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What Pride Means Today: History to Know for a Brighter Present and Future

by Leigh Morrison | Jul 11, 2024 | 0

It was my honor and pleasure in recent weeks to join colleagues and our contributing writers in reflecting on the question: What does Pride mean to you today? As I imagined this series, I considered the ways that my answer to this question has shifted over time, how that has related to other cultural changes and political developments, and how it has been anything but linear. My colleague Sarah Rimmel and I also discussed this topic on a recent episode of The Inclusion Solution LIVE podcast.

What Pride Means Today: The Parable of Isabel Fall

by Jasper Wojtach | Jun 20, 2024 | 0

I present on transness and its many associated topics professionally, and I believe heavily in the power of stories to help people understand and empathize with one another. A story I often share in my trainings is what I like to call “The Parable of Isabel Fall.”

What Pride Means Today: Escaping a Cage of My Own Making

by Eric Peterson | Jun 6, 2024 | 0

When I was about 7, I asked my mother: “Mom, what’s a homosexual?” Neither my mother nor I knew at that moment that a homosexual was, among other things, me. So, my mother answered as best she could: “Well, Eric … a homosexual is a man who loves men the way he ought to love women, or a woman who loves women the way she ought to love men.” Needless to say, I didn’t come out to my mom for quite a while after that.

What Pride Means Today: Experiencing Each Day as My Authentic Self

by SJ Janjua | May 23, 2024 | 0

When I was first coming out as a queer, I couldn’t wait to attend my first Pride parade. I braved the hot asphalt streets of Houston, Texas, for the parade, danced with my friends, and felt a sense of joy I couldn’t contain. This was it! I’d found my people.

What Pride Means Today: Community Care and Creativity

by Leigh Morrison | May 9, 2024 | 0

I know I will never fully understand the lived experience of the tragedies that preceded my lifetime, and I am grateful for the times I have been challenged to truly sit in recognition of and empathy with the lived experiences of queer and trans elders across many intersections and identities. A queer millennial comic I admire mused on a podcast: “I never experience homophobia — or barely.” The Midwest and the world at large have changed a lot since the 1980s. While I can point to several exceptions, generally, I am fortunate enough to know what she means.

Category: What Pride Means Today

What Pride Means Today: History to Know for a Brighter Present and Future

What Pride Means Today: The Parable of Isabel Fall

What Pride Means Today: Escaping a Cage of My Own Making

What Pride Means Today: Experiencing Each Day as My Authentic Self

What Pride Means Today: Community Care and Creativity

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