It doesn’t take long after meeting Pride Foundation Idaho Scholar Josh Parrish that you begin to realize that he has a thing for collecting stickers—all sharing the common theme of creating LGBTQ equality. The stickers blanket Josh’s laptop: Human Rights Campaign, National Center for Transgender Equality, It Gets Better, and two related to projects he
The Boise area got a welcome treat in July when Pride Foundation’s Executive Director Kris Hermanns dropped in for a few days to meet and thank our southwest Idaho donors, volunteers and grantees. This was Kris’ first networking and outreach trip to Idaho since joining the Pride Foundation staff in January, bringing with her
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
Pride Foundation Grantee Idaho Safe Schools Coalition is awarding scholarships to attend the annual Activists Mobilizing for Power (AMP – formerly Community Strategic Training Initiative or CSTI). The Idaho Safe Schools Coalition seeks to send folks to the conference at Reed College in Portland, Oregon July 27-29. AMP is a unique three-day training and networking
The generosity of the human spirit is something I’ve come to see and appreciate on a grand scale since I’ve joined Pride Foundation’s family, and it never ceases to make me smile. I remember thinking that the most challenging part of my role as Idaho’s regional development organizer would be fundraising. It’s not something
In my year and a half as a Pride Foundation staff member in the great state of Idaho, I am reminded and inspired on a daily basis about the generosity and dedication of the people who live here when it comes to the work of creating LGBTQ Equality. That inspiration is most apparent than when
There’s nothing more rewarding than helping students follow their dreams of pursuing higher education, on their way to personal and professional fulfillment. And this year, Pride Foundation has given nine Idahoans the opportunity to attain their goals with a combined $36,850 in scholarships, a total nearly triple the award amount for Idaho students in 2011.
I’ve known Idaho Senator Nicole LeFavour for more than a decade. She and her partner Carol have been neighbors of ours for most of the 15 years that my partner Jim and I have lived in Boise, and we have all worked side-by-side with her over the years as volunteers on issues in Idaho related
Eric Anderson remembers how being bullied led him to struggling in high school as he shifted between peer groups looking for support from fellow students, all the while getting little to no help from his teachers. The young Boise gay man – a past Pride Foundation scholarship applicant and chair of Boise LGBTQ youth group,
Creating an audio archive of the Idaho LGBTQ community for future generations is one of the primary goals behind an oral history collection project at Boise State University featuring interviews with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and queer residents. The project is the brainchild of Riley Caldwell-O’Keefe, a professor in the Boise State University Theatre Arts