Top Down: Rooftop Cinema is an urban film event presented by the Northwest Film Center, a non-profit media arts organization located in Portland, Oregon. The Film Center presents this eclectic mix of entertaining films each summer atop the Hotel deLuxe’s parking garage, five stories overlooking the downtown skyline. This year’s schedule of films is available
Please enjoy thoughtfully, get fired up by, and/or giggle while reading this week’s pieces from Pride Foundation staff’s recommended reading. When is just gay not OK? MAGNET, Media Advocates Giving National Equality to Transgender & Transsexual People, are boycotting a campaign from American Apparel and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, asking both to
On August 13, Pride Foundation is hosting a Virtual Phone Bank Night, which means you can volunteer from the comfort of your own home. The phone bank will take place from 5:30 to 8:00 PM Pacific Standard Time. Training is provided. If you’re in Seattle, you can also volunteer in person. Contact Christina to find
Remember those savvy organizers who flew up from Seattle to help during the last three weeks of the One Anchorage campaign? Well, now we Alaskans have an opportunity to return the favor by phone-banking to build support for the freedom to marry in Washington State and we don’t even have to get on a plane!
Cathy Cooney is one of my favorite people in Montana. Cathy lives in Bigfork, MT, with her husband, Ned, and has been a champion of Pride Foundation since our regional expansion in January 2011. She’s hosted events and volunteered on last fall’s grant review. I asked Cathy to share with the wider community why she’s
From the beginning of our push to pass a local non-discrimination ordinance in Helena, MT, our steering committee (which includes Pride Foundation Leadership Action Team member, and Montana Human Rights Network board member, Bobbie Zenker) made it a priority that we include community building and social events throughout the campaign. The overall goal has been
Hoquiam, WA, resident Miki Cabell recently started support groups for queer Native youth in Grays Harbor County. She has not just impacted change in Native communities, but also in Grays Harbor County’s general community through creating safe spaces to have open dialogues about LGBTQ issues. “It has gotten so big that I’ve had to recruit
I recall a time in my early coming-out days in the mid-90s when attending a Boise Pride Festival rally and marching in the parade caused more than a little anxiety. Some of that fear, I know, stemmed from my own insecurities about being openly gay. But it was more than that. I distinctly remember years
Building on their thoughtful June marriage equality supplement, staff at Seattle Gay News asked Pride Foundation Executive Director Kris Hermanns about why marriage matters. In her editorial, Kris writes about the broader context of Washington’s marriage equality campaign. It’s about love, it’s about the freedom to marry, and it’s about helping to create a culture
Awarding grants is only the first step in creating change within our community. The real exciting work is when we get to see our grantees in action doing the work that they do best. Umatilla Morrow Alternatives (UMA) is one of the organizations that is working to create positive LGBTQ equality in Eastern Oregon. They