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Jess here! Today is my 4th wedding anniversary to Jess here! Today is my 4th wedding anniversary to my spouse, and I wanted to share this amazing photo with you all, because when we were getting married even just 4 years ago, we struggled to find an LGBTQIA friendly photographer. Then we found @christina_florada_photography & wow! We love working with her! She has captured all of our life milestones since. Just wanted to plug her & also show this incredible moment. It feels monumental, because we got married after Trump’s inauguration. Thankful for our current leadership and new Executive Orders that protect LGBTQIA rights! 🏳️‍🌈❤️ #lgbtqia #lgbt #lgbtwedding #bennington #vermont
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Love & light to all of our friends! ❤️ Love & light to all of our friends! ❤️
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Today is day 7 of Queer Connect's Giving Fundraise Today is day 7 of Queer Connect's Giving Fundraiser! Because of your support, we are closer to our goal, but we are still $300.00 away from our target. Can you help us? $300.00 equals: -- books and curriculum for local classrooms (daycare/pre-k/k-12) -- training for local organizations seeking LGBTQ+ professional development -- resources and supports for local LGBTQ+ youth, including scholarships -- funding for Pride 2021 If 20 of my friends donate $15.00 we'll make this last goal! Help me get to the finish line. I also want to remind you that tomorrow -- Tuesday December 8 -- we will announce 10 winners to receive prizes from our generous sponsors! Given Tuesday -- to celebrate all of YOU! Some items include: One 60 minute massage at @mountainsidetm , or a photoshoot with @karlierushphotography ... perhaps some virtual reiki or yoga with a couple of lovely practitioners? We are so thankful for all of you. Today is our last stretch, and we're so close! PS: If you are unable to donate financially (or have already given!), I completely understand! Can I ask you to share this post to spread the word? As ever, thank you, thank you, thank you!
✨Today is day 6 of Queer Connect’s Giving Fund ✨Today is day 6 of Queer Connect’s Giving Fundraiser, and one thing that still remains so painfully true: our fight to protect LGBTQ+ people is an ongoing battle. The June Pride that we celebrate today commemorates the Stonewall Riots that occurred in 1969. ✨Like everything else our US history has taught us — staggering tragedy, at the cost of lives, often propels the reform that needs to happen to make meaningful change. We aren’t there yet in our fight, and every single year, we deeply reflect and grieve for our LGBTQ+ community. ✨This year alone has been the most fatal and violent for trans and gender non-conforming people, reported the Human Rights Campaign. A full article can be read on their website. What stands out to us, they write: ✨”This year, we reached two grim milestones -- the Human Rights Campaign has recorded the most deaths of transgender and gender non-conforming people of any year since we began tracking this violence, and we have documented more than 200 total deaths.” ✨This is why we celebrate Pride. We celebrate to shed light on these tragedies and to hold space for the incredible sadness LGBTQ+ people have endured for many years. We also celebrate to spread love! We’ve come along way, and we cannot rest in doing this important work together. ✨We are planning for Pride 2021 and every dollar we raise fights against the epidemic of fatal violence on our LGBTQ+ folks, especially our BIPOC trans and gender non-comforting individuals. We are so proud to serve this community, and we need you! ✨Please consider donating today as our campaign comes to an end tomorrow! You can easily donate through check or PayPal: PayPal.me/qcbennington ✨Thank you SO much for your support! We are strong together!
With two days left of our Queer Connect Giving Cam With two days left of our Queer Connect Giving Campaign, I’d like to talk about Bennington Pride 2021! This last year in every way was taken from us, and we sadly had to postpone Pride. This coming year, we are so excited to start the planning process. Whether in person or online, we promise to make Pride 2021 memorable! Pride is a special day in our country because it commemorates all of the hardship our LGBTQ+ community has endured throughout history — and continues to experience. We brought Pride to Bennington in 2019 because we had were sick of the lack of exposure for our LGBTQ+ individuals and their families. This year we need your help more than ever! While 2020 was a challenging year on all of us, our organization also suffered financially. To make Pride 2021 take off, can you help us raise the funds to plan and execute another successful Pride? I am asking my friends to spring into action. Every dollar counts! Please consider donating to our PayPal account or by check. Link is in the bio ❤️ Thank you for being our supporters and allies! You are the direct reason we are able to continue doing this important work in our community! Ps: that’s Jess’ daughter in the last picture as she followed the Queens everywhere saying “ladies with the wings.”
For this 4th day of our Giving Campaign for @Queer For this 4th day of our Giving Campaign for @QueerConnect, I want to continue thinking about the place of LGBTQ+ history in the classroom. Did you know that in 2019 several states adopted LGBTQ+ history into their public school curriculums for the first time? Those states recognized how important visibility and representation mattered! Think back to your own education. Do you remember learning about LGBTQ+ history or historical figures in school? If the answer is "no," you aren't alone! Now imagine being an LGBTQ+ child and not connecting with the content you are learning, because you are not included in the narrative. This is every single day for many youth and adults! One of Queer Connect's mission is to educate our community in all sectors. One of our 2021 goals is to expand our education department and to teach our curriculum to the community by holding workshops and topic-based forums and events, as well as continuing to be key partners with our local schools. Raising funds helps us to build quality resources and to show up for our community in a meaningful way. Today I am asking for your help in building strong allies in our community. Can you help me raise $100 today? I am looking for 10 friends to donate $10. Here is the link for our PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/qcbennington. Your support is the heartbeat of our organization -- thank you for doing this important work with us!

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May 4, 2020 / Queer Connect

About Queer Connect

Queer Connect, Inc. is dedicated to increasing our visibility in the community and to building resources for LGBTQ+ people and their families living in and around Bennington, Vermont.

We are especially committed to supporting our queer youth and their families.

We are completely volunteer run. Whether you help through monetary donations, volunteering your time, or spreading our mission through word-of-mouth, thank you. We couldn’t accomplish our goals without the help of supporters like you.

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