Today (Dec. 1) is World AIDS Day. First observed in 1988, we honor those who have died from AIDS-related illnesses, as well as the millions of people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States and across the globe.
For more information on World AIDS day visit the World Health Organization.
Transgender Day of Remembrance, is observed annually from its inception on November 20, 1999, to memorialize those who have been murdered as a result of transphobia.
As a CIS gender white male, I choose to remember the injustice and violence against people who are seeking the universal values of life, liberty and happiness. I have never been the victim of violence of a transgender person. My life has been enriched by knowing transgender people.
They are often scapegoats of problems that they are not the cause of. Too many transgender people have lost their lives. It’s not right, they should be treated like fellow human beings who desire to live authentically in their own bodies free from fear.
To all my friends in loving same-sex marriages, I want you to know I support your rights as human beings in America to have life, liberty, and happiness.
It’s time for people like Kim Davis to leave the LGBTQIA community alone. Stop putting them through hell. Mind your own damn business. Freedom should mean that love is indeed love.
It’s been 10 years since Obergefell v. Hodges. Too many couples have established marriages filled with all the things that straight couples have, including homes, children, and most importantly family. I feel the fight isn’t over, though, vigilance is a must.
SpiritDay is the world’s most visible anti-bullying movement inspiring LGBTQ youth, especially transgender and nonbinary youth to live their lives in their truth and authenticity. As a person of faith I believe that LGBTQ people are made in God’s image and are worthy of unconditional love and safety.
The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.
Former Canadian Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Pierre Trudeau
Those who can imagine anything, can create the impossible.
Alan M. Turing
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