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Truly Blessed tells a powerful visual story about a community’s response to discrimination, both racial and religious. Chris Suspect came upon this unusual community by chance. He met Bilal Ali after a taxi knock Ali on the streets of Georgetown in Washington, DC. Suspect photographed the accident and sent him the photos for his lawyer to use. A few months later, Bilal invited Suspect to photograph a private party at a non-descript restaurant in Dupont Circle. At the time, Suspect had no idea he would be introduced that night to an empowered community of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender African Americans.
“In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where l am. You perceive the way to the place where I am going.” John 14:1-4
“Sometimes it is only through photographs that we can observe the sacred in the secular, or the secular in the sacred. This collection, Truly Blessed, uses photography to forge a conversation between the solemn bl
Over a decade after founding Grindr, Joel Simkhai wants a do-over
When Joel Simkhai left Grindr five years ago, he had a lot of time to think.
Simkhai, a male lover man and tech entrepreneur, helped launch the groundbreaking queer hookup and virtual dating app in 2009. Grindr, which piloted geolocation software to show users’ distance from one another, fundamentally changed gay culture.
By retrofitting lgbtq+ social and affectionate interactions to the digital age, Grindr broughtmillions of people together in ways that gay bars — the longtime focal points of LGBTQ social scenes — simply couldn’t. But under Simkhai’s watch, it also laid bare, and some say worsened, the physical and racial discrimination that has long plagued the gay community.
Now, more than a decade later, he wants a do-over.
Simkhai launched a homosexual dating and affair app this month called Motto, which he says has innovative features to help prevent the “toxicity” and “discrimination” that have cast shadows over other gay dating apps, including the one he spearheaded, amid a barrage of controversies for the better part of the last decade.
By requiring its users to possess face pictures instead of “headless torsos” and limiting
70+ Powerful Pride Month Quotes
In this send, you’ll find 70+ Pride Month quotes for 2025! Self-acceptance Month happens each year during the month of June. By honoring Self-acceptance Month, your business will send an important message about its values to employees and the community.
This year, as part of your commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, share the Event quotes below on your company’s social media channels or in your e-newsletter. You can encourage and enlighten your audiences while also starting an significant dialogue. Sharing these Pride quotes will also help Homosexual clients, employees, and stakeholders feel seen and welcomed.
As you share these Self-acceptance quotes, remember to also take meaningful action to help the LGBTQ+ collective. Consider planning a volunteer day, supporting a nonprofit serving the LGBTQ+ people, or advocating for legislative change. After all, actions talk louder than words. Sharing words of wisdom is just one part of a meaningful Celebration campaign!
Check out our“Pride: Origins virtual team building experience,with a live-streaming guide and a look at iconic locations in New York City! This one hour event shares how queer people hold
1. “Love him and let him love you. Do you consider anything else under heaven really matters?” – James Baldwin
In his iconic novel Giovanni’s Room, homosexual author James Baldwin makes a powerful statement about love. He proclaims that sex and gender don’t matter; all that matters is that two people adore each other. Nothing should stay in their way if they have love in their hearts. These words resonated with millions of people who felt favor their emotions were invalid because of the gender of the object of their love. With this quote, Baldwin assured them that it didn’t matter because love is love.
2. “If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself.” – Zanele Muholi
Zanele Muholi is a South African activist and artist. She works primarily in photography and video. Despite her fame as an artist, Muholi identifies herself as an activist first. It is her intention to use her art to highlight the beauty and distinctiveness of black LGBTQ women: a group that she believes has been terribly underrepresented in all forms of art. So, instead of waiting for someone else to validate LGBT women of color, she took it upon herself to bring th