#actsofgreatness

Do you identify as gender and/or sexual minority? Got a story to tell, a picture to share? We want you!

Acts of Greatness is an independent organisation dedicated to empowering the next generation of LGBTQA leaders, (Tumblr, twitter, website)

We're currently in the process of creating our all new magazine, by the community, for the community. You can submit to us anything from poetry to photography to comic strips, we're looking for a diverse perspective on the queer community.

The first 40 people to submit get some free art, cool!

You can read more on how, what, and when to submit here

“That moment taught me more about true acceptance than anything else. John didn’t agree with what I was doing. He thought it was stupid. But that didn’t matter because he cared about me more than about his own beliefs.”

“Jenn Burleton of TransActive wants the world to understand that to deny a young trans child their rights or deny access to care proven to reduce the negative impact and risks of self-harm, is as damaging and abusive as denying diabetic children their insulin.”

“The police should protect all people, including LGBTQ individuals, but oftentimes they don’t. It’s important for LGBTQ people and people of color to protest brutality—but in the meantime, please do everything you can to stay safe.”

Our nonbinary followers weigh in: “I get to be myself.” “I don’t have to conform.” “I feel empowered.”

“I wondered, ‘How they parents discard someone they promised to love and care for from the day they were born?’ But then I sat in on a small PFLAG meeting in middle of nowhere and started to listen. What I heard from the attendees changed my entire perception of these parents and the situation they’d found themselves in.”