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Dear OUTWORDS friends,
We wish you comfort, safety, sustenance and peace during this very challenging time.

Here at OUTWORDS, we have been struck in recent weeks with the importance of the mission that has been entrusted to us. LGBTQ+ elders, the pioneers of our extraordinary civil rights movement, are among those most acutely threatened by the coronavirus crisis. We want to take this opportunity to send them a special greeting of honor, love, and gratitude.

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Dear OUTWORDS friends,
It’s a busy time for our American democracy. No matter where we reside on the political map, we can all agree that the heart of our democracy is VOTING. I was heartened to read this news item today, highlighting a successful North Dakota lawsuit to guarantee fair ballot box access for indigenous Americans. Click here, here, and here for organizations doing great work in the voting rights realm, and let’s join forces to guarantee free and fair elections in 2020!...

Dear OUTWORDS friends,

Happy 2020! We hope this year and decade will be filled with love, purpose, and peace.

To be sure, these are complex times we live in; but the mission of OUTWORDS remains clear: to record, preserve and disseminate the invaluable stories of LGBTQ+ pioneers and elders, while we still have time. These stories are both deeply inspiring, and an essential bulwark against any attempt to erase our history. We are so grateful for your support for this work!

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