Education Session on June 4 - "Still, They Resisted" Celebrating the Unsung Heroes of the LGBTQ+ Movement

Join the LGBT Fund & Safe Harbor UPMC Western Behavioral Health at Safe Harbor for a community education session facilitated by the Persad Center. All are welcome for this session on June 4, 2025, from 11am-12pm at Erie Center for Arts & Technology, Community Room (650 East Avenue, Erie, PA 16503)

Still, They Resisted celebrates a few of the unsung heroes of the LGBTQ+ movement. We all know Harvey Milk and Ellen DeGeneres, but what about Aaron Fricke who announced, for the first time in America, he was taking a boy to the school prom? We'll talk about, among others, Barbara Gittings and Perry Watkins, Marsha P. Johnson and Michael Callen. One of the challenges the LGBTQ+ community has faced is having our history go unreported, "straight washed" or taken away from us "Still, They Resisted" shows that we've been here and queer and fighting for a long time.

We will also be hosting an optional networking hour directly prior to the session from 10-11 am. We hope that you'll come early to join us for light refreshments and conversation!