LGBTQIA+ Icon: Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
LGBTQIA+ Icon Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, 1825-1895 (Lawyer and journalist) “I may have a beard, and manly limbs and body, yet confined by these, I am and remain a woman.” “Sexual orientation is a right established by nature. Legislators have no right to veto nature; no right to persecute nature in the course of its work;...Continue reading→
LGBTQIA+ Icon: Edith Windsor
LGBTQIA+ Icon Edith Windsor, 1929-2017 (LGBTQ+ activist) ” Marriage is a magic word. And it is magic throughout the world. It has to do with our dignity as human beings to be who we are openly.” “I never expected I’d be looking at a piece of paper that said Windsor versus the United States of...Continue reading→
Remembering the Emanuel 9
Today, we pause to rememberand honor the Emanuel 9—The Rev. Clementa C. Pinckney, Cynthia Marie Graham Hurd, Susie Jackson, Ethel Lee Lance, Depayne Middleton-Doctor, Tywanza Sanders, Daniel Simmons Sr., Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, and Myra Thompson—whose lives were taken in a horrific act of racist violence at Mother Emanuel AME Church. They were gathered in prayer, study,...Continue reading→