Tag: LGBTQA+

Do not forget our history

.Reading time 4 minutes.

US Pride month marks the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Why did they riot? Because of institutionalized discrimination and abhorrent repetitive legal brutality by the Police against members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you are black and LGBTQ+ — your life is absolutely a series of risks and micro-aggressions as well as outright discrimination on […]

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#OTR50 Day 83: To Sock or Not to Sock

.Reading time 2 minutes.

My Socks Don’t Match Every so often, I wear my favorite mismatched socks. Every so often, someone tells me how awesome they are. Sometimes they are hidden like the parts of me that are invisible to the world. Then, no one says anything. Even when no one notices . . . I know. I am […]

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#OTR50 Day 26: Human Rights

.Reading time 5 minutes.

Today, my social media feeds were filled with thoughts on the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. beginning with this powerful image and post from Bernice King. I was thinking about the anniversary of the death of MLK all day. While we are farther along in many ways in this country. We still have so […]

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