#LGBTQ+ activism

#LGBTQ+ activism

Julia's friends remember the support and advice she so willingly provided, whether it was nursing or financial. Her activism could be quiet and private, or public and loud. She believed in women's rights, quietly encouraged financial independence for her women friends, marched down Market Street in support of PFLAG, and was featured in the first statewide television commercial for the No on 8 campaign.

The debut event, featuring Queer Eye's Carson Kressley, will include the voices of Jim Obergefell, George and Brad Takei, Judy and Dennis Shepard, and many more from the 100 stories featured in the book. The beautiful LOVE book brings together vivid photographs and compelling stories to make you feel as if you're right there for each and every twist and turn of the many decades of queer and marriage equality activism that culminated in the 2015 nationwide marriage equality victory at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Over 2,000 queer activists and organizers from across the U.S. descended on Washington, D.C., last week to attend Creating Change, the nation's foremost political, leadership, and skills-building conference for the LGBTQ+ movement. The event marked the conference's 38th annual gathering since it began in 1988. If you've never been, the six-day conference features over 100 workshops and caucuses, day-long identity-based institutes led by community educators, keynote presentations by distinguished activists, and awards ceremonies honoring trailblazing queer civil rights pioneers.

In a recent video, Hegseth was seen participating in a kettlebell workout alongside members of the military. He appears to swing bell quite dramatically. Pattie Gonia critiqued his form, pointing out that Hegseth was swinging his kettlebell inefficiently. She goes on to demonstrate the correct form, highlighting the correct way to move one's hips while swinging the weight. "It's pretty crazy that the US Navy couldn't teach you this and then a drag queen has to," she says.

"Miss Major is at home on hospice," Beck Witt Major said in a Facebook post Saturday. "She is comfortable and surrounded by love."

How much history can you cover in five miles? Quite a bit, according to locals Anthony Vidal Torres and Brian Boisvert, the hosts of a Halloween-themed queer history running tour coming to Brooklyn next month. "Queer Ghosts of Brooklyn: A Halloween Fun Run," will serve as a sort of crash course through an oft-overlooked but critically important part of the borough's past.

The revamped Harvey Milk Plaza will honor Milk's legacy with expanded public spaces and art installations, emphasizing its global symbol of LGBTQ+ pride and activism.

"If I don't end up fostering, I've been looking into training to become a school counsellor. I think there's a huge need for school counsellors..."

Witnessing the subtle ways that the once familiar nylon carpet-laden halls have changed feels like staring at a flipped portrait of yourself.