Lifelong: Helping People “Live Forward”
The year was 1987. 16,908 people had already died from AIDS in the United States[i] and the disease was spreading rapidly. Amidst this backdrop, Pride Foundation distributed our first eight grants to...
View ArticlePride Foundation Endorses STA Proposition 1
Pride Foundation recently endorsed Spokane Transit Authority (STA) Proposition 1, which would raise critical funds to support public transportation. Proposition 1 will appear on the April 2015 ballot...
View ArticleCommunity Solutions
Earlier this month, I walked into All Pilgrims Church on Capitol Hill in Seattle not sure what to expect. As I made my way into the room that Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant was holding her...
View ArticleTurning Pain Into Healing
When Steve Parsons was in his early thirties, he owned a small flower shop on Broadway Street in Seattle. One day an employee approached him with a question; “Steve, when you take phone orders, I can’t...
View ArticleSomething We All Deserve
Imagine that you’ve just started a new job. You’re ushered through Human Resources to get your benefits started and are thrilled to finally have health insurance after going without it for some...
View ArticleSupporting Systems-Involved LGBTQ Youth
“If the people with authority don’t think I’m an equal human being, why should I?” This haunting question was recently asked by a young transgender man participating in a focus group with the...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Story?
Growing up gay in the rural Midwest, moving through adolescence and into early adulthood, I, like so many others, saw the world around me as complicated, different, and sometimes even, unsafe. I have...
View ArticleThe Power of LGBTQ Allies
In early March, a package of racist, threatening literature was sent to Rachel Dolezal, the President of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP (read more here). The incident brought communities and...
View ArticleRetaining Our History, While Moving Forward
As Pride Foundation celebrates 30 years of serving the LGBTQ community, we are happy to share this notable milestone with our grantee partner, Blue Mountain Heart to Heart. Both organizations were...
View ArticleFreedom, Human Dignity, and Self-Reliance
A few years ago, a family came to America seeking refuge and the American dream. They moved from a life of instability in a war-torn country; traveling through several borders along the way and...
View ArticleStanding with Pride: Lina Ali’s Story
“I gave up on my life, my hopes and my dream of going to college…I felt isolated because I was a gay Muslim immigrant, and was worried about my immigration status. I was afraid I would be sent back to...
View ArticleIntiman Theatre: Leveraging Empathy for Social Progress
Anyone who has experienced good theatre knows that it has the power to transport you to another time and place. Using a story to draw an emotional connection between the audience and the characters on...
View ArticleCan You Feel the Love?
Congratulations to us! It’s hard to even know where to begin. Last week’s ruling by the Supreme Court finally affirms our decades-long fight to be able to marry the ones we love. As Justice Kennedy...
View ArticleFour Lessons from Orpheus Descending
Last Friday I had the pleasure of attending Orpheus Descending—the opening production in Intiman Theatre’s 2015 Summer Festival, The Hunt is On. It’s been awhile since I’ve been to the theatre, and I...
View ArticleReflections from my Summer Internship at Pride Foundation
For the past two months I have had the honor of interning at Pride Foundation. It was an amazing experience—working with some of the most amazing people (and dogs). My time here has been really...
View ArticlePhilanthropy That Makes a Difference Close to Home
For Paul Lenehan and Jon Warn it was never a question of if they were going to give back, it was more a question of how. The couple shared that they’ve been discussing the best way to support LGBTQ...
View ArticleSolutions for a Safer and More Inclusive Seattle
While we continue to celebrate the recent hard-earned Supreme Court victory on marriage equality, we are also be alarmed by the recent surge in violence against our community—mainly targeted at...
View ArticleComing Out at the Ballgame
At the 2008 Gay Softball World Series hosted in Seattle, one team accused another of having too many straight players. According to Andrew Russell, the Producing Artistic Director at Intiman Theatre in...
View ArticleU.S. Trans Survey Now Available!
The moment we’ve been waiting for is now here. Today, the 2015 U.S. Trans Survey is ready to complete at: USTransSurvey.org. Over 6,400 people took the National Transgender Discrimination Survey (NTDS)...
View ArticleHabitat for Humanity Seattle-King County Hosts First Pride Build!
Earlier this year, Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County started a new program called Build Hope, which allows groups that haven’t traditionally worked with Habitat to do crowdfunding and come out...
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