Celebrating Trans Day of Visibility and Action 2023 Visibility is most necessary when it makes cruelty, indifference, and irresponsibility impossible. Last year for #TDOV, we asked “what is this the year of for you.” In response, we heard that it was a year of combatting misinformation about transgender people, a year of centering healing and
A grassroots effort to add the words “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the Idaho Human Rights Act took a significant step forward in January following a day of several highly attended statewide rallies and events in support of the action, and the announcement of a print hearing on February 10th by the Senate State
Since I started working for Pride Foundation 18 months ago, I’ve come to realize there is never a dull moment! August is no exception: we had a record number of letters of inquiry for the upcoming grant cycle and continue to sponsor events like the Billings Roller Derby Tournament (July 14), the ‘Tapas at T.
When Juli Stratton moved to rural North Idaho from Chicago five years ago, she had no intention of becoming a leader in the area’s LGBTQ community. Today, the board president of the revived PFLAG chapter in Coeur d’Alene and self-described “accidental activist” knows that stepping up has made a difference. “I was miserable and felt
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.