Pride Foundation grantee, BlackPast.org, announces the launch of a new section on their website highlighting LGBTQ African American History! The press release below details the project. LGBTQ History of African Americans Highlighted on BlackPast.org Seattle, Washington – October 1, 2012 – BlackPast.org announces the launch of a new section highlighting the LGBTQ history of African
Until last spring, if a transgender Alaskan was discriminated against or harassed in the workplace, there was nowhere to turn. A recent decision by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) changed that. Last April, the EEOC unanimously decided that an employer who discriminates against an employee or applicant on the basis of their
For the young Northwest LGBTQ leaders invited in September to Washington, D.C., meeting Vice President Joe Biden is something that will have a lasting impact on their lives. “He held my hand, gave me a serious, hard look, then thanked me and my people for our leadership on marriage equality,” said Heather Purser, a member
The one year anniversary of the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) did not go unnoticed by LGBTQ veterans in Montana, and it comes on the heels of the release of a new memoir by Missoula author Paul Tripp, “Choking on Silence” that details his nine-year battle with military investigators seeking to “out” him.
As a part of Pride Foundation’s Why Marriage Matters Washington Education Campaign, we approached Paj Nandi and Mickey Kander to get involved and to share their story. “We were both truly humbled and honored to be asked,” said Mickey, and “the ask actually spawned us to have a deep conversation about our beliefs in the
Please enjoy thoughtfully, get fired up by, and/or giggle while reading this week’s pieces from Pride Foundation staff’s recommended reading. Quizzes Galore! Pondering the fact that I’ve been out of any formal educational institution for nearly three years now, I have been a little obsessed with testing my knowledge with quizzes from the New
Be sure to get your yard signs while you can and show your support for the freedom to marry! Yard signs are available at all Washington United for Marriage Action Centers including: Bellevue (13300 SE 30th St, Suite 200) Seattle (517 E Pike Street) Shoreline (15019 Aurora Ave N) Spokane (1121 South Perry Street) Tacoma
Please enjoy thoughtfully, get fired up by, and/or giggle while reading this week’s pieces from Pride Foundation staff’s recommended reading. An Op-Ed from the Advocate Urooj Arshad discusses being a member of the LGBTQ community and Muslim. Two things, she reminds us, that are not mutually exclusive. The Time to Be Awesome is
Jamee Greer has been told in public meetings that his kind deserves to be sentenced to death and ridiculed as “Tinkerbell” by a prominent gun lobbyist. Last week, the White House confirmed what members of the LGBTQ Montanans and their supporters have long known: That Greer is one of the finest leaders in the country,
Hamilton, Montana is a town of fewer than 5,000 people located in Western Montana’s Bitterroot Valley. On the forty mile drive from Missoula to Hamilton one passes several anti-choice signs adorning fields of cows and billboards displaying the Ten Commandments. The Bitterroot Valley is home to anti-LGBTQ activists like Rev. Harris Himes, the notorious preacher