I recall a time in my early coming-out days in the mid-90s when attending a Boise Pride Festival rally and marching in the parade caused more than a little anxiety. Some of that fear, I know, stemmed from my own insecurities about being openly gay. But it was more than that. I distinctly remember years
Building on their thoughtful June marriage equality supplement, staff at Seattle Gay News asked Pride Foundation Executive Director Kris Hermanns about why marriage matters. In her editorial, Kris writes about the broader context of Washington’s marriage equality campaign. It’s about love, it’s about the freedom to marry, and it’s about helping to create a culture
Awarding grants is only the first step in creating change within our community. The real exciting work is when we get to see our grantees in action doing the work that they do best. Umatilla Morrow Alternatives (UMA) is one of the organizations that is working to create positive LGBTQ equality in Eastern Oregon. They
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