Guest writer Jennifer Mannix is a member of Pride Foundation’s Leadership Action Team in Alaska. When the law passed early this year to allow same-sex marriage in Washington, my partner Kris and I started to plan our summer wedding. We’d wanted to get married for some time now, but our families are on the west
Please enjoy thoughtfully, get fired up by, and/or giggle while reading this week’s pieces from Pride Foundation staff’s recommended reading. The Missoula News asks: How Gay Can the Montana GOP get? Geeks, Gamers, and Online Homophobia. Let’s all *CHEER* because: Methodist Ministers say marriage equality in Washington state is the right thing to do. For
We will have pride in our Oregon community all through the summer and beyond! In the month of June we celebrate LGBTQ Pride as a movement. We also commemorate and honor the Stonewall Riots. As we celebrate the wonderful accomplishments of the equality movement it is important to take pause and think about those
Erin Scott and others marching in the pride parade This post has been a long time coming. In my travels around the state, as well as here in my own backyard in Missoula, I often come across amazing talent and innovation in our LGBTQ community. Nearly 200 LGBTQ and allied Montanans are living Pride
Please enjoy thoughtfully, get fired up by, and/or giggle while reading this week’s pieces from Pride Foundation staff’s recommended reading. On young adults giving from the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Lots of Lady Sports! Jody and Christina arenot so secretly obsessed with the women’s boxing in this summer’s Olympics. Here are pieces on women’s boxing from the
We would have loved this video that much more with a little hair glitter and a rainbow broach. Kidding aside, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues to show her support for LGBTQ issues with this video message published yesterday. As we celebrate Pride Month (in fact, Pride Festival celebrations take place throughout the summer in
The Racial Equity Initiative (REI) is a multiyear campaign of the Funders for LGBT Issues to strengthen the infrastructures of autonomous LGBTQ people of color organizations. Pride Foundation is one of eight national cohort-leaders chosen to support organizations in this region through re-granting, technical assistance funding, leadership development, convening of participants, and other coaching and
Leading up to Seattle’s Pride Fest Weekend, join friends and family as Pride Foundation hosts Pride Foundation Night with the Seattle Storm WNBA Team (June 22). Proceeds from tickets sales will go to support Pride Foundation’s work throughout the Northwest. Click on the link below to purchase your Pride Foundation Night tickets. Should you
Please enjoy thoughtfully, get fired up by, and/or giggle while reading this week’s pieces from Pride Foundation staff’s recommended reading. A federal appeals court rejected a request to review its own ruling throwing out a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage in California. It’s looking more and more likely that the U.S. Supreme Court will weigh
Join us in welcoming Pride Foundation’s Executive Director, Kris Hermanns, on her inaugural trip to the Last Frontier! The Chocolate Feast is a reception for Pride Foundation friends, donors, scholars, and grantees past and present hosted by Modern Dwellers Chocolate Lounge. Second Annual Chocolate Feast for LGBTQ Equality Thursday, June 14, 2012 7:30 PM