental Note Podcast’s Drag Queen Wisdom, and HuffPost Queer Voices. In their award-winning TEDx Talk, How Dressing in Drag Made Me Uncover My Authentic Self, Eric explored the intersection of self-expression and mental health recovery.
Drawing from personal experiences of overcoming Eating Disorders, Substance Use Disorder, and trauma, Eric provides insight and inspiration to professionals and peers alike. Their work encourages systems of care to embrace authenticity, connection, and inclusivity as foundational principles of systemic change.
Work with Me
Speaking Engagements
I speak at conferences, universities, healthcare organizations, corporations, and international forums on mental health, recovery, identity, and leadership.
LGBTQ+ & DEI Strategy & Training
I work with organizations to evaluate and strengthen their inclusive care practices—particularly for LGBTQ+ individuals navigating treatment and recovery.
Lived Experience Consulting
I partner with treatment centers and organizations to integrate lived experience into systems-level decision-making.
