Idaho ‘Add the Words’ Bill Denied Printing

By nature, I’m something of an optimist – particularly when it comes to assuming that most people will, in the end, always do the right thing. I’ll admit that faith was put to the test Feb. 10 when a majority of the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee decided to not print a bill that would

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Couple’s Love Inspires a More Equal Montana

This Valentine’s Day season, many Montanans are blushing about their current crush or building a relationship with that special someone. For same-sex couples here, the butterflies and bliss of true love is often met with a cold, hard legal reality. Only six states and the District of Columbia offer equal marriage rights, and Montana is

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BREAKING: WA House Passes Marriage Equality Bill

OLYMPIA – In a dramatic vote of 55 – 43, the Washington House of Representatives passed ESSB 6239 – the marriage equality bill that will grant civil marriage rights to same-sex couples in Washington. With the State Senate having passed the marriage equality bill only a week ago, the House vote was a crucial step

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Raising Awareness for Equality from the Fishbowl

Dorothy Harris, a Pride Foundation volunteer, lives in the town of Ephrata located in Eastern Washington, just north of Moses Lake, where everyone knows everyone. She, along with her close-knit family, are doing their part in the community to create equality, provide support and make their community a better place for McKyna, Dorothy’s lesbian daughter,

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MT Leadership Action Team Sets Goals for 2012

During new Executive Director Kris Hermanns’ inaugural visit to Montana, the state’s Leadership Action Team volunteers convened at a retreat center in Red Lodge January 28 to assess the first year of Pride Foundation’s regional expansion in Montana and to help set the course for 2012. “The Montana retreat recognized, created and harnessed some of

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Marriage Equality: Heading Down the Aisle

We’re still basking in the glow of last week’s State Senate vote on the marriage equality bill. The success of the Senate vote was critical in moving the bill forward. Staff and volunteers from many Washington United for Marriage coalition members, including the Pride Foundation team, watched from the Senate Gallery as history unfolded with

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Volunteer: From Grant Writing to Grant Giving

Kori Rodley, a Pride Foundation grants volunteer, shares the experience of what it was like to get to give the money away to great grantees. As someone who has written dozens of grant proposals, the opportunity to be on the “giving” side of the granting process was one I just couldn’t pass up. While mission,

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Rural View: GSAs in Unexpected Places

One of the most exciting developments of the past year or two is the rise of new Gay-Straight Alliances in small communities across the state. It seems that in rural Alaska the movement for LGBTQ equality is being led by young people who aren’t content to wait for things to get better in the future,

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Montana Road Trip!

Just weeks into her position as the new Executive Director of Pride Foundation, Kris Hermanns takes her first official road trip to visit supporters and grantees in Montana. My time in Montana made it vividly clear to me why I choose to do this work. It also reaffirmed for me why Pride Foundation is committed

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New Scholarship: “It’s All About Love”

Steve Parsons met Bill McKnight eighteen years ago and the friendship was instant. They met through what was then called Seattle AIDS Support Group (now Compassion & Choices of Washington), when they were both grieving the loss of people in their lives due to AIDS. Steve and Bill decided to meet up for coffee, to

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