Pride Foundation was a co-sponsor of “Our Voices,” a multi-cultural youth playwriting project with January performances held in Caldwell and Boise, Idaho. Our guest blogger, Donna Harwood is the executive director of Lion’s Pride and chairperson for Lion’s Pride Cubs, a 2010 Pride Foundation Idaho grantee. What can one say about one of the most
Every day, transgender people are denied access to health care they need based solely on who they are. In January, two significant policy changes were announced that will dramatically improve access to health care for transgender people in Oregon. TransActive, Oregon’s leading nonprofit serving transgender children, youth, and their families, announced that beginning October 2014
Coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) is a deeply personal process that varies for each individual, and there is no “right or wrong way” to do so. No matter your age or life path, each individual gets to determine when the time is right to publicly share her/his/hir identity. The great
We’re in our second month of 2013, and Pride Foundation’s Leadership Action Team (LAT) is geared up and ready to gather for their annual retreat! During the day-long retreat, the team of volunteer leaders from across Central and Eastern Washington will set goals to guide its work across the state for the coming year. It’s
Intervening in, responding to, and preventing relationship abuse is of paramount importance to Family Services Alliance of Southeast Idaho. A $4,000 community grant from Pride Foundation, the first in southeast Idaho, is helping the organization expand its outreach services to the area’s LGBTQ community. Originally founded in 1922 as the YWCA of Pocatello, Family Services
Last November, the Anchorage Youth Development Coalition (AYDC), a coalition of over 60 youth-serving organizations, was one of three Alaskan organizations awarded grants from Pride Foundation. Their goal: to ensure that LGBTQ youth are adequately served by organizations providing services to young people, whether it be the library, the public schools, an after school program,
There’s no better way to show your significant other how much you care than to craft a plan to ensure he or she is taken care of in the event on your death. If you live in Alaska, Idaho, or Montana-three of the 30 states that lack state relationship recognition for same-sex couples-it is especially
There’s just one week left to apply for a Pride Foundation scholarship. It’s a relatively simple application process but there are a few pieces that you will need to pull together like references and transcripts so don’t wait until the last moment! Since 1993, Pride Foundation, along with our partner, the GSBA Scholarship Program, have
The city of Ketchum has become the third city in Idaho to adopt a citywide non-discrimination ordinance that protects its LGBTQ residents. The Ketchum City Council unanimously passed the ordinance after a third reading during its January 22 meeting, and it will go into effect on January 30. A full version of the ordinance can
Over the holidays, the community and the movement lost a friend, community leader, and visionary in Andrew Quainton of Fairbanks, Alaska. Originally from Chicago, Andrew moved to Alaska nine years ago in search of a change of pace after surviving the September 11th World Trade Towers attack in 2001. Andrew undoubtedly made Fairbanks a better