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,
You’re Getting a Raise in Oregon
March 2nd was a historic day in Oregon—for LGBTQ people, for people of color, for all Oregonians. On this day, Governor Kate Brown signed into law an increase in the state’s minimum wage, making it the highest statewide minimum wage rate in the nation. By 2022, the minimum wage will be $14.75 inside of Portland’s
Year-End Celebrations Across the Region
Join Us and Celebrate 2015! RSVP Today! Come together and celebrate what we’ve achieved as a community in 2015! We are excited to invite you to our upcoming year-end events across our region. We hope you’ll join us as we celebrate our grantees, thank our donors, and toast our volunteers! ALASKA ANCHORAGE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11th
Yard Signs for Marriage!
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
Wozumi Family Scholarship
Wozumi Family Scholarship for students who are goal-oriented, HIV positive, and/or focusing on the treatment and/or eradication of HIV.
Working to Improve Washington’s Child Welfare/Juvenile Justice Systems
Last year Pride Foundation made a grant to Center for Children & Youth Justice (CCYJ) to conduct a policy research project called the eQuality Project. This project focuses on collecting data to document the unique needs and challenges facing LGBTQ youth in the juvenile justice and foster care systems. Our hope is that this data
Working Behind the Scenes Towards Justice in Alaska
Tom Rachal exudes a quiet confidence. He often shies away from the spotlight, preferring that his work happens more organically “behind the scenes.” He is the one who’s always listening intently to people, taking stock of who’s in the room and why, and finding ways to bring people together. The impact Tom has had on
Women Are Leading the Response
As Program Director at Montana Women Vote, I often meet with legislators in Helena to discuss women’s needs. And every year on International Women’s Day (IWD), I am joined in the capital building by hundreds of women celebrating IWD Lobby Day. While this lobby day is always a great opportunity for women of all backgrounds
Within minutes
Just minutes after Donald Trump was sworn into office, the pages dedicated to LGBTQ rights, civil rights, climate change, women, and immigration were removed from WhiteHouse.gov. While this move only confirmed what we already assumed about this administration, it didn’t make watching our lives being erased any easier. And it wasn’t any easier watching him
Why We are Rocking the Ribbon
My first experience as an activist (and a fundraiser) was participating in the inaugural AIDS Care Walk in my hometown of Rockford, Illinois in 1993 when I was 9 years old. I learned from my mother, who worked at the county health department at the time, about what HIV and AIDS were, how you could