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I be kissing boys

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https://padlet.com/SkullAndCandy_GG/Gaming_Hangout

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Welcome to the Skull & Candy Gaming Hangout! Here you can talk about almost anything as long as it is appropriate and not offensive and or will get you banned from the chat 

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i'm trans masculine, bisexual and demisexual, and i use he/she/ey!

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im uhhhhhh winning at life

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i passed most of my finals

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ftm he/him gay

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He/him(questioning) and gay

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bi, trans ftm, he/him, hispanic dude !!! :)

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pansexual and boyflux with he//they pronouns :]

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pansexual and boyflux with he//they pronouns :]

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I identify as a walmart bag and my pronouns are wal/mart and I also eat beans

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I identify as a walmart bag and my pronouns are wal/mart and I also eat beans

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I identify as a trans male with he/they pronouns :)

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I identify as trans (ftm), pansexual and an activist

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Thank you to everyone who celebrated Pride with us! You can watch a recording of the event here: Believe Out Loud Pride Power Hour - YouTube

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I identify as
Queer/non binary/Gender Fluid

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I identify as a Beloved/Blessed/Black/PanQueer/androWoman.

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Trans male and queer. I’m Mexican/American, first gen, and Catholic. I love many religions though so I may expand the Catholic bit. I’m a historian and have been with my partner about 3 years. I’m also a lover of food.

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I have been working on reconciling my faith and my queerness for sometime now. Having Pride gear around has been truly helpful in accepting who I am and that God created me just the way I am.

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source:Instagram

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I work with high school students, many of whom haven't had anyone to come out to or talk with about their hopes and struggles. The lovely Pride gear I got will help me show them that EVERYONE is loved!

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Got my Pride package yesterday! Thanks BOL!!

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Got my Pride package yesterday! Thanks BOL!!

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Thank you Believe Out Loud! Now I’m equipped to show some ally love! ❤️

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I celebrate Pride each & every day just being me!

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Bisexual and Genderfluid using she/they/him pronouns and Episcopalian!

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I celebrate pride by sharing resources through social media and practicing mindfulness when shopping and dining! Thank you!

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Thank you for the pride package BOL!!! It brought a smile to my day. Happy pride month everyone!

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My lovely PRIDE PACKAGE arrived!!!

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Thank you #princesssassypantsfor such a lovely prayer/thought

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Who says the "new" normal has to be the old one?

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Who says the "new" normal has to be the old one?

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I love this from IG

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I identify as retired ordained minister married to my wife of almost 20 years, white with indigenous history, disabled, lesbian human. Watch out world, 65 year old this fall, coming through! #stigmafighter #acessforall #G-disstillspeaking #respectforall #justiceforeveryone #blm#metoo #timesup #churchtoo

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I identify as retired ordained minister married to my wife of almost 20 years, white with indigenous history, disabled, lesbian human. Watch out world, 65 year old this fall, coming through! #stigmafighter #acessforall #G-disstillspeaking #respectforall #justiceforeveryone #blm#metoo #timesup #churchtoo

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I identify as a bisexual/queer white disabled neurodivergent genderqueer woman and survivor. Happy pride! You are loved and sacred <3

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I identify as a cishet Black woman and a PROUD ally! 

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I identify as a cishet Black woman and a PROUD ally! 

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So happy to be a part of the BOL community <3

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Blanton-Peale Institute and Counseling Center 

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Blanton-Peale Institute and Counseling Center 

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Blanton-Peale Institute and Counseling Center provides holistic mental health care to vulnerable populations such as Black and Brown people, the LGBTQIA community and frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.blantonpeale.org/
Image credit: Blanton-Peale

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Rainbow Riots uses the power of music and creativity to connect LGBTQIA people around the world and advocate for equality. They work in Europe, Asia and Africa, supporting queer folks in countries where they are most marginalized.
https://rainbowriots.com/
Image credit: Rainbow Riots

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The Stonewall Chorale is “the nation’s first gay and lesbian chorus.” Their mission is to enrich people's lives through learning and performing beautiful choral music, and to nurture and celebrate the community they create together.
https://www.stonewallchorale.org/
Image credit: Stonewall Chorale

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Room for All affirms and advocates for the LGBTQIA community within the Reformed Church of America through educational and theological programs centered around inclusion, love and faith.
https://roomforall.com/
Image credit: Room for All

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Join us for our virtual Pride celebration on June 29th! Details coming soon ⭐

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Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre just became the first gay woman to lead a White House press briefing in the James S. Brady Briefing Room earlier today and the second Black woman to do so.

"It's a real honor to be standing here today," Jean-Pierre said. "Clearly the president believes that representation matters and I appreciate him giving me this opportunity."
Related: How strongly does President Biden support LGBTQ rights? We asked the man who knows best.
The first Black woman to conduct a White House press briefing was Judy Smith in 1991. She served as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary under President George H.W. Bush from 1991 to 1993. Her crisis management skills guided the administration through the public controversy around Clarence Thomas's nomination to the Supreme Court, beginning her reputation as a "fixer."

And the first LGBTQ person to conduct a White House press briefing was then Deputy White House Press Secretary Eric Schultz in 2014.

During the briefing, Jean-Pierre discussed the Senate confirmations of Kristen Clarke and Chiquita Brooks-LaSure. Clarke will lead the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and Brooks-LaSure will lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, and both are the first Black women to take on those roles.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki praised Jean-Pierre this morning on Twitter, saying she "is doing her first full briefing from the podium today making history in her own right."

"But doing her real justice means also recognizing her talent, her brilliance and her wonderful spirit," Psaki added.

Today is a big day in the press office and @WhiteHouse. My partner in truth-@KJP46 is doing her first full briefing from the podium today making history in her own right. But doing her real justice means also recognizing her talent, her brilliance and her wonderful spirit.

- Jen Psaki (@PressSec) May 26, 2021

And Washington Blade reporter Chris Johnson noted the historic moment.

Jean-Pierre has led a few press "gaggles" outside of the White House that were off-camera earlier this year.

During the 2020 presidential campaign, Jean-Pierre served as Kamala Harris's chief of staff.

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Karine Jean-Pierre makes history as first gay woman to lead White House press briefing

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Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre just became the first gay woman to lead a White House press briefing in the James S. Brady Briefing Room earlier today and the second Black woman to do so. "It's a real honor to be standing here today," Jean-Pierre said.

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IGLTA International Gay Pride Calendar

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Comment below if you're attending Pride in another country or if you have an event to add to this list!

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Reconciling Ministries is dedicated to LGBTQIA inclusion and affirmation within the United Methodist Church. They organize and educate in order to transform hearts both within the church and out.
https://rmnetwork.org/
Image credit: Reconciling Ministries Network

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SAGE is dedicated to improving the lives of LGBTQIA elders through programs, housing and advocacy work.
https://www.sageusa.org/

Image credit: Sage USA

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The DMARCO Organization is a Bahamian-based NGO dedicated to advocating for and providing services to HIV/AIDS+ folks in the Caribbean.
https://www.facebook.com/thedmarcoorganization/about/?ref=page_internal&path=%2Fthedmarcoorganization%2Fabout%2F
Image credit: DMARCO organization

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When Stephanie Ocasio-Gonzalez heard that the Connecticut Parentage Act passed the state Senate in a late-night session on May 20 and was headed to the governor's desk, she congratulated her wife.

"I told Denise, 'You're now the owner of a 14-year-old boy,'" she said.

It was a joke shared between two people who have long struggled to have their family recognized. Despite being there for their teenage son, Jayvin, for over a decade, Denise Gonzalez is still not officially recognized as Jayvin's parent under Connecticut law.

"She bought his first bike. She was there for the first day of kindergarten and every first day of school since," Ocasio-Gonzalez said of her wife. "She was there for his surgery, taught him math, and so much more. She's his mom."

Soon the state of Connecticut will recognize her as such. On Tuesday, the first day of LGBTQ Pride Month, Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, signed a ceremonial copy of the Connecticut Parentage Act into law. The measure, which was officially signed last week and takes effect Jan. 1, will make it easier for those who don't share a biological connection with their child, like Gonzalez, to establish parentage.

"This is such an important day - what it says for our kids, what it says for Connecticut, what it says for respecting everybody and who they are," Lamont said at the signing ceremony.

Ocasio-Gonzalez and Gonzalez have been married since 2014, and they share a 2-year-old daughter, Destiny, in addition to their teenage son. Both women are on Destiny's birth certificate, but even though they were married at the time of her birth, Gonzalez is still not considered Destiny's legal parent outside of Connecticut.

Denise's parental rights are limited because she did not go through what is often referred to as a second-parent-adoption process. As a result, routine activities like taking her children to the doctor or picking Jayvin up from school have been anxiety-provoking events that require extra paperwork and preparation.

"It just took a lot more work," Ocasio-Gonzalez said.

But the adoption process seemed daunting, she said. In addition to the costs involved, the couple worried about interacting with Jayvin's birth father, according to Ocasio-Gonzalez.

"I read that in some cases, even though I have full custody, I would have to get the other parent to give permission, and just thinking about having to go through that was emotionally draining," she said. "I know he would not agree to it."

Once in effect, the Connecticut Parentage Act will allow the family, and others like them, to avoid a potentially lengthy and costly second-parent adoption.

This means starting Jan. 1, Gonzalez can declare her de facto parentage in court and be legally recognized as Jayvin's parent. The process to become Destiny's legal parent outside of Connecticut is even easier.

"The really great thing this bill does for those families is that it allows them to establish parentage through a simple administrative form," Douglas NeJaime, a professor at Yale Law School and the principal drafter of the bill, told NBC News. The new law changes the existing acknowledgement of paternity form to an acknowledgement of parentage form, making it gender-neutral. The form "has the effect of having a judgment from a court, and all other states have to treat it as valid," NeJaime said.

So if Ocasio-Gonzalez and her family move to another state - any other state, regardless of its parentage laws - they will both be recognized as the legal parents of their two children.

The newly enacted law makes it easier to establish parentage at birth regardless of the sexual orientation, gender or marital status of the parents and adds protections for children born using assisted reproductive technologies. The new measure also removes gender-specific language from the state's parentage law to make every path to parentage available on a gender-neutral basis. To be inclusive of transgender parents, for example, the new law makes references to the "person" who gives birth, rather than the woman who gives birth.

State Sen. Alex Kasser, one of the bill's lead sponsors, called its passage a "historic and long overdue moment for Connecticut."

"Finally all children will be given equal protection under the law, and all parents will be recognized when their child is born," Kasser, a Democrat, said in a statement. "This bill confirms that there is no place for discrimination in Connecticut."

With Lamont's signature, Connecticut will join Maine, Washington, Vermont, California and Rhode Island in passing bills that update parentage laws to recognize the realities of LGBTQ families. However, many states continue to have gaps in their legislation that make the children of same-sex couples vulnerable.

For example, many states do not recognize the parental rights of nongestational parents who are not married. Only 14 states afford rights to these parents, according to the LGBTQ think tank Movement Advancement Project. The other states, according to the group, explicitly recognize the nongestational parent only if the couple is married and lack clear guidelines for unmarried couples, leaving them in a legal gray zone.

"We have a lot of states that do not treat LGBT families as full members of the community, and that is the problem," NeJaime said.

Connecticut's new law is a version of the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017. The model legislation is intended to help lawmakers update laws to include LGBTQ families and those who have used assisted reproductive technology. The act, originally promulgated in 1973, was drafted by members of the Uniform Law Commission, a group of experts, academics, practicing lawyers and judges, who work on model legislation for states.

Advocates already have their eyes on upcoming legislation in other states, including Massachusetts. Like Connecticut's legislation, Massachusetts' bill is also based on the Uniform Parentage Act.

"People are not aware that some of these core protections are still not in place," said Polly Crozier, a senior staff attorney at GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, or GLAD.

The bill, currently in committee, would provide protection for children born through assisted reproductive technologies and through surrogacy.

Ocasio-Gonzalez said she hopes Massachusetts follows Connecticut's lead so more families like hers can enjoy equal rights.

"We already know we are a family, and now with this bill passing, no one can tell us differently," she said.
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When Stephanie Ocasio-Gonzalez heard that the Connecticut Parentage Act passed the state Senate in a late-night session on May 20 and was headed to the governor's desk, she congratulated her wife. "I told Denise, 'You're now the owner of a 14-year-old boy,'" she said.

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Interfaith Prison Partnership imagines a world without mass incarceration and the trauma that it brings. I.P.P. collaborates with organizations focused on criminal reform and restorative justice and provides resources for folks during their incarceration and after.
https://www.interfaithprisonpartnership.org/

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Use this interactive map to search for affirming faith communities by country, state, and type of institution!
Click this link:
http://welcomingresources.org/directory.htm

Then choose your criteria from the options bar on the left. Search away!

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Transforming Hearts Collective is a group of spiritual leaders who are dedicated to creating and supporting spaces where queer and trans folks can access spirituality and healing.

https://www.transformingheartscollective.org/
Image credit: Transforming Hearts Collective

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TSH, ran by Rev. Debra Hopkins, provides emergency shelter, food and support for transgender adults and victims of abuse in North Carolina.
https://www.transfaith.info/articles/theres-still-hope
Image credit: There's Still Hope

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GMCW is an LGBTQIA chorus dedicated to using their talents to inspire equality and justice. It is the only LGBTQIA chorus in the Nation’s capital.
https://www.gmcw.org/
Image credit: GMCW

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Waves Ahead meets the needs of older L.G.B.T people and other marginalized groups in Puerto Rico with mental health counseling, educational programming, emergency relief services and more.
https://wavesahead.org/
Image credit: Waves Ahead

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Trinity Place Shelter provides housing and support services to LGBTQIA homeless youth in New York City.
https://trinityplaceshelter.org/
Image credit: Trinity Place Shelter

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God loves you with no conditions, no borders, no limits. You are blessed and cherished.

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Whatever you tell yourself today, let it be loving.

Whatever you tell others today, let it be loving.

Whatever you tell yourself tomorrow, let it be loving.

And when you think of yesterday, know you are always enough, and let it be loving.

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Stay in hope.

Stay in wonder.

Steady your soul, spirit, body and mind in the constant peace and miraculous work of the Divine.

Stay tuned to the word of God.

God is able!

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God, protect me.

Guard my heart, my body and my spirit against any words, thoughts and actions that do not honor my sanctified spirit and sacred soul.

I am magically and marvelously made.

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“Give thanks to the Lord, for God is good; God’s love endures forever.”  1 Chronicles 16:34

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In need of some affirming spiritual nourishment? 

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In need of some affirming spiritual nourishment? 

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Check out our 2020 Pride Worship Service:

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BELIEVE OUT LOUD Pride Worship Service | June 28, 2020

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I identify as a queer white gender-nonconforming person, and a spiritual being! Happy Pride!

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