PRIDE & Equality Magazine 2019 Issue

PRIDE & Equality 2019 PRIDE

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The Whistle

2019

Albuquerque Native StormMiguel Florez tells his story

Models of Hope

Honor

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Yay! You’re Gay! Now What?

A Guide for the newly out

CommUNITY Rainbow Run

Remembering the victims of Pulse Nightclub

50th Anniversary

STONEWALL Greta Schiller brings the documentary Beyond Stonewall back to the masses.

Revisited

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20 STONEWALL REVISITED PRIDE & Equality takes a look at the restored documentary Beyond Stonewall in honor of the 50th Anniversary.

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16 THE CALL: THE STORY OF THE WHISTLE Documentary writer and director StormMiguel Florez talks about his latest documentary The Whistle.

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10 MODELS OF HOPE 2019 It’s time to learn about this year’s honorees of the award that’s making a difference in the community.

25 CommUNITY RAINBOW RUN The third annual event honoring the victims of Pulse Nightclub.

HISTORY IN THE MAKING: Vintage photo from the documentary Before Stonewall.

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Revisited

Beyond Stonewall is newly restored in time for the 50th Anniversary of the iconic event.

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07 WORDS FROM THE PUBLISHER The Year of Strength 08 THE NAKED TRUTH John Lam 26 MINOR DETAILS How to Win the Next Election

By Not Feeding the Mainstream Media What It Wants 28 GET OUT Calling All Cowboys and Cowgirls - Ride With Pride 29 TO YOUR HEALTH TAKE A HIKE! Spring into a Healthier Lifestyle through Hiking 30 P&E PICKS If the Dancer Dances, Halston, The Lavender Scare, Crshd 31 STOP, LOOK, AND LISTEN Pia Mia, Layke 33 THE BOOK REVIEW Book Releases & Reviews 34 THE ART WORLD Show Me as I Want to Be Seen 36 THE FINAL WORD The “Q” in LGBTQ

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Historic Moments

ifty years ago history was made. This year we celebrate the night of the Stonewall Riots, which catuplated the LGBTQ movement.

Many in the community know of this moment in history. Other are learning the story for the first time. Greta Schiller and the team behind the restored documentary Beyond Stonewall talk about life for the LGBTQ community before the stone was thrown in front of that landmark bar.

We celebrate another year of amazing role models in the community.

The Vincent R. Johnson Models of Hope Award will honor Neil Macernie of Albuquerque Pride, Renato Estacio-Burdick of Twist and Sidewinders, Jax Sugars of TeeN’MPower and our Community Organization honoree, Casa Q. We also interviewed StormMiguel Florez, director of the documentary, The Whistle, exploring the lesbian community at Del Norte High School during the 80s and a special call that let others know they’re not alone.

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John Lam has a daily juggling act balance his career, marriage and family.

A child of Vietnam immigrants, as Lam grew older he ballet dancer

realized that being public about his life was the best way of showing people that when it comes to family, we are all the same.

He

took a moment to talk with

PRIDE & Equality about his goals.

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“I am so grateful for our two boys which helps me deepen my artistry in roles I take on.”

You have the cutest boys! Was family always in the plan or was career your focus?

Kids was always in the plan of creating our family, but we didn’t think it would go so smoothly via IVF and was blessed with such a smooth experience going through the process twice. Being a professional dancer has and is my bread and butter of who I am as a human being. I think that while I was in my young twenties and seeing older dancers have kids to create a family, gave me the assurance that this was something that I wanted to do in the future as I grew up with an amazing childhood in my eyes, and having siblings and many cousins was apart of my teenage growing phase. Having the opportunity to create a family that is ours through IVF was and is still an incredible and huge task to take. I am so grateful for our two boys which helps me deepen my artistry in roles I take on.

Where did your inspiration for dance come from?

I think my inspiration for dance was how I listened to the music, and how my body would just react to what the music was playing. I remember as a small little child that I would listen to these epic tracks of classical music that I had really no clue what they were, but creating dances in my mind and just letting my spirit be. I would dance in my elementary classrooms and middle school years, not know what I was doing, and not caring what others would think, dancing for me was and is like a sacred

drug that I have to take in order to feel zen.

Where has dance taken you?

Dance has taken me to many places and have experienced so much. While the clock is ticking, I’ve been very lucky to travel and dance iconic ballet roles that has given me much fulfillment as an artist. I grew up in the projects of San Rafael CA, with no artistic background from my family, and somehow dance found me, and I took a chance and went with it. Landing full ride scholarships to schools, and then being offered my first contract with Boston Ballet prior to graduating high school. I hold now a Principal Dancer contract with Boston Ballet and have been with the company for 17 years. Its half of my life so far, and I have learned to be loyal and trust the process of being a dancer. Its been tough, it is tough, sustaining on a high level, and continuing to inspire oneself is tough. But so far I have made dance be and allowed it to grow.

How did you and John meet?

I met John R. my future husband, in the South End in Boston, walking across a crosswalk dropping my laundry while he stopped and let me pass. Sitting outside waiting for my laundry to be dried, he drove up, pulled over, and sat next to me and introduced himself. He had balls to just come up and say hi, but the rest is history. 9 years and counting, married and creating a family, I am and will forever be grateful for John R taking a chance with me.

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Why

is it important for the public to see the dynamic of your family?

I think that it is important if one has the cache and ability to share their makeup of their lives if one is willing to share.

I wish that I had a couple that was so different in age, culture, profession, but able to come together and create a life together, would have been inspiring as a teen to look up too. I hope that by sharing and giving a transparent idea of what our family is made up of, it will allow others to see and have a perspective of what is possible and what love is. I think sharing our stories, allows others to look at themselves and see what inspires them to take the plunge in creating a family, or go on a date, and or know that there are married couples out there.

What

does the future hold for you both personally and professionally?

An epic question, which I cannot foresee the future. Thankfully, I have an incredible husband, that is my teammate, and two kids to care for at the same time, gives me to the chance to figure what the next steps can be.

Personally, I am hoping that I just am the best father to my kids and loving and caring husband. Professionally, I know that I can’t dance forever, so enjoying every moment on stage and keeping an open heart to what the possibilities can be in the future.

Follow John on social media @johndilam and @Ruggierilamfamily.

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MODELS of Hope Awards

PRIDE & Equality celebrates another year of Models of Hope. The Vincent R. Johnson Models of Hope Award honors individuals and organizations making a difference, being seen as role models in the community. This award has created a roster of quality honorees over the past twelve years and we are honored to have this year’s nominees join the lineup. Take a look at who we will be honoring at a special brunch on August 25th.

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Community Honoree

Neil Macernie Albuquerque Pride

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f you haven’t heard the name Neil Macernie in the LGBTQ community, you are in for a treat. Neil is the epitome of volunteerism. Macernie has been a major asset for Albuquerque Pride for years holding many titles including President and now VicePresident of Public Relations. His introduction into the community is pretty much what you would expect. He “started by getting a group of friends together to create a pride float.” When it came to his childhood, Neil found it difficult. “It was very challenging as a youth,” shared Macernie. “Because you were expected to express

yourself a certain way as a boy and people were very mean if you did not.”

When it comes to his advice for LGBTQ youth, it’s simple, “Don’t be afraid to express yourself,” says Macernie. “I know it feels like the people in your school life are important, but that’s less than a quarter of your life, you have only just begun. Find friends that will stand by you and advocate for you.”

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Community Honoree

Renato EstacioBurdick

Sidewinders and Twist How did you get involved with the LGBTQ community?

I got involved because of a friend or a need in the community for 25 years now! In the 90s we served on leadership councils, led retreats, and emceed events.

In 2011, our drag mother Martinique Toya-Bouvier, was recruiting for a softball tournament for the UCS, and a friend approached us to play on the team. We kept in contact with her for four years.

We joined the Board of Directors for the New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus in 2014, finalizing their paperwork for their 501(c)3 status. We remained on the board until 2018. In 2015, my husband, Michael, and I we took over Sidewinders Bar with the idea of finding a space that would welcome all artists and members of our community. Since then, we have been involved with the local chapter of the International Court System, which we served as Crown Prince XXV and Imperial Crown Princet XXV (first known nonbinary title in the system). I was also Wild Rose to the New Mexico Gay Rodeo Association. Prior to that, I

served the Nevada diocese for our church as evangelists for LGBTQ members and for music. We also did outreach through music programs - singing and performing for LGBTQ groups. There was a need for a safe space and opportunities for organizations to raise funds, hold socials, and connect with others in our community. So we opened a cabaret as part of our bar and we get to liaise with over 40 different groups, 250+ entertainers, and overseeing various aspects of roughly 300 events..

What

youth?

was life like when you were a

Emotionally, life had its ups and downs when we were younger! We would be upset because of the inability to marry, no one would understand; there was lots of loneliness; however, there was one person in high school who was very “graceful” in his mannerisms, but we became competitive with each other, which was silly when you look back at it; we even competed to see who would date a certain “Sara.” We both turned

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out to be gay and out as adults! We were extremely artistic but also sporty, having run cross-country, being on our high school soccer for 4 years, and hurdling in track and field. We weren’t going to let anyone say “gay” or not good enough; our youth was spent being the best we could be. Our outlook wasn’t always positive, but no one knew that. On the inside, there was hurt. On the outside, there were smiles.

What piece of advice would you give today LGBTQ youth?

Life always gets better. Look at where you want to be and do what you want for yourself to be the best person you can. Don’t try to control everything in life; some things can’t be controlled.

Don’t hate and don’t use spite to fuel your actions. Love others, be kind, listen, and be understanding.

Be a part of everything around you that helps you be the best you can be, serve the community, and help others judiciously - but don’t expect anything in return. Be grateful and be mindful of those who came before you, and support those who come after you. Nurture good relationships, and never put yourself on a pedestal.

We are all equal. We all need love and encouragement. We are your family, and we are here to help you.

Remember that united community members can better support each other and our future. Don’t jump on bandwagons that often cause hate and division in our community. Seek to understand and don’t always take action. Sometimes, no action is the best action after a wider lens is used.

Be comfortable with who you are.

Don’t let anyone define you.

Community Honoree

Jax Sugars TeeN’MPower

How did you get involved with the LGBTQ community?

I became involved with the LGBTQ community when I came out as transgender and started attending events at TGRCNM. Through them, they connected me to Planned Parenthood where I got a job leading the TEEN’MPower program and from there I became heavily involved in the community.

about. Transgender people had low visibility and I didn’t know much about them or anyone who actively identified as trans, which was part of why I didn’t come out as trans until I was an adult. I didn’t see or know about anyone getting bullied for being LGBT, but I also kept to my small group of friends. Mostly, LGBT people were invisible and not talked about.

What was life like when you were a youth?

When I was a youth, LGB people were around and I knew a couple of them, but it wasn’t really talked

What

piece of advice would you

LGBTQ youth?

Advice I would give LGBTQ youth is to always be yourself. The right people will love and support you, give today

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and even if things are terrible right now, know that it does get better. It may not for a while and it may be a slow process, but it does get better.

Never jeopardize your safety without a fallback plan, and only you know what’s best for yourself and what you need. You are strong and brave. Be true to yourself. You can do this.

Community Business/ Organization Honoree

Casa Q

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he mission of Casa Q is to provide safe living options and services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, as well as allies, who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness. Unlike emergency shelter programs, Casa Q provides residential and transitional living services in a home-like environment, complemented with comprehensive and individual case management.

When it comes to what piece of advice they would give to today’s youth, it truly follows why Models of Hope was created. “Find a mentor or role model in the broader LGBTQ community who you can relate and look up to. There are a lot

of heroes in the international, national and local community who have done great work to earn our rights and freedoms.

And if you grew up in a loving supportive home, reach out to someone who hasn’t. And if you lack that love and support, reach out to one of Albuquerque’s many youth-focused LGBTQ groups and find the support every person deserves.

There’s a huge community of people waiting to help. Here’s a list: Gay Straight Alliances at most high schools, Common Bonds Under 21, UNM’s LGBTQ Resource Center, NM’Power, and, of course, Casa Q We’re honor to have Casa Q as an honoree. P&E

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“People didn’t necessarily know what they were seeing when they saw us...so we were able to duck under the radar a lot of the time.”

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call went out this year after spending an evening with youth in the LGBTQ community for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. I discovered that although there seems to be a fractured community here in New Mexico, the gap is even deeper when it comes to people of color. They feel they don’t have a voice or opportunities to express it. While I offered everyone in the room the opportunity to share their stories, no one took the opportunity. So, the direction changed During this time I was approached by StormMiguel Florez, a filmmaker, who remembered his moment in 1987 - coming out as lesbian before transitioning. This Hispanic, Albuquerque native took those memories, a distinct sound, and created a documentary to tell his story. The Whistle “is a documentary film that will tell the story of a secret code created by and shared among young lesbians in 1970s & 80s Albuquerque as a means of self-­identification and finding community.” Florez sat down with me to talk about the moment he discovered “The Whistle” and what he has witnessed

during his time in New Mexico.

What do you remember most about that time when you came out - the good and the bad?

I am a queer trans man and identified as a lesbian when I came out at age 15 in 1987. The hard part about coming out in 1987 was the total lack of positive representation of LGBT people in the media, so people didn’t have a reference point for us, besides what they learned in church and this inherent “knowledge” that LGBT people were sad, lonely, disturbed sinners who lived in the shadows. This meant that there was a lot of shame and fear around coming out even to ourselves, but I know that is still the case for many people coming out today. Coming out to my parents was hard. My mother was a devout Catholic, but I never heard her talk about God or sin, we just went to Church every Sunday, and Catechism during summer break when we were kids, and we were expected to fulfill the sacraments.

When I came out to my parents, she used words like “evil” and “sin” and told me

that I was going to change. This made me feel really awful and really afraid.

She grounded me for what seemed like the longest time, she made me go to a psychologist, and tried to make me go to modeling school. The psychologist was surprisingly cool and told me that I didn’t need to change unless I wanted to and that if I wanted to, it should only be for myself.

The modeling school took one look at my butchy teenaged self and told my mother and I that they offered acting classes. My mother never spoke of modeling school again. It was a very hard time for both of us. I know she had a lot of shame around me being gay and I don’t think she every really talked about it to anyone. She came around over the years, which I think made things a lot easier for both of us.

The lack of general awareness or reference for us in the Southwest had it’s upside. People didn’t necessarily know what they were seeing when they saw us, especially us lesbians, so we were able to duck under the radar a lot of the time.

That meant we were able to be out in public with each other in groups, and

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“... It confirmed how important our LGBTQ history is and how it shapes us and paves the way for us to get to be who we are.” no one would bother us. Either we were intimidating, or people just didn’t know what they were seeing. That said, we were bullied in school and many of us didn’t graduate high school or barely graduated because of bullying and not feeling like we could really be ourselves at school. Many of my friends were kicked out of their homes when their parents found out they were gay, so it was by no means perfect, and in fact there were a lot of hard times.

But we got a lot of support from each other.

The best part about coming out as a lesbian at that time was the community.

There were so many of us in Albuquerque!

We were at every high school - especially from the west side up to Del Norte high school. And we would all party together and hang out at each others’ houses, and go to each others softball, basketball, and soccer games. And when we wanted to confirm that some mullet sporting girl that we had never seen before was gay, we would use this whistle. The whistle was known by what seemed to be most young lesbians in Albuquerque - especially Latina lesbians. When we used the whistle to spot someone, if they were one of us, they would whistle back or look up (maybe thinking it was their friends trying to get

their attention) and give what was often a shy, but happy little nod.

I have a lot of great memories of coming out at the time and wouldn’t change it for anything.

What was New Mexico (Albuquerque) like for a person of color in the LGBTQ community?

That’s an interesting question because of the particular makeup of our ethnicity and race in this state. I believe there is a higher percentage of Latinx (or Hispanic) people in New Mexico than any other race/ethnicity. So for Latinx people, I think it’s a lot easier for us than other people of color, because we see ourselves represented more and probably have more access than other people of color do in this state. So on that front, being a young Latinx butch lesbian, I always felt like my masculinity was the thing that people noticed about me and the thing I was targeted and harassed about - not my race/ethnicity.

Despite there being more Latinx people in New Mexico, the people who owned the businesses and had the wealth and means of production were and probably still are overwhelmingly white. When you look back at the old Common Ground or

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Out (New Mexico) magazines that were being published in the 80s and 90s, the writers, the advertisers, the story subjects were mostly white. The owners of the bars were mostly, if not all white. The owners of the local lesbian feminist bookstore, Full Circle Books, who were wonderful, supportive women, were white. I recently spoke with a straight, cis, white elder from Albuquerque when I was doing research for this film and she used the phrase “the Hispanic people, the Native, people, and the American (white) people” when referring to a demographic of people that go to a particular establishment.

She was well meaning, but it verified so much of what many of us people of color already know, that even in a place like Albuquerque, many white people think that people of color are unAmerican or not American. This makes it hard for people of color in general to even see ourselves in leadership roles, as business owners, or as people who are truly welcome wherever we go. Add being LGBTQ and we feel that within our own families and communities.

When was the first time you heard about The Whistle?

The first time I heard about the whistle

was from the person who brought me out. She told me about it and might have tried to teach me. It was really hard to learn. It’s a super high-pitched sound made by sucking in. Many describe it as being like a dog whistle because it’s high-pitched and people only tend to hear it if they are tuned in to it. That made it very easy to use the whistle in a large crowd without anyone even noticing or hearing it. Anyway, I was obsessed with learning it and practiced and practiced until I finally got it. I think I annoyed all my friends who already knew it with how excited I was. I was like a little excited puppy.

There is a large Hispanic presence in this documentary. Did you seem to notice bullying for being both Hispanic and gay or was it one-sided?

To me, the bullying felt like it was specifically around being gay. Two of my biggest bullies were closeted Latina lesbians. I ran into one of them years later at a Melissa Etheridge concert.

You have some amazing interviews. What was this experience like creating this documentary?

It was a huge privilege to get to make this documentary. I was really nervous approaching participants as a trans man who they might not remember, or didn’t even know at the time. I was worried that they would not trust sharing their stories with this random dude. But everyone was so wonderful and warm and really shared so much of themselves. One participant, Gloria Vigil, started doing research on her own that ended up really helping to shape the film. Gloria and I met on Facebook when

I was putting the word out about the project. She said she had some stories and after we spoke on the phone, she agreed to an interview. During her interview, I really saw how her generation (she’s about ten years older than I am) and those who came before her really shaped my experience coming out as a teen.

The language and signals, the codes, the way she really cherished what was happening for her even at the time, those things were translated directly to me without ever having met her and her peers before. It confirmed how important our LGBTQ history is and how it shapes us and paves the way for us to get to be who we are.

What do you want viewers to take away from this documentary?

I want people to know about this really unique piece of Southwest LGBTQ history. I want people who were living these stories to see themselves reflected and celebrated. I want LGBTQ youth in the region to know who came before them. I want non-LGBTQ people to see how amazing and resourceful and resilient, and most importantly, how human we are. I want more LGBTQ people in the region to be inspired to research and document stories from their own communities.

The Whistle is supported in part by the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Southwest Airlines, and the Surdna Foundation through a grant from the NALAC Fund for the Arts Grant Program. Learn more at www.stormflorez.com/thewhistle.html P&E

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50th Anniversary

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n order to know where you’re going, you must know where you began. As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the momentous event, the Stonewall Riots, many in the LGBTQ community are taking this as a time of reflection to teach our younger generations why they have the liberties they have today. But the fight is not over. The LGBTQ community is still fighting to receive basic rights in this world.

Just in time for the anniversary, First Run Features is announcing their theatrical re-release of Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community, on June 21st.

Revisited

Produced by Robert Rosenberg, John Scagliotti and Greta Schiller, the film celebrates the moment in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 when the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village. That occurrence lead to a three-night standoff, including riots, by the gay community, birthing the start of the gay and lesbian liberation movement.

While recognizing the historic moment, the film offers the viewers a glimpse of how life was before the iconic experience. As shared by the filmmakers, Before Stonewall pries open the closet door, setting free the dramatic story of the sometimes

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horrifying public and private existences experienced by LGBT Americans since the early 1900’s.

Revealing and often humorous, this widely acclaimed film relives the emotionally-charged sparking of today’s gay rights movement, from the events that led to the fevered 1969 riots to many other milestones in the brave fight for acceptance.* Schiller also celebrates the 35th anniversary of the film’s original release. She remembers the process and the responsibility she had to the community to do this film justice.

“This was my first foray into feature filmmaking. As the first film on an LGBT topic to receive funding from

“I got to hear, face-to-face, the stories of so many older men and women, in a way I would not have without our film project, their tales of heroism, resistance, love and struggle in very different times.”

Public Television, we had an enormous responsibility to get it right – and a lot of peer pressure from people around the country who wanted to tell their stories,” expressed Schiller. “Weaving these stories into the social and political tenor of each decade, with my point of view emerging from the material, and the mix of humor and pathos, music and archive footage, has shaped my directorial style ever since. It also honed my focus as a young woman documentarian on making films that map the journeys of ordinary people, whose lives both impacted and were impacted by historical forces. When we set out to make this film, I had no inkling of the meaning it would have around the world.”

Co/Director and Producer, Robert Rosenberg, an independent filmmaker and activist in the LGBTQ including being a Founding Director of the acclaimed Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival and the Coral Gables Art Cinema understood the challenge in from of him - breathing life into an already iconic film. “It was a big, sprawling, challenging film to make, and it really was a sort of a ‘Gay History 101’ in terms of any onscreen approach,” said Rosenberg. “No one had dared to or really been able to do this before, though we were of course building on the work of pioneering scholars and community activists who were already documenting LGBT stories and digging into the past. Making ‘Before Stonewall’ for me was also such an incredible and life-changing experience as a younger gay man. I got to hear, faceto-face, the stories of so many older men and women, in a way I would not have without our film project, their tales of heroism, resistance, love and struggle in very different times.”

Quintessential author, Rita Mae Brown, narrates the film. Of those involved with the documentary, Brown is the quintessential individual of “Beyond Stonewall,” coming out in the 1960s and truly experiencing the many stories told in this documentary.

Brown shared her experience in being a part of the process and living during such a significant era.

In restoring the film, The 16mm negative was scanned and digitized at Periscope Films in Los Angeles. The file was then

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“It was a big, sprawling, challenging film to make, and it really was a sort of a ‘Gay History 101’.” color corrected at Edition Salzgeber in Berlin, who created the ProRes and DCP. Director Greta Schiller supervised the process and approved the new ProRes and DCP. When it comes down to it, the amazing moments of this film were the stories of the individuals who lived during that time. featuring interviews Pioneering cultural figures and activists including Audre Lorde, Allen Ginsberg, Harry Hay, Richard Bruce Nugent, Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings, shared their words and feelings.

Stonewall was a moment in the making. Over three nights, lives were changed and the movement would never be the same. It was a special moment the community was waiting for. A moment we’ll celebrate this year, another 50 years, and many generations to come. P&E

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New Medal Design Unveiled for Third Annual CommUNITY Rainbow Run Benefiting onePULSE Foundation

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he third annual 4.9K CommUNITY Rainbow Run is scheduled for June 8, 2019. The event is presented by Orlando Health and Nike and produced in partnership with the DeVos Sport Business Management Program at the University of Central Florida. Proceeds raised will benefit onePULSE Foundation.

The run follows a special 4.9K course and includes a “Remembrance Journey” that will guide runners past the Orlando Health Trauma Center and onto the Pulse site – the same distance covered by victims in the early morning of June 12, 2016.

In addition to the opening of registration, the design of this year’s participation medal has been released.

Designed in partnership with Walt Disney World Resort, the front of the medal features the iconic onePULSE logo as the zero in 2019 with a rainbow feature. Etched on the back of the medal is a pair of angel wings with 49 feathers in honor of the 49 Angels, and it includes the quote, “We will not let hate win.” The medal will hang from a white lanyard that includes 49 doves also in honor of the Angels.

“We took great care in the design of the medal as it was important to recognize that the event is about reflection and remembrance, yet we wanted to have the medal reveal a

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feeling of celebration, hope, and to look forward together as a community,” said Steve Carsella, Senior Art Director with Yellow Shoes Creative Group at Walt Disney World Resort.

“We are touched by the thought put into the design of this year’s medal,” said onePULSE Founder, Barbara Poma. “Yellow Shoes has created something that truly honors the 49 Angels and that race participants can wear with pride. We are so grateful for the opportunity to work with them on this piece.”

The event, which had its inaugural run in 2017, was developed by students in the DeVos Sports Management Program at the University of Central Florida. In its first year, the event included 800 runners. Last year, 2,300 runners participated both in Orlando and through the virtual run option.

The virtual run option will again be available this year.

The early bird registration fee is $40 through May 1st. Registration will then be $49 through June 7th and $60 the day of the race. For more information – and to REGISTER for the 4.9k Rainbow Run, 1K Kids Fun Run and the 4.9K Virtual Run -visit https:// www.communityrainbowrun.com.

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How to Win the Next Election By Not Feeding the Mainstream Media What It Wants.

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hen confronted by members of the national corporate media, people seem to be flattered by the fact that someone is asking them for their opinions. There’s an element of ego-stroking, even for the most upper-level politicians, when a well-known reporter or commentator considers them important enough to ask them a question.

What this means is that some people feel they must answer questions in a media world that’s looking for fifteen-second sound bites, a 24/7 corporate cable-news driven media that is looking for controversy, especially anything that will fit their current meme: “the Democrats are in disarray.” (I’m not talking about the thoughtful, dedicated, lowpaid, usually local reporters that work hard to get their stories right and with some nuance.)

What surprises me is how some of the top national Democratic personalities fall for this and cooperatively stir the pot. I’m not sure why leaders do this so regularly, but am convinced that in doing so they’re isolating many who would otherwise work for, and get out to vote for, Democrats, splitting the vote further, and making it easier for the current presidential office holder to win a second term.

There must be some highly-paid and

highly regarded, old-boy consultants encouraging Democrats to do this in spite of the fact that it hasn’t brought the kind of consistent success in presidential elections that a party with the best middle-class policies should have. And in 2016 it brought us the current mess.

We can’t change the minds or win over the 20-30% who are authoritative personalities and religious addicts. They need an egotistic dictator for president no matter how those media pundits continue to act wise by repeating that Democrats must appeal to them. Trying to do that turns off a base that is more likely to vote if enthused.

So, not that anyone listens to me – I am refusing to get into the destructive online candidate criticism game at this point -, here are just some principles that will control the national media and ultimately bring out the wide spectrum of people that make up potential Democratic voters.

Ominously, from what I’m reading, this is already counter to what Democratic leaders, and some of the rest of us, are doing.

Don’t answer questions about what you’re going to do unless you’re a presidential candidate talking about policy proposals you plan to implement when you’re in office.

Whether it’s impeachment or inves-

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tigations, keep the opposing party and the media guessing. They don’t need to know, but answering these questions diverts the discussion to where the media loves it - the debate itself and the disagreements, rather than focusing on the crimes and offenses of a current administration.

All questions should be answered with “Everything is on the table.” Message discipline is important here.

This can be repeated without explanation. And, actually, it should be the truth because the issues are complex so we don’t know what will develop.

Never put down another member or a branch of your party publicly.

Ronald Reagan popularized an “Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican. It’s a rule I followed during that campaign and have ever since.”

It’s good advice today as well. As a Party leader, don’t publicly make any statements that put down the leftists or centrists in the Party.

Every elected official has a constituency. By criticizing that person, you’re dissing all who voted for them and probably losing influence over them forever.

This means don’t give advice to the Party that it’s going too far to the left.

That’s not taken as constructive or valuable just because one of the Party big-

minor details wigs says it. To believe that you saying it is going to change those others is hubris.

Such putting down others is instead taken as something meant to stifle free thinking, something that tries to get everyone to fall in line behind some great leader. It only impresses those who already agree as well as those who are authoritative personalities – most of whom are stuck in the other Party.

Refer instead to the “exciting variety of opinions in the big tent of Democrats who encourage free and creative thinking.” Talk about the “wide field of talent” available for the primaries while the other Party is moribund and stuck.

Allow the primary process to go forward. To try to manipulate it with putdowns manifests fear that the majority doesn’t actually agree with you. That’s playing the Republicans own shameful game of voter intimidation and disenfranchisement.

Speak as if you believe in what you’re doing and as if you can do it.

Everyone knows that things come up that mean our plans must be adjusted.

But in this day and age, people want forceful leadership not ifs, ands, and buts.

Impress us with bold ideas that express your values. Talk as if you really believe in them.

That’s what will convince us that you do believe in them.

Everyone remembers the phrase “It’s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve” but few can recite an equivalent from the other side. Was it because liberal ideas were so loaded with qualifications?

Or was “Hate Is Not a Family Value” scared out of us because some right-winger responded: “Are you accusing me of hate?” And we couldn’t take someone disliking us?

Sometimes doing things incrementally will have to be done, but don’t let us think that your incremental change is all you’ve got. If you really mean it to be incremental, let us know where you go after that.

Assume that what you hear online and in social media is meant to divide potential Democratic voters - even if the story is true.

We know that foreign influences are not only spreading falsehoods and interpreted stories to targeted folks on social media but that they’re also targeting Democrats with reputable stories to af-

fect those demographics of social media.

Spreading these stories, even if true, might feel just and righteous, but doing so aids in their divide and conquer strategies and separates us from those we want to influence. Few candidates’ followers are going to be changed, especially if they already know whom we support.

Promote your own candidate or candidates, if you have made a decision, but remember that the goal of the other party and its foreign bots is for us to pass along negative stories about the others.

Analyses have shown that negative campaigning does not gain support for your candidate but only discourages others from voting at all.

And sometimes all of us (even our leaders) need to remember: the best thing to say is nothing. P&E Robert N. Minor, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the University of Kansas, is author of When Religion Is an Addiction; Scared Straight: Why It’s So Hard to Accept Gay People and Why It’s So Hard to Be Human; and Gay & Healthy in a Sick Society. Contact him at www.FairnessProject.org.

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CALLING ALL COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS! RIDE WITH PRIDE

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his summer, Santa Fe is celebrating Pride with a side of Western swagger. Not only will the City Different throw its usual epic Pride parade and party on the historic Santa Fe Plaza on June 28, but it will also welcome the New Mexico Gay Rodeo Association’s Zia Regional Rodeo the same weekend. There’s no better time to visit Santa Fe, and visitors can grab a front row seat for it all with La Fonda on the Plaza’s “Ride with Pride” hotel package.

With the special limited time offer valid all of Pride Week (June 24-30), guests can toast one of Santa Fe’s legendary sunsets on La Fonda’s rooftop with complimentary welcome cocktails, luxuriate in one of the hotel’s artfully decorated guestrooms, and enjoy complimentary breakfast (blue corn piñon pancakes, anyone?) next to the soothing fountain in La Plazuela

restaurant. On Pride Day (Saturday, June 29th), they will be ideally positioned to watch or march in the Parade which passes right by the hotel’s front door.

Guests will receive a special discount to Zia Regional Rodeo performances on Saturday after the Parade or on Sunday.

The event attracts the top 20 cowboys and cowgirls in each of 13 different rodeo events and serves as a qualifier for the World Gay Rodeo Finals in Scottsdale, AZ in October 2019.

Guests arriving in town earlier can even use discount vouchers provided in the package to learn the fine art of chute dogging, flag racing and more at the New Mexico Gay Rodeo Association’s Rodeo School on Friday, June 28th. All rodeo events are animal-friendly and take place under safe guidance at the Rodeo de Santa Fe Rodeo Grounds at 3237 Rodeo Road in Santa Fe. Package prices begin at $342 per

room per night and include: Luxury accommodations at La Fonda for two Complimentary welcome cocktails for two in The Bell Tower Bar or La Fiesta Lounge, where there is live music nightly Complimentary breakfast for two in La Plazuela Voucher for $5 off ticket prices for each day at the rodeo (Normally priced at $15 per day for all day access.)

Voucher for $5 off of Rodeo School “tuition” for each event entered (Normally priced at $20 per event entered) Registration for this at amazcowboy@cox.net To book the package, please visit lafondasantafe.com/specials/ride-withpride and mention the code PRIDE.

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Did you know?

• Hiking lowers your risk of heart disease and improves both blood pressure and blood sugar levels.

• Varied terrains make it possible to improve cardiovascular performance, increase endurance and tone muscle.

Take a Hike!

Spring into a Healthier Lifestyle through Hiking

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n an age of trendy fitness studios, high-tech workout trackers and expensive personal trainers, it can be easy to forget that the simple act of hiking is an exercise powerhouse.

However, scientific research and health professionals alike agree that hitting the trails is advantageous for all aspects of physical fitness.

In fact, studies like a 2015 report out of Stanford indicate that hiking also provides mental health benefits.

The study found that time spent in nature calms the portion of the brain linked to mental illness and reduces the mind’s tendency towards negative thought patterns.

The hiking movement in America is out to teach people that they don’t need a gym membership to improve their health; they just need a hiking stick.

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Warren Owen, Director of Brazos Walking Sticks, is a huge believer in this cause and his company is doing their part to spread the message of the health benefits of hiking “My company creates hand-crafted, high-quality, made in the U.S. hiking and walking sticks. We believe that any chance to breathe in fresh air while hiking can help cure what ails you,” explains Owen.

Owen continued, “Much like falling into routines in the gym, the same terrain can start to limit the impact of hiking workouts. The more parks that are explored and the terrains vary, the better the health benefits will be. It also helps that the hiker gets to explore more of America’s natural beauty!” P&E - Provided by Brazos Walking Sticks

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IF THE DANCER DANCES

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ovement has been in the human vernacular in quite long time. It has been a way to express feelings and emotions without saying a word. For a dancer, the ability to fulfill this act is a passion that truly feeds the soul. For the students of Merce Cunningham, an influential modern dancer, his work has left a lasting impression in the world of dance and in their lives. One of the world’s leading dance-makers, Stephen Petronio, in the documentary, If The Dancer Dances, takes on the challenge

of reviving Rainforest, a piece by Cunningham, through the bodies of his dancers. The film follows the company as they learn the history of this iconic piece and how dance is more than the steps, but the life you breathe into it. The movie is beautiful homage to a legendary choreographer since his passing in 2009. It shows how one person’s work can affect a generation of future dancers. Definitely a film you will want to add to your collection as part of history and a lover of dance.

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THE LAVENDER SCARE With the United States gripped in the panic of the 1950s Cold War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower deemed homosexuals to be “security risks” and vowed to rid the federal government of all employees discovered to be gay or lesbian.

Over the next four decades, the longest witch-hunt in American history, tens of thousands of government workers would lose their jobs for no reason other than their sexual orientation.

Partly based on the book by historian David K. Johnson, THE LAVENDER SCARE illuminates a little-known chapter of American history, and serves as a timely reminder of the value of vigilance and social action when civil liberties are under attack.

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HALSTON

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merica’s first superstar designer, Halston rose to international fame in the 1970s, creating an empire and personifying the dramatic social and sexual revolution of the last century. Reaching beyond the glitz and glamour, acclaimed filmmaker Frédéric Tcheng reveals Halston’s profound impact on fashion, culture, and business.

HALSTON captures the epic sweep of the life and times of the legendary designer Roy Halston Frowick, the man who set women free with his unstructured designs and strove to “dress all of America.”

Framing the story as an investigation featuring actress and writer Tavi Gevinson as a young archivist diving into the Halston company records, Tcheng expertly weaves rare archival footage and intimate interviews with Halston’s family, friends and collaborators including Jacqueline Kennedy, Liza Minnelli, Andy Warhol and Iman. What results is a behind-the-headlines look into the thrilling struggle between Halston’s artistic legacy and the pressures of big business.

Halston with actress Anjelica Huston.

Photo by © Berry Berenson Perkins

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orn and raised on the tropical island of Guam in the West Pacific, Pia Mia fell in love with music and performing at an early age. She joined school and community musicals and theater and began to post covers of her musical performances on YouTube. Almost instantaneously becoming a viral sensation, Pia moved to Los Angeles and signed with Grammy Awardwinning producer, Babyface. In 2013, Pia Mia performed a cover of Drake’s song “Hold on We’re Going Home” for Drake and Kanye West. That same year, Ryan Seacrest debuted her independent single, “Red Love.” At the age of 17, she formed Wolfpack Entertainment, a recording label, signing herself as its first artist, and then signed with Interscope Records.

Billboard Magazine named Pia Mia one of eight “acts who will help define 2014.” She released her debut EP, The Gift, collaborated with Chance the Rapper for the soundtrack to the original motion picture Divergent, and released “On My Mind” which appeared on NOW That’s What I Call

Music! Vol. 50. Pia Mia performed at various concerts throughout the year, and in the summer, she returned to her home island to perform at the international music festival, Guam Live.

In January 2015, Pia Mia released “F**K WITH U,” a buzz track for her fans which featured rapper G-Eazy.

The track was a trending online smash with over 24 million streams. Pia’s hit banger “Do It Again” featuring Chris Brown and Tyga went Platinum selling over 4 million copies worldwide.

Pia’s newest single, the incredible power ballad “Bitter Love” will also be featured on the AFTER movie soundtrack as an independent artist.

Pia has garnered international praise for her one of a kind style, consistently topping high-profile best dressed lists, including Vogue. She has modeled for numerous independent such as Nasty Gal, Pink Dolphin, and Missguided, to name a few. If that wasn’t enough, she was selected as the first-ever Fashion Director for Madonna’s Material Girl clothing brand. Check out Pia Mia on her social media outlets.

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Layke

s a diverse and evolving pansexual, queer individual, who grew up in conservative Texas, Layke has always identified herself as a round peg trying to fit into a square hole. Layke has been performing since she was a child, and the creative arts were a way for her to channel her sensitivity and energy into something constructive. In high school, Layke began singing backup in a punkrock band, which evolved into writing songs. She had always been a poet in her own mind, keeping diaries since she was a child, but putting those words into music was a new concept. After graduating, she moved to Los Angeles to create her own art, her own world, not act out someone else’s. Layke’s first EP, self-titled LAYKE Part 1, was released in December 2018. It includes the lead single “Strangers In The Dark.” She worked with legendary producer Adrian Gurvitz to bring this EP to fruition. She hopes people hear this album and feel that they can be whoever they want to be, unapologetically and unabashedly.

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the book review

pen your eyes to what it means O to be a boy or a girl — and above and beyond! Within these pages, you

ay! You’re Gay! (Now What?) peris Y a personal, heartfelt go-to guide for young queer guys from YouTube

SHE/HE/THEY/ME Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Sourcebooks

YAY! YOU’RE GAY! (NOW WHAT?) Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books

get to choose which path to forge.

Explore over one hundred different scenarios that embrace nearly every definition across the world, over history, and in the ever-widening realms of our imagination! What if your journey leads you into a world with several genders, or simply one? Do you live in a matriarchal society, or as a sworn virgin in the Balkans? How does gender (or the lack thereof) change the way we approach sex and love, life or death?

Jump headfirst into this refreshingly creative exploration of the ways gender colors every shade and shape of our world. Above all, it’s more important than ever for us to celebrate the fact that there are infinite gender paths — and each of them is beautiful.

star and BBC podcaster Riyadh Khalaf has written a thoughtprovoking, heartfelt guide for young queer males that have taken the plunge and come out as their true selves. In Yay! You’re Gay! Now What?, Riyadh shares his knowledge and gives advice on everything from coming out to relationships.

The book also includes inspiring interviews with queer role models - offering encouragement during times that prove to be difficult.

There’s a support section written

by Riyadh’s parents. Yay! Includes chapters on Labels – what does it mean to be gay, bi, trans or queer?

Coming out, Dealing with Bullies, and Finding your Tribe. This book is a must read for the newly discovered.

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ore Than Just A Flag details M the major events of Monica’s life, from childhood through to

her autobiography’s publication.

Included are her service in the U.S. Navy as a submariner, and her personal journey to discovering her true self as a trans woman, including the subsequent battles she fought with her civilian employer, Sprint.

Helms recalls her creation of the Transgender Flag, celebrating it’s 20thanniversary this year, and her donation of the original to the Smithsonian. It also details her founding of the Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA), where she went on to serve as president for ten years.

At times funny, at others, necessarily sad, it is the story of a leader in the fight for transgender acceptance, at a time when the trans community was first coalescing and finding its voice.

MORE THAN A FLAG Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: MB Books ISBN-10: 0578465868 ISBN-13: 978-0578465869

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Woodstock at 50: Summer of Love

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he Monmouth Museum’s Main Gallery summertime exhibition, Woodstock at 50: Summer of Love, will journey through the explosive era that gave life to the 1969 Woodstock Festival, the pivotal outdoor music and art fair held 50 years ago on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains. It will feature the renowned documentary and rock photography of the Official Woodstock Photographer, Elliott Landy.

His images of Bob Dylan and The Band, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Van Morrison, and many others documented the music scene during the classic rock and roll period of 1967-1969. The exhibition will also feature vintage concert posters and vinyl albums, immersive video and audio experiences, 1960’s memorabilia and ephemera along with art workshops for adults, teens and kids, tours and more.

Elliott Landy is one of the first music photographers to be recognized as an “artist.” Author of six photographic books, his images have been exhibited in major museums and galleries throughout the world. His photographs have appeared on the covers of major magazines such as Life, The Saturday Evening Post and Rolling Stone and in all media internationally for the past

forty years.

Born in 1942, Landy began photographing the anti-Vietnam-war movement and the underground music culture in New York City in 1967. He photographed many of the underground rock and roll superstars, both backstage and onstage, from 1967 to 1969. His images of Bob Dylan and The Band, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Joan Baez, Van Morrison, Richie Havens, and many others documented the music scene during that classic rock and roll period which culminated with the 1969 Woodstock Festival.

The 1969 Woodstock Art and Music Fair was August 15 -17, 1969.

Woodstock: Three Days of Peace, Music & Love. An estimated audience of over 400,000 people gather for three days of music near Bethel, NY, swarming across the pastures of Max Yasgur’s dairy farm. The festival is the brainchild of four men under age 26 (including one with a multimillion-dollar trust fund).

Only 186,000 tickets are sold, so around 200,000 people are expected - but the amazing lineup of bands and musicians draws many more. Fences are pushed over and tickets become pointless. On opening night, sponsors declare free admission to all, and the word spreads

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like wildfire. Police estimate a million more people trying to reach Woodstock are stuck in traffic jams up to 50 miles away. In rain and mud, thousands listen to Janis Joplin, The Who, Canned Heat, the Grateful Dead, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, and Country Joe & The Fish. On the last morning, guitarist Jimi Hendrix wakes the crowd with a riveting solo version of the national anthem. The final cost is $2.4 million. A film of the concert is released the following year.

Exhibition Partners for the Woodstock at 50: Summer of Love exhibition include: Red Bank FrameWorks; Brookdale Community College - History, Library and Theater Departments; 90.5 the Night; Jack’s Music Shoppe; Russo Music; Habitat for Humanity in Monmouth; Vintage Variety Shop; Classic Metal Productions; Tracy Walter Ferry, Artist.

There will be a Preview Party on Friday, June 7th from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm including a meet-and-greet with Elliott Landy as he presents his Woodstock Vision.

For more information about the Museum exhibitions and programs visit their website at www. monmouthmuseum.org. P&E

the final word

It’s time to reconnect

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he 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots is a moment to be celebrated - but also it is a call to further action. After the election of this president, I shared with our community my belief that it is time to work toward intersectional goals and changes - now more than ever. So many members of our communities are under attack by this federal administration, but also by local and state governments, and by our neighbors and friends.

It’s always been easy for some of us to think about our marriages - something we fought for so hard and won so recently - being under attack. But on the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, I implore our LGBTQ community in New Mexico to think of how much more is on the line, for all of us, in these times. As we celebrate pride

month, our monumental achievements, let’s not forget our call to intersectional work - for everyone in our communities. Queer and trans people are immigrants and sex workers. We are incarcerated and working for minimum wage. We are seeking greater access to education and access to safe and legal abortion care.

I am re-committing myself this anniversary of the Stonewall Riots to honor our siblings in the struggle from the last 50+ years, by working for liberation for us all - will you join me? P&E LaRhya Daniels, Public Affairs Manager Planned Parenthood Votes New Mexico

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