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It's Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 Join the discussion here

It's Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 Join the discussion here

Celebrating Pride Month on the SANE Forums

The month of June is Pride Month, and we will be celebrating with a discussion here on the forums.

Pride Month is a time to celebrate our LGBTQIA+ Community, and on the Forums we will continue to elevate the discussions that we started during the 🏳️‍🌈 IDAHOBIT: Week long discussion 🏳️‍🌈 in May 2021.

Pride Month was born from a social justice movement, and continues to be a time for advocacy and empowerment of the LGBTQIA+ Community. We celebrate those that have come before, and to strive for social change to address the key issues that are still faced by the community. All across the world, there are community events celebrating Pride!

How will we be celebrating on the SANE Forums?

This discussion will be open for the month of June, with a new question every week. We will be building on some of the key themes and messages that were shared in the 🏳️‍🌈 IDAHOBIT: Week long discussion 🏳️‍🌈 and below you can see some of the key quotes fellow forumites shared.

To get involved, check back in each Monday for the new question. There will be questions about your experience, how you are celebrating pride month, the role models you look up to and an opportunity to share resources, books, artworks, events and activities.

You can get involved by:

  • Making a post in repsonse to each question
  • Supporting posts made by other members
  • Reading along
  • Sharing how you will be celebrating pride month this year

There are lots of organisations in Australia who have events, resources and activities for Pride Month, so feel free to share them here too!

Here is an overview of some of the key messages from the SANE Forums from our IDAHOBIT discussion last month:

Check back in on Monday the 7th of June for our first question! If you would like to be tagged when each new question is posted, click the "support" button on this post and we will make sure to notify you.

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Open and honest discussions about social justice are really important, and we are committed to making this discussion a safe space for LGBTQIA+ people to share their experiences, thoughts and ideas. To keep this safe space and respect the experiences of our community, we ask that all members refresh their understanding of the community guidelines in advance so that we can make this discussion inclusive and welcoming.

If you have any questions about this month long discussion, you are welcome to email our Community Managers at team@saneforums.org

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In response to: It's Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 Join the discussion here

Re: It's Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 Join the discussion here

@Daisydreamer wrote:

Are there people in the community that you look up to? Feel free to share stories, articles, songs, books, videos by your idols/those you look up to and why what they do is important to you


One particular man that comes to my mind, is Stephen Fry. He is gay and has spoken openly about his struggles with Bipolar, or Cyclothymia more specifically.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Ta0yFoNG8

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Re: It's Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 Join the discussion here

Another vote for Stephen Fry, his autobiographies and the series he did on manic depression have been of great value to me when I was first learning of my illness.

The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive

- Part 1 https://youtu.be/FtImgnj5DN0

- Part 2 https://youtu.be/ECv-24Ruu-o


The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: Ten Years On

https://youtu.be/9NJEA9t4vs0

Edit: @Shaz51 Tagging you in here Shazzy, thought these documentaries might be helpful for you & Mr Shaz. xx

BB 🐰💙

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Re: It's Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 Join the discussion here

This week I have been reading The Pronoun Lowdown by Nevo Zisin

A really good read so far!

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Re: It's Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 Join the discussion here

Hi @Daisydreamer

It's Monday! What's the new question? I didn't respond to the last two but I am not doing anything special to celebrate but I think it is important that Pride is celebrated and that those wishing to can. I look up to Jazz Jennings from 'I am Jazz' which is a reality TV show. She is also an activist for Transgender youth. I am looking forward to seeing what more there is to come from her as she matures.

Meggle

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Re: It's Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 Join the discussion here

Hi @Oaktree last question coming today!

What resources, messages and events have you seen organisations in your networks promoting during Pride Month? And how can we keep these messages going beyond Pride Month?

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