Monday, June 26, 2017

Pride is more than celebration. It’s about ACTION!

This Pride season, we remember our history. Pride, as we know it today with all its rainbows and parades, started as a riot. It began at the Stonewall Inn in New York City when a group of transgender women of color and other patrons at the bar stood up and said, “enough.”

At this time of political turmoil, when it has become clear that it will be a struggle to make progress in this presidential administration, we remember our roots and look to the states.

Equality Federation celebrates twenty years this year. Twenty years of making sure that leaders in every state have the skills and strength to fight whatever comes our way. Let’s celebrate twenty years of action by supporting the fights yet to come.

Rainbows alone will not get the work done. Activism requires action. Action like killing nearly 100 anti-equality bills from coast to coast and training the next generation of LGBTQ movement leaders. Action like working to decriminalize HIV and ban conversion therapy. Action means showing up for every member of our community.