What Does Pride Mean to You? As pride month draws to a close, we remind ourselves that pride is so much bigger than any one day or month. Pride can be a sense of being. It’s community. It’s the way we lift one another up–and ourselves–through our words, our gestures, our small acts of courage and kindness. Karen Richard It’s the opportunity to be open about who I am in every facet of my life. At work it is my privilege to show other people in my organization that you can be y

What Does Pride Mean to You? We loved the last pride blog post so much, we decided we had to do another one. Pride has meant so much to so many people and the responses we got to our question ranged from sweet and funny to deep and intensely personal. We asked more Writing Academy Instructors, graduates, students, mentors, and guest speakers what Pride means to them and, as always, we laughed and cried over the answers. Sheree Greer Pride means showing up as my whole self. Ev

What Does Pride Mean to Us? The year, the GCLS Writing Academy instructors, mentors, guest speakers, and graduates to give us a brief statement on what pride means to them. We’re loving the answers and we wanted to add one of our own. To the Writing Academy, pride means giving LGBTQI+ people the tools to share their voices with the world through writing novels, short stories, poetry, and even blog posts. Liz the Dreamer Pride month means a time to remember that I am happy and