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LWV advocates for queer liberation by declaring that full rights to our identity are fundamental to real democracy. Queer Americans living their truth are an unimpeachable part of this country's promise to be by the people and for the people. Democracy includes everyone, and that's exactly what Pride is all about. Learn more: https://buff.ly/2HagDm3

While in an ongoing process of decolonizing my mind and embracing vulnerability, discomfort, and disrupted ideas, I find myself returning to Indigenous ways of knowing and knowledge. Simpson, L. (2017). As We Have Always Done: Indigenous freedom through radical resistance. Chapter Eight: Indigenous Queer Normativity 

Who dear, me dear, queer dear, no dear? Using the word ‘queer’ is a complex & controversial one, but with many people using the word to describe themselves, is it time we accepted the word? Read about the history and use of the word in my latest post👇 https://lnkd.in/eAkdhvPa

Can the relationship between queer and the state be saved? Find out in this interview with Samuel Clowes Huneke, author of QUEER THEORY OF THE STATE.

Quick reminder this month... We're seeking queer liberation, not rainbow capitalism. So, is your company in integrity with its actions and messaging? Not only about Pride month, but in how it may be using Juneteenth for profitable gain? I'm, of course, not the first to say these things but can see the message should amplified as I read through my LinkedIn feed this morning. Oof.

Check out Basic Black's recent episode, "Black and Gay, Living in Massachusetts", for an insightful conversation on the intersection of issues impacting Black and LGBTQ+ community in Massachusetts. "Looking at the policy and legislation we just need to make sure that we're showing up and people are at the table who are thinking about us as well. Because a queer issue is a queer issue is a queer issue, but also a Black issue is very different sometimes than a queer issue and we need to be able to look at both, and we need to center both identities in the work that we're doing." - Shaplaie Brooks, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth For more information on the great work of the LGBTQ+ Commission, please check out their annual report and recommendations: https://lnkd.in/gzBaqJUf https://lnkd.in/gEVdRWs7

Happy #Pride! Do you know about the queer history of the suffrage movement? Check out our past blog post for additional resources about the queering of the movement. https://lnkd.in/eYUiUD_n

What does Black History Month mean to you? Our member Timothy sums it up simply: freedom and inclusion for people of color. Take a listen. #BlackHistoryMonth #freedomforall #civilrights #socialjustice #equality #diversity #inclusion #diversityandinclusion #inclusionmatters #empowerment #unityindiversity #peoplewithdisabilities

Why have PRIDE month - JUNE 2024?   Pride Month commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York and celebrates the LGBTQ community and the fight for equal rights. The Stonewall Uprising began on June 28, 1969, when police raided the Stonewall Inn, a prominent gay bar in Manhattan's Greenwich Village.   But acts of hatred discolour English history too -   The first English law against homosexuality was the Buggery Act 1533, which made male homosexual acts punishable by death.   Homosexual activity remained illegal and punishable by imprisonment way into the 1900s. A well known example of systemic, legal injustice against the LGBTQ community is the high profile arrest of computer scientist, mathematician, and war-time code-breaker Alan Turing (1912–1954), convicted in 1952 of "gross indecency". Alan was given a choice between imprisonment or probation conditional on his agreement to undergo chemical castration.   What would our society and lives have been like without the suffering and contribution of people like Alan Turing like:   Developing the first modern computers Decoding the encryption of German Enigma machines during the second world war.