Pride Month
Driving with Pride!
I worked as a Lyft Driver for 3 years. My first year I marched with Lyft in the Pride Parade and met all kinds of fabulous along the entire route then spent the rest of the day giving rides to people heading to the Pride Festival. It was one of my most memorable days ever. The day passed in a blur of color and singing and love. The most fun moment was taking a young man to a local bar to meet his friends who were waiting there with signs and balloons and flowers to celebrate his Coming Out and his 21st birthday. The most poignant moment was driving a woman past her sister who was standing with protesters at the entrance holding a sign that read, "Jesus Hates You". We had a long wait to get to the drop off point so I handed her tissues, held her hand for a minute and let her sit in the car long enough to fix her make up. I wish I could have done more.
Sonya JosephPublished 3 years ago in PrideSweet Freedom
1975 was the year I turned 15, and this song was the one that really brought it home to me--some people made difficult choices. Choices that meant conformity, not happiness. Choices that meant hiding under a bushel instead of letting their true light shine.
Paula ShabloPublished 3 years ago in PrideYou are the Love that's missing
I know this is all about pride, and I am proud to understand and be happy for all the love that the world can have. I am not a part of the problem because I had great songs that made me grow with another way of understanding love.
Sofia DuartePublished 3 years ago in PrideBeing Nonbinary in a corporate office.
Being nonbinary and working for my city is definitely...interesting. Have I faced any real discrimination? No. Am I not fully out in an office of people who don’t quite understand what I’m “all about”? Oh yeah.
Sam PoulinPublished 3 years ago in PrideHope - Love - Unity
Everyone deserves the right to choose their own path in this life without fear. Love comes from the heart; Love knows no color. Love does not differentiate between gender. Love is the purest and most veracious emotion that we can share.
Rebecca Lynn IveyPublished 3 years ago in PrideThe First Gay Pride Parade
At 1:20 am on June 28th, 1969, when police riots on gay bars were commonplace, the most notable uprising for LGBT rights occurred in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Undercover of night, the Stonewall Inn was stormed by police, and employees were arrested and dragged from the establishment.