Key Icons and Resources to Celebrate Pride Month

Happy Pride! Pride Month is a celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community. It is a time to recognize the achievements made toward equality and to advocate for a world where everyone feels valued and respected.

As we celebrate, get to know these Pride icons who paved the way for equality and where to access resources.

Pride Icons

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

Miss Major is a transgender activist who has fought for over 50 years for the transgender community. She is a veteran of the infamous Stonewall riots. Today she continues her activism into her 80s as an author, docuseries producer, and speaker.

Phyllis Lyon & Del Martin

Phyllis Lyon and Dorothy “Del” Martin were pioneering leaders in the LGBTQIA+ and women’s rights movements. After falling in love in Seattle, they moved to San Francisco and founded the nation’s first lesbian organization, Daughters of Bilitis, in 1955. They married in 2004, but the union was invalidated by the court. They remarried in 2008 as California’s first legal same-sex union.

RuPaul Charles

RuPaul brought drag culture into the mainstream with RuPaul’s Drag Race, creating a global platform for LGBTQIA+ artistry and empowerment. He earned several accolades, including 14 Primetime Emmy Awards. RuPaul is known as the Queen of Drag.

Anne Lister

Anne Lister is known as “the first modern lesbian.” She documented her life, studies, and romantic relationships with women during the early 1800s, a time when such love was taboo. She married Ann Walker in a private ceremony in 1834, documented as the first same-sex marriage in England. Anne lived authentically and fearlessly, and her legacy inspires generations to embrace their true selves.

Pride Resources

Pride Northwest

Pride Northwest has programs that work to uplift the visibility of LGBTQIA+ people in Oregon and Southwest Washington, educate allies and workplaces on LGBTQIA+ issues, and celebrate the successes of groups and individuals in the community.

We’re proud long-time sponsors of the annual Portland Pride Festival and Parade!

SAGE

SAGE is a movement of activists dedicated to providing services and support to older members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Access resources, education, and more at SageUSA.org.

Pride Foundation

Pride Foundation is building a better, safer, and more equitable world for LGBTQIA+ people and families in the Northwest. Find out more at PrideFoundation.org.

The Trevor Project

The Trevor Project is the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ+ young people. They provide information and support to LGBTQIA+ youth. Access services and educational materials at TheTrevorProject.org.

Visit AreteLiving.com/DEIB for more resources and ways we are celebrating observances throughout the year.