Any partnerships we have will be with organizations with which we have aligned values,"Īnother story featured last June covered the founding of the Seattle Pride Hockey Association with Steven Thompson and Joey Cole as the driving forces behind the new association. We have outspoken views about gender and pay equity and inclusion across the board. "At Symetra, we are incredibly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. "The energy in this town is crazy," said Trinity Parker, Symetra senior vice president of marketing, communication and public affairs, during last June's video panel. The panel was sponsored by the Kraken's first founding partner and exclusive life insurance partner, Symetra.
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By the 1980s, "gay pride" universally replaced "gay liberation" to represent a more inclusive term.Īs a sports franchise that views "community as bedrock" to its mission and purpose, the Kraken marked Pride Month last June with a series of stories and videos, highlighted by a video panel discussion about hockey and the LGBTQIA+ community. The first Seattle celebration was in 1974 with Gay Pride Week events from June 24 through June 30. The early parades were organized by activists and coalitions, with the movement gaining momentum and support across the U.S. The first "gay liberation" parades and rallies were held in June 1970, to protest and mark the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York, prompted by local police raiding the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar, in lower Manhattan's Greenwich Village neighborhood. Pride events affirming the LGBTQIA+ community will be ongoing in June throughout the city, country and world.
Transgender: Individuals whose gender identity differs from the one assigned at birth.It can be an appropriate term to describe people with "more fluid identities" and is "valued for its defiance" of traditional norms. Queer: Formerly in some circles used as a negative label, the term is "increasingly being used to describe all identities and politics that go against normative beliefs," according to the nonprofit It Gets Better organization, which focuses on supporting LGBTQIA+ youth.For those not sure about certain acronym terms-or maybe those who would like to know but are hesitant to ask because it seems they should already know-here's a primer: