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Creating Change: Affirming, Empowering, Inspiring

Feb 10, 2015 / Robyn Smith / Our Folks
This weekend, I attended the Creating Change conference in Denver, hosted by the National LGBTQ Task Force. There, along with 4,000 other individuals, I spent … Read More

Tweets that Create Change

Feb 09, 2015 / Kadijah Ndoye / Our Folks
I have finally settled back in from the exhilarating, life-changing, and dynamic Creating Change conference hosted in Denver, Colorado. The conference, organized by the National … Read More

Queer & Feminist Musicians That You Should Be Listening To

Jan 28, 2015 / Tristan Cimini / Our Folks
We need more female-identifying musicians, and as activists we need to seek them out and listen to them! In high school, I played music quiet … Read More

Florida Set for Marriage Equality

Dec 16, 2014 / Robyn Smith / Our Folks
Florida has a lot of great things: fresh citrus, Disney World and some really nice beaches. But on January 5, we might get something even … Read More
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Change Starts Small: LGBTQ Progress in Texas

Dec 12, 2014 / Caitlin Rodriguez / Our Folks
I am so proud to go to Texas State University with its over 35,000 students and to live in San Marcos Texas, one of the … Read More

My Clarion Call

Dec 08, 2014 / Kadijah Ndoye / Our Folks
I am nearing the end of my Domestic Exchange at Barnard College in New York, NY. One of the more memorable experiences I had during … Read More

Police Violence Against Women, Girls, Queer People of Color

Dec 05, 2014 / Tristan Cimini / Our Folks
During this outpouring of demonstration and activism against the racist American system that does not indict killer cops, and media release of accounts of police … Read More

A Glossary In Honor of Transgender Awareness Week

Nov 17, 2014 / Kadijah Ndoye / Our Folks
Transgender Awareness Week (Nov. 14th – Nov. 20th) celebrates the lives of transgender and gender-non-conforming people. This week honors those who have died as a … Read More

The Importance of Being an Ally (even if you already think you are)

Nov 14, 2014 / Caitlin Rodriguez / Our Folks
Self-identifying as queer sometimes makes me feel like I immediately have the title of ally as well. The definition of an ally is a person, … Read More

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