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For This I Am Thankful

It has become a tradition among my chosen family that every year at “Thanksvegan” we go around speaking to what we are thankful for. This year I realized I had some huge milestones to be thankful for: Trust Last thanksgiving I decided to take a huge leap by writing letters expressing my trust for three [...]

We Are Strong

Yesterday I went to the Hands Across Hawthorne rally, which was an event of solidarity created in response to the May 22, 2011 hate crime against two gay men who were attacked by three other men simply because they were holding hands while walking across the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland, OR. [For more information on [...]

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thank you for having the courage to be revolutionary. “An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law. ” — Martin Luther [...]

We Need Compassion NOW!

Just consider it. If you agree visit here to affirm this charter.

Today Is: National Coming Out Day

“Coming Out Day is rooted in the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights with its AIDS Quilt display. That event is widely regarded as pivotal for the gay community, bringing together and politicizing lesbian and gay men and turning the tide on treatment for people living with HIV and AIDS. Rob Eichberg [...]

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