Last week, we were thrilled to host a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 10 LGBTQ+ Health Convening. A massive thank you to our partners at HHS, and all of the community organizations and leaders who were able to participate! Here are a few post-convening follow-up resources: Speaker bios (including presenter contact
As these August mornings cool down, and we find ourselves approaching fall, I’m having some deja vu. So many of my emails to you over the past two years have begun with “we’re all holding a lot right now.” Between Monkeypox’s (MPV) growing impact on our communities, the continued effects of the pandemic, economic instability,
In March of 2020, we were, without fully grasping it yet, on the precipice of massive changes in our day-to-day lives. Like so many, I remember asking our Seattle-based staff not to come into the office one day, thinking it would only be for a couple of weeks. In that moment, we could have approached
With so much tragedy that continues to happen in the world, June feels like a million miles away. In other ways, I still find myself in a deep state of reflection—and trying to learn and grow from everything that June and Pride month brought with it this year. This Pride month was amazing in so
I was planning to write to you today expressing my overwhelming gratitude for the love, care, and outpouring of support I witnessed at our Tend hybrid event last night. Instead, my hands are shaking with rage and horror as I write this very different blogpost. One about today’s massive step back in the fight for
Holidays matter, and—as the newest federally recognized holiday—it is heartening to know that Juneteenth now has the time and space for reflection it requires. On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom, remembrance, and hope. We lift up the real and painful history of our nation. We acknowledge how far we still have to go in order to see
We’re excited to announce a new role at Pride Foundation—the search is on for our Assistant Director of Community Engagement! Pride Foundation’s Assistant Director of Community Engagement will be an experienced fundraising professional. They will build on and provide the day-to-day management of Pride Foundation’s annual fund program and the annual fund team. Together, alongside the
Pride Month holds so many different things for all of us. While I always make time for celebration, it’s also a crucial time for remembering where we come from and all we have fought for. Since the Stonewall Uprising led by Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, this month has commemorated a movement against injustice, hate,
I hope you’re holding up during a heavy, difficult couple of weeks. Between the white supremacist murders of Black people in Buffalo two weeks ago, and the devastating school shooting in Texas earlier this week, we are heartsick and our thoughts are going out to the families of those lost. We hope you are taking
Since the moment I saw the news alert about the leaked draft decision from Justice Alito that would overturn Roe v. Wade, my heart and spirit have ached with rage and devastation. Like so many others, I am wracked with questions: What fresh dystopia are we living in? How has the backlash against progress—this death