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LGBTQ+ Pride Month

It’s Pride Month! The contributions of the LGBTQ/IA community have changed our world for the better in many ways. This month we’re honored to highlight their contributions and honor their work. May you enjoy health and safety if you head out into Pride celebrations.

Javier Gomez ProfilesMay 23, 2023 Queer activist Javier Gomez organized his high school classmates to protest a piece of homophobic legislation in Florida.
Olivia Julianna ProfilesMay 23, 2023 Olivia Julianna is a political strategist with a youth-led nonprofit that uses social media to educate, agitate, and raise funds for progressive causes.
James Baldwin ProfilesMay 23, 2023 James Baldwin was a writer and social critic whose work explored intricate issues of race, sexuality, and identity in mid-20th century America.
Howard Wallace ProfilesJune 19, 2022 Howard Wallace was an organizer and activist who helped unite the labor and gay rights movements.
Cheryl Summerville ProfilesJune 18, 2022 Cheryl Summerville is a gay rights activist who helped force a corporation to update its anti-discrimination policies.
Phill Wilson ProfilesJune 16, 2022 Phill Wilson is an activist who founded the nation's first organization dedicated to preventing the spread of AIDS and HIV in Black communities.
Ashton Mota ProfilesJune 13, 2022 Ashton Mota is a Latinx transgender activist navigating the intersections of multiple marginalized identities.
James Hormel ProfilesJune 12, 2022 Former U.S. Ambassador James Hormel dedicated his life to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic and fighting HIV-related stigma.
Frank Kameny ProfilesJune 10, 2022 Frank Kameny was fired from his government job for being gay in 1957; he devoted the rest of his life fighting for gay rights.
Herb Donaldson ProfilesJune 7, 2022 Herb Donaldson pushed back on systemic homophobia in San Francisco and helped in usher in a new area of gay rights.
Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin ProfilesJune 2, 2022 Lyon and Martin helped form the nation’s first lesbian rights group; 50 years later they would be the first couple to be married in San Francisco.