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Day 29 – Mia Yamamoto – Veteran and Lawyer1943- Can you imagine fighting on behalf of a country that just a few years earlier had treated your family like they were enemies of the state? Being a racial or ethnic minority in the United States can be hard because there’s a certain allegiance or love,…

Day 25-28 – Participants in the Stonewall RiotsJune 28th, 1969 – Start of the Stonewall Riots Fifty-one years ago, marked day one of the multi-day rebellion known as the Stonewall Riots. As the larger society learns more about that historic night, some important names have become more recognizable. People like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P.…

My wonderful friends at Literati Press Bookshop in Oklahoma City, OK were kind enough to let me curate a Pride list of suggested reads for their Bookshop.org site. Give it a look. I wanted to add so many more, but I thought I’d stick with a few great ones from different genres. Remember, Pride lasts all year!…

Day 24 – Mia Mingus – Disability Justice Advocate1980- When I was in college, my mentor (and hardest professor) told me that true civil rights change comes from the work of individuals and groups, doing the job every day when all the cameras and celebrities have gone home. For me, Mia Mingus is one of…