In This Issue: Pride is about centering our defiant joy. It’s about marching and dancing and singing in the streets — despite those who are trying to silence us. It’s about celebrating all of the beautiful identities that make our movement stronger. It’s about visibility. It’s about telling the stories — loud and proud — of the battles we are still fighting today for our LGBTQ+ community. We have so much more work to do before we can truly celebrate pride without exception.
Nearly a dozen state legislatures have proposed legislation that would ban books that tell the truth about America’s struggle with racism. Missouri has just voted to defund the state’s public libraries. Since January, 120 bills have been introduced in 30…
by Jose Soto (He/Him)
“Things are a little crazy right now.”
That is how HRC’s Michigan State Director Amritha Venkataraman (she/her) begins her conversations with community members. Venkataraman, alongside Reg Calcagno (he/they), deputy national…
by Jose Soto (He/Him)
Drag artists and the spaces that host their performances have long served as a communal environment for queer expression. It is a form of art and entertainment, but, historically, the…
by Kathryn Smith
by Gwen O'Hearn (They/Them)
by HRC Staff
A Letter from the President
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