Shannon Brady

For twenty-five years, June has been officially recognized across the United States as Pride Month, originally designated “Gay and Lesbian Pride Month,” but expanded in 2011 to recognize the entirety of the LGBT+ community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and all others who fall under the umbrella of marginalized sexual orientations … » Read More

Juneteenth has a long and complex history. In January 1863, in the middle of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which legally freed the 3.5 million African Americans enslaved in the southern Confederate States, which had seceded from the northern Union to continue keeping African … » Read More