TEN EASY ACTIVISMS

EASY ACTIVISM IS SIMPLY LIVING YOUR VALUES, IN PUBLIC

Share a favorite story about your Queer loved one in social settings or on social media. Storytelling connects us on a human level. Display a symbol of safety like the PRIDE Flag or Human Rights Campaign equality sign. Let the Queer community know they are safe with you.

Speak up in person and on social media when you hear a fag, dyke or trans joke or disrespectful statement. Voicing your objection helps raise awareness.

Stop supporting businesses that actively work against Queer rights. Your money has power and your consumer behavior matters.

Support Queer-owned and Queer-friendly businesses or subscribe to a Queer publication like OUT or The Advocate. Your support makes a positive difference.

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Learn and use the proper language: LGBTQIA. L- Lesbian, G- Gay, B-Bisexual, T-Trans, Q-Queer or Questioning, I- intersex, A- Asexual. Using the proper language shows respect.

Understand and respect the importance of pronouns. This is how you can acknowledge a person’s identity. 7.

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Learn about Queer history and share what you learn. Queer history has been marginalized or removed; history is incomplete without it.

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Don’t assume everyone is straight. Queer people find it awkward and tiring to out themselves when the assumption is made they are straight.

Know the facts about the struggles of the Queer community and share them. Knowledge is power and this information needs to become mainstream. 10.