We hear a lot of marketable voices on social media encouraging us...
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Tyler is back in Chicago for part 2 of our inside look...
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1. Learn The LGBT Community's Legacy
The more you know about the legacy of our community, the prouder you’ll be to have been born into this family of revolutionaries and rebel-rousers. Gay pride parades actually started with Christopher Street Liberation Day, a commemorative celebration of the Stonewall riots. It was the first gay pride gathering of that size in the history of the U.S. And as much as we criticize other countries for their anti-gay “indecency” laws, as recently as the 1950s and 60s, it was illegal to be gay in public. Yep! In New York City, it was illegal for gays to be served alcohol or dance in public. Sip and strut proudly, my queens! Then pick up Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin by John D’Emilio, profiling the life of the openly gay civil rights pioneer credited for teaching Martin Luther King, Jr. the principles of non-violent protest, and A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski for a thorough reading on queer history from the age of Columbus onward. Read More
Our country is suffering a crisis of distrust. How we move forward will require us to ask ourselves what our motivations are every step of the way. Is it a lack of representation? Is it to forge a new political system? Or is it just fear? Now, after witnessing the startlingly successful campaign of a man whose goal seems to be to divide and conquer the whole of these United States along our most sensitive fault lines, President Donald Trump is enjoying his first night in the highest office in the United States of America. As he preens in the Oval Office and leans back into the well worn leather of his new chair, I can't help but ask to ask myself: what is his motivation? After spending 9 years researching peace for my documentary film "A Chance for Peace," I've learned to catch myself before I go down the rabbit hole of trying to find reason in irrational people.
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