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It’s Easy to Say What We’re Against. What Are We For?

September 18, 2024

If the reactions to our country’s transformed presidential race have taught us anything, it’s that people desperately want to be for something. Too often, we’re defined by what we’re against. But this summer we saw a jolt of enthusiasm from people eager to be a part of something fresh, exciting, even joyful. Now I’ll admit,…

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The Year Behind Us, and the Year Ahead

December 30, 2022

Brad Clark, President & CEO: Growing up in small town Iowa, to me the holidays always represented communities coming together around a common set of values: family, faith, and building bridges. This holiday season, I see these same values at the heart of the incredible victory the LGBTQ movement achieved in the Respect for Marriage…

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Leadership, Visibility, and Joy

March 31, 2022

TRANSGENDER LEADERS ON WHAT TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY MEANS TO THEM March 31st is International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV). Unlike Transgender Day of Remembrance, when we honor the lives we’ve lost to anti-transgender violence, #TransgenderDayofVisibility is a time of joy — a time when we celebrate the incredible contributions transgender people make to our…

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Friends and Future Friends

March 16, 2022

Forging a Path Forward with Direction from the Past One of my favorite Tim Gill philosophies is “to think about the world as friends and future friends.” A hallmark of Tim’s philanthropy is finding common cause with unexpected allies and working with anyone who shares the goal of LGBTQ equality, even those who may have…

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