Tag Archives: 1993 March on Washington

remembering Harvey Milk with Pride

Posted on June 9, 2021 by Sheila Morris

June is our official LGBTQ Pride Month, and I’m resurrecting this post from May, 2014 to honor a man whose life – and death –  continues to speak to us through his celebrated legacy. Lest we forget… Today, May 22, … Continue reading →

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it’s a simple matter of justice – remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Sheila Morris

1993 March on Washington for LGBT Equality Twenty-seven years ago this April I marched with the South Carolina delegation in the 1993 March on Washington. It was a life-changing experience not only for me but for hundreds of thousands of … Continue reading →

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all my happy trails lead to Pretty

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Sheila Morris

I Wonder if Columbus Kept a Journal (chapter one from Four Ticket Ride) In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Five hundred years later in 1992 the maiden voyage of the Space Shuttle Endeavor began when the spacecraft was launched … Continue reading →

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We Will Not Let Hate Win

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Sheila Morris

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the massacre of  49 members of the lgbtq community in Orlando at the Pulse night club. We all remember and will stand with the people of Orlando who refuse to allow this tragedy … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day – Remembering Harvey Milk

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Sheila Morris

Today, May 22nd., would have been Harvey Milk’s 84th. birthday.  Instead, his life was tragically shortened by five bullets to his head in his office at San Francisco’s City Hall in 1978.  Harvey was one of the first openly gay elected … Continue reading →

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