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The Three Best and Worst Ways to Respond When Your Kid Comes Out to You by Elena Joy TLDR: download your Coming Out Responses Cheat Sheet National Coming Out Day is coming up on October 11 and is often celebrated all week. October is also LGBTQ+ H...

We are ONE WEEK away from our next Pride and Joy Parent Event: An Evening with Nicole Gress. This event will give affirming adults an opportunity to learn just how important voice is in mental health. They will be there to answer all your questions, sh...

Queer Youth Rising — A Bright Future for LGBTQ+ Kids by Kathy Kiger When I was in high school in the 80’s, nobody was out of the closet. There were people you might have guessed were gay — gaydar is a thing after all. But no one was willing to admit ...

Queer Innocence & Discovery by Ricky Koo The first time I felt it was in the first grade. I had just moved to a new city and I was painfully quiet. My parents didn’t make it easier because they always pointed it out and told me I needed to break out ...

Authenticity and its Importance for Queer Joy by Naomi Mendes-Pouget Have you ever heard the word ‘authentic(ity)’ and thought, what does it really even mean!? Am I authentic? Why is it such a buzzword these days? As someone who lives and breathes t...

Lez be real, friends. This has been an intense year for everyone in our community, and frankly, the intensity has peaked during this past summer of 2023.  From finding out SCOTUS made it legal for businesses to discriminate against us to Florida and......

Listening to My Inner Voice by Kathy Kiger I was raised to be a good girl — to follow the rules, respect my teachers, and obey my parents. Doing these things made me feel worthy. So over the years, I kept doing them. I respected my bosses, obeyed th...

Calling all writers! Our theme this year is Your Voice, Your Power . The Pride and Joy Foundation soft launched a guest blog summer schedule with the theme Your Voice, Your Power to amplify LGBTQ+ voices by publishing them on our blog and promoting the...

In a world passing increased hateful anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and spewing anti-LGBTQ+ and racist rhetoric, programs like the Pride and Joy Foundation's Keynote Queers, Leaders for Inclusive Change, OUTWrite Authors, and Pride and Joy Parent Events, hold...