Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people lost to violence since Rita Hester’s death, and began an important tradition that has become … Read more
Delaware Pride is planning to hold an interfaith service as part of this year’s Delaware Pride celebration. This is a wonderful opportunity to counter the message of anti-LGBTQ+ religious protesters that have shown up at recent pride festivals and say clearly that LGBTQ+ people are welcome and valued just as they are in many faith … Read more
Partnering Against Hate, a project of Interfaith Alliance, is an toolkit to help guide groups and individuals who want to do more to make their communities safer and more inclusive. Given the increase in hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community in recent years, that support is needed now more than ever. Partnering Against Hate is … Read more
The Shower of Stoles is a collection of over a thousand liturgical stoles and other sacred items representing the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of faith. These religious leaders have served in thirty-two denominations and faith traditions, in six countries, and on three continents. Each stole contains the story of a GLBT … Read more
Susex Pride is grateful to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Southern Delaware (UUSD). Sussex Pride was selected to be the beneficiary of the UUSD ‘Share the Plate’ collection in June. Vicki Nichols, a member of UUSD, presented Sussex Pride Executive Director a check for $645! Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware – A welcoming and progressive … Read more