Allies have an important role to play in supporting the LGBTQ+ community, but it is not the most important role…. as any ally, it is not about you! To be supportive, we must step back and listen, to the experiences the stories and the feelings. Never assume that you know what others are going through, …
You may have seen diagrams such as the Gender Bread Person or the Calgary Sexual Health sexicon that shows the difference between our gender expression, identity, sexual orientation, and romantic orientation. Those diagrams demonstrate for us the scale of how people fit into what society historically thought were binary choices. When I took my first workshop …
by Kiersten Mohr (She/Her) My Belief I was 35 years old. I had spent decades figuring out my female identity, and all of that contemplation led me to decide to make a gender transition. I didn’t know another transgender person in Airdrie, Alberta and, as far as I could tell, had never seen anyone else …
I grew up in Airdrie. We moved here in 1993 when there were only 14,000 people. I attended first the Catholic school and then Bert Church for high school, from which I graduated. Yes, I am on the grad wall. No, don’t look for me. It astounds me the rate at which the conversation has …
by Tammy Plunkett One of the first things I noticed when I started volunteering with Airdrie Pride Society was the genuineness in our LGBTQ community. If you ever want to meet people true to who they are come out to a community cafe. Do you ever wonder what’s the price we all pay to live …
As we start to ramp up all of the activities here at Airdrie Pride Society, we thought it would be nice to refresh our logo at the same time. That being said, we want you the community to have a say in your new logo! This is our call to all creative types to come …
One of our pillars here at Airdrie Pride Society is Youth Empowerment. Because we recognize how difficult it can be to be different as a teen and young adult, we want Airdrie’s LGBTQ2+ youth to feel a sense of belonging and support as much as anyone else in our community regardless of sexual orientation and …
Originally from the US, I’ve lived in Airdrie for about seven years now. In that time I was able to come out to my friends and family as pansexual and transgender ftm. I even made a slideshow for when I came out! However I never got to use it, darn it. My family back in …
Our children come out to us in various ways. Some of them declare their LGBTQ identity the same way they tell you what they ate for breakfast. It’s just a fact. This is how my oldest daughter announced she was bisexual. Some children, however, come out to us in more subtle and cautious ways. My …
Avery reached out to us earlier this month to be a guest blogger! Here at Pride, we believe it is so important to have our youth included in our efforts, and we are thrilled to share Avery’s blog post with you all. <3 The world is a scary place right now; nobody can deny …
