Youngstown State Alumni - Lgbtq+ Alumni Chapter

Black gay priest in NYC challenges Catholicism from within

Black gay priest in NYC challenges Catholicism from within The Rev. Bryan Massingale considered leaving the Catholic Church but decided to stay and make it "more universal and the institution that I believe Jesus wants it to be.”

Couldn't have said it better than this! 🐧💜🐧

Happy Valentines Day to ALL that LOVE!!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎💗♥️💝💘💖💗💓💕

50 States. 50 Grants. 5000 Voices.

Awesome opportunity to get grants for your local GSA or LGBTQ group!

50 States. 50 Grants. 5000 Voices. Empowering LGBTQ+ Youth Through School-Based Projects in All 50 States

Congratulations Betty, we are so proud of you and the wonderful work you're doing in the community! 🐧❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🐧

Not only is Betty Haynes-Jacobs, LSW an outstanding student, but a powerful community leader, volunteer, and advocate. During her associate degree program, Betty completed an internship at the LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland and realized that lives were being lost due to the lack of LGBTQ+ specific support in her community. In response to this need Betty founded LGBTQ+ Allies Lake County, the first and only LGBTQ+ nonprofit serving at-risk children, adults, and their families in Lake County. Since its founding, Betty has led many advocacy & outreach efforts such as pursuing a non-discrimination ordnance for Lake County, promoting the Ohio Fairness Act, serving as the Great Lakes regional director of PFLAG, and working with a local youth behavioral health agency to develop residential treatment programming focused on LGBTQ+ youth in the child welfare system. Betty’s passion for social work, and especially serving the LGBTQ+ population, is a perfect example of the impact students can make even before they finish their degrees.

Join us in celebrating Betty Haynes-Jacobs and our other winners at the Social Work Celebration Gala on June 18th in Columbus, OH. Mark your calendar!

To nominate for the 2022 awards or to learn about the process go to www.naswoh.org/awardnominations.

Black History Month 2021

It's just the start of Black History Month 2022, here is a list of Black LGBTQ authors and books you want to check out!
Feel free to share any LGBTQ Black History with the group! Black LGBTQ Lives Matter! 🐧🐧

Black History Month 2021 This is an annual feature that runs a little differently from the rest on LGBTQReads, as the post builds on itself each year and new titles/sections are added with asterisks. These books are all qu…

NGWSD - Women's Sports Foundation

Did you know, today is National Women & Girls in Sports Day! Learn more at the link below!
A huge shout out to our YSU Women's Athletic programs and to all the Women participating in athletics at YSU! 🐧♀️🐧⚧️🐧🏳️‍🌈

https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/

NGWSD - Women's Sports Foundation Join us for WSF’s inaugural NGWSD Virtual 5K & 50 Mile Challenge, presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods. This is a new and interactive way to celebrate within your community and across the country, leading up to Title IX’s 50th anniversary.

Happy Birthday Pete! 🐧🏳️‍🌈🐧

Can you believe Pete is turning 89 next week? 🐧 🎉 We want to do something special to celebrate our favorite Penguin!

Help us celebrate by submitting a video wishing Pete a Happy Birthday, or share your favorite memories and photos you've had with him throughout the years: https://bit.ly/32NCh0m

2022 Lake County Pride Guide – lgbt

More Pride Alumni Information!
"If you haven’t heard yet, LAKE COUNTY PRIDE IS JUNE 11th 11am-4pm!! If you are interested in being a vendor, sponsor, or buying an ad in our Pride Guide don’t delay!! We are super excited and looking forward to seeing old friends, and meeting new ones!! Click on the link below to reserve your space, or become sponsor"! 💜🐧🏳️‍🌈⚧️🐧🖤
https://lgbtlakecounty.org/2022lakecountyprideguide/

2022 Lake County Pride Guide – lgbt Support the LGBTQ+ Community! LAKE COUNTY PRIDE GUIDE LGBTQ+ Allies Lake County is creating a 2022 - 2023 LAKE COUNTYPRIDE GUIDE as part of our Pride celebration in Lake County. The guide will be distributed at Lake County Pride, and throughout Lake County. Are you an LGBTQ friendly service, busines...

Great news! Cheers to Penguins & brews 🍺! See you in June! 🐧🍻🐧🏳️‍🌈⚧️🐧💜🖤

We are very happy to announce for the 3rd year in a row our Beer Garden Sponsors:

Penguin City Beer, DOPE Cider House and Winery, and Absolut

You can enjoy many of their products in our 2022 Pride in the Valley Festival Beer Garden on Saturday, June 18th, 2022!

How LGBTQ Victims Were Erased From Holocaust History

On this International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember LGBTQ victims too!

How LGBTQ Victims Were Erased From Holocaust History "For the queer survivors of Nazi oppression, 1945 did not bring about any kind of liberation"

Today at 4pm ET we'll be live on our Instagram with Amy Schneider, who made Jeopardy! history. We'll be talking Jeopardy!, trans excellence, why , and more!

Follow us there: http://instagram.com/glaad

Social Security Opens to Survivors of Same-Sex Couples Who Could Not Marry

Important news for couples that were together prior to changes in laws allowing same-sex couples to legally marry.

Social Security Opens to Survivors of Same-Sex Couples Who Could Not Marry Challenging a policy that limited survivor’s benefits to married couples, even though some couples were legally barred from marriage, took years.

Cavs and Lake Erie Monsters Pride Nights set for this weekend

A little more info on Pride events tonight and tomorrow! Enjoy! 🐧🏳️‍🌈🐧⚧️🐧

Cavs and Lake Erie Monsters Pride Nights set for this weekend To celebrate, the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse's 77,110 square foot exterior curtain will be lit up in the colors of the rainbow all weekend.

Monsters and Cavs Host Pride Nights at RMFH | Cleveland Monsters

Pride night tonight! 🏳️‍🌈⚧️

Monsters and Cavs Host Pride Nights at RMFH | Cleveland Monsters The Cleveland Monsters and Cleveland Cavaliers are excited to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and their allies with back-to-back Pride Nights this weekend at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

Hey Penguins, did you know today is National Penguin Awareness Day! 🐧 🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧

We are exactly 150 days away from our 2022 Pride in the Valley Festival and Parade in Courthouse Square - Downtown Warren, Ohio

Sign up to become a vendor, sponsor, or submit an idea at: www.prideinthevalley.org

Lead plaintiff in Supreme Court case legalizing same-sex marriage running for office in Ohio

Lead plaintiff in Supreme Court case legalizing same-sex marriage running for office in Ohio

Lead plaintiff in Supreme Court case legalizing same-sex marriage running for office in Ohio Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in the 2015 Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage in the U.S., is running for the Ohio state House.

Thank you Martin Luther King for your courage, strength and compassion!

Another amazing pride event! Great to see all these upcoming Pride post! Stay healthy and warm, Spring and Summer will be here before you know it! 🏳️‍🌈🐧⛱🌊☀️🐧⚧

Mark your calendar and save the date for the 2nd Annual Lake County Pride! More information coming!

We are back! Pride in the CLE™, the annual event celebrating LGBTQ+ rights, culture and liberation, will be returning to downtown Cleveland on Saturday, June 4, 2022.

For the first time since 2019, Pride in the CLE looks to celebrate once again in-person! Having had the largest Pride on record, with over 30,000 attendees at our last march and festival, we now look to celebrate in the expanse of Cleveland's historic Malls B & C! While we remain hard at work with planning yet another memorable event, be sure to stay tuned to this page for updates and all pertinent information. We are so excited to continue our mission through this amazing tradition and look forward to celebrating Pride in the CLE with our community! Save the Date and stay tuned to all things Pride in the CLE at lgbtcleveland.org/pride.

Pride Official Trailer #1 (2014) HD

Looking for a movie 🎬 to watch on these cold winter nights? "Pride" is a great starting place and available on Amazon Prime! 🐧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🐧
"Based on a true story, the film depicts a group of lesbian and gay activists who raised money to help families affected by the British miners' strike in 1984, at the outset of what would become the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners campaign."

Pride Official Trailer #1 (2014) HD Watch FREE FULL MOVIES in exclusive 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/3woTiHZPride Official Trailer #1 (2014) directed by Matthew Warchusand starring Bill Nighy, Andrew Sc...

White House seeks more LGBTQ+ protections in ACA plans

Hopefully equitable access to health care is in the cards for LGBTQ+ people in 2022! 🏳️‍🌈⚕⚧
"The proposed protections — which would reinstate sexual orientation and gender identity as protected antidiscrimination categories — come amid the Biden administration’s pledge to restore protections for LGBTQ+ Americans that were revoked under former President Donald Trump. - This matters because of another systemic inequity: The deep economic disparities experienced by LGBTQ+ Americans — especially transgender people, who make less than cisgender people in the United States — mean they are less likely to have health insurance through an employer plan."

White House seeks more LGBTQ+ protections in ACA plans The administration wants to restore Obama-era safeguards and protect gender-affirming care.

Photos from Full Spectrum Pride in the Valley's post

‘A circumstance beyond their control’: LGBTQ+ emergency fund at YSU combats homelessness

Another story on our YSU LGBTQ Alumni Emergency Fund. Great to hear feedback from YSU faculty! 🐧🏳️‍🌈🐧

‘A circumstance beyond their control’: LGBTQ+ emergency fund at YSU combats homelessness YSU alumna Cathy Lucas said she felt she couldn’t be herself while at school. Youngstown’s LGBTQ+ community needs better representation — and more resources, she said. Here’s what she’s doing to help.

US LGBTQ+ population hits 20 million

Fun facts as we head towards 2022! 🏳️‍🌈🐧

US LGBTQ+ population hits 20 million That figure may still underestimate the community’s size, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation said.

bell hooks & john a. powell: Belonging Through Connection (Othering & Belonging Conference 2015)

Thank you bell hooks, your voice continues to teach and we continue to listen and learn!

bell hooks & john a. powell: Belonging Through Connection (Othering & Belonging Conference 2015) john a. powell & bell hooks: Dialogue at the Othering & Belonging Conference"Belonging Through Connection, Connecting Through Love: Oneself, the Other, and t...

Carl Nassib designed rainbow cleats to support the LGBTQ community

"Nassib was not the only player to support LGBTQ causes this year. Cleveland Browns fullback and LGBTQ ally Johnny Stanton, whose uncle is gay, created rainbow cleats in support of Athlete Ally, which promotes LGBTQ inclusion in sports.

“No one should feel unwelcome on the field or the court. If just one person being an ally can help them feel more comfortable, then I’m happy to be that person,” Stanton said in a statement the NFL shared on Twitter last week."

Allies are such an important part of Inclusion! 🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧

Carl Nassib designed rainbow cleats to support the LGBTQ community Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib, who became the first openly gay active NFL player in June, helped design custom, rainbow cleats to raise awareness

Canada bans conversion therapy, a practice Trudeau calls 'despicable and degrading'

Big news from Canada! 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 Hopefully the States will follow!

Canada bans conversion therapy, a practice Trudeau calls 'despicable and degrading' Canada on Wednesday banned conversion therapy, which are treatments that claim to be able to change a person's sexual orientation or identity.

They Didn't Back Down

Great read on LGBTQ endurance in the classroom.
https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/fall-2019/they-didnt-back-down

They Didn't Back Down Florida educators were targeted for standing up for LGBTQ students. Here’s how they stood strong.

How two-spirit people are 'coming in' to their communities | CBC Radio

Highly recommend this segment on our Two Spirit community and what it means to "come in" to community. A lot to learn about ourselves and others around us.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/how-two-spirit-people-are-coming-in-to-their-communities-1.6272654

How two-spirit people are 'coming in' to their communities | CBC Radio The term "two-spirit" has only been around for about 30 years, but it's an identity with ancient roots. Meet Indigenous people, like professor Alex Wilson and writer Joshua Whitehead, who are walking the two-spirit path and reclaiming their place in cultural and community circles.

21 News Podcast: YSU LGBTQ Alumni emergency student fund

Thanks to WFMJ for discussing the new LGBTQ Student Emergency Fund.
🐧🏳️‍🌈🐧Also a proud shout out to all our local non-profits serving the LGBTQ community this holiday season! 🎄☃️❄
https://www.wfmj.com/story/45421888/21-news-podcast-ysu-lgbtq-alumni-emergency-student-fund

21 News Podcast: YSU LGBTQ Alumni emergency student fund Youngstown State University alum Cathy Lucas talks about her work with the LGBTQ Alumni Chapter to offer a helping hand to students in need.