
‘Coming Home With Pride’: Jackson Nonprofit Holds LGBTQ+ Observances in June, October
Capital City Pride will hold a “Coming Home With Pride” celebration in October 2022 that welcomes LGBTQ+ Mississippians who had previously left the state.
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Capital City Pride will hold a “Coming Home With Pride” celebration in October 2022 that welcomes LGBTQ+ Mississippians who had previously left the state.
LGBTQ Fund of Mississippi founder Sammy Moon considered moving away with his partner amid a raft of anti-LGBTQ legislation, but decided to stay and use his experience in philanthropy to make it a better place. The fund envisions a Mississippi in which “all LGBTQ Mississippians will live safely, openly and without alienation”—the opposite of Moon’s own experiences growing up.
Mississippi Journalism and Education Group is a a 501(c)(3) nonprofit media organization (EIN 85-1403937) for the state, devoted to going beyond partisanship and publishing solutions journalism for the Magnolia State and all of its people.
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