During my childhood, my moms had a bumper sticker on their car that read: “We Are Everywhere” that regularly mortified me. I was desperately trying to hide the fact that I had lesbian moms—and that sticker was not doing me any favors. Growing up in a town of 500 in 1980s Vermont, I learned early
More than 10 years ago, when I was the co-director of a feminist community center in Portland (pictured above), I wrote a grant proposal to Pride Foundation. We received a modest award that allowed us to buy chairs to accommodate the hundreds of people who came to our space each month, making it more accessible
Since we were founded in 1985, raising visibility for our communities has been a critical part of Pride Foundation’s work. When we share stories of our lives and our experiences, we can build awareness, empathy, and authentic relationships—and get that much closer to a world where we can all be who we are, where we are.
Thirty-four years ago, a courageous group of activists, friends, and neighbors came together to create a critical resource that our community in the Northwest urgently needed—a foundation that would create a source of light, hope, and support for LGBTQ+ people during a period of profound darkness. Since then, the passion, innovation, and vision of
When I first got involved with Pride Foundation more than 10 years ago, I had just moved to Portland and I was co-directing a feminist community center, while searching for my own place in this new home and community. I could hardly have imagined then that I would be writing this note today, sharing
Today, I could not be more pleased to share that, following our extensive and thorough search, the Pride Foundation Board voted unanimously to hire our Acting CEO, Katie Carter, to continue to lead us into the future as the next CEO of Pride Foundation. Our Process and Decision “Pride Foundation was founded to address ongoing
Last week, Idaho Senate President Pro Tem Brent Hill published an open letter describing his reasons for denying statewide equal protections for LGBTQ+ Idahoans. In this letter, Senator Hill described the need to find “a balanced solution” or, in essence, a compromise between non-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Idahoans and religious
All of us at Pride Foundation were deeply saddened to say goodbye to Andrea Redeker, our friend and a fierce advocate for our communities in Alaska. Andrea was loved by so many in her community in Anchorage, and we were honored to work closely with Andrea as she fought for full acceptance for trans and
As we dive into 2019, I wanted to take a moment to reach out to Pride Foundation’s incredible network of supporters, partners, volunteers, scholars, and grantees to say hello and let you know how excited I am to be Pride Foundation’s new board president! A little background on me: I live with my wife and
In 2018, Pride Foundation was grateful to receive a generous gift of $10,000 in honor of Craig Kyte, a remarkable man who loved deeply and lived generously throughout this life. Craig had a profound respect for the humanity that surrounded him—he loved art, literature, the symphony, and opera. He wrote poetry, and volunteered with the