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The author’s father, age 90, four months before he died in 2008. Photo credit and article by Laura Hall for Huffpost Personal. Shared with her permission. […]

Maxence Arignon, a community relations director at Amica Jubilee House, as Anya Marx in drag. Photo credits Adrian Lam, Times Colonist. John Bowes never thought he would […]

From “The Tyee,”  January 21, 2016 Trailblazer Murray Corren recounts battles for adoptive, marriage and education rights. When I knocked on the floor-to-ceiling door of Murray […]

“’You always had the power, my dear; you just had to learn it for yourself.’ This quote from Glinda, the Good Witch from ‘The Wizard of […]

                         Photo credits The New York Times First awarded in 2022 and named after the […]

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Personal Stories Project held their 2nd Annual Palm Springs Pride Mixer & Garden Party on Saturday, November 5th at the […]

Our co-founder and executive director Charles on Lady G’s Instagram Live “Finding Your Voice” from June 24, 2022. CLICK HERE to watch!

  Everyone has a story. What’s yours? As they say back where I come from, who woulda thunk it? Ten years ago I was going through […]

“I honestly don’t think that I would have been able to be as comfortable working professionally within the LGBTQ community had I not attended that first […]

          Cathy Cha, President and CEO, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund Dear Ms. Cha, In a time where states are actively […]

               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Personal Stories Project held their 1st Annual Palm Springs Pride Mixer & Garden Party on […]

We had the good fortune of connecting with Charles Chan Massey and we’ve shared our conversation below. Hi Charles, we’d love to hear more about how […]

Editor’s note: Bev sent this to us in 2017. Unfortunately she passed away on June 21st. Sending her family our love and light during this time […]

We are sad to share the news that our friend Peter Jarman passed away on Monday evening, August 24th. Peter was introduced to us through our […]

Planning meetings is all about facilitating communication and telling stories, whether the message is pumping up attendees about the direction of an organization or giving them […]

The public profile of LGBT+ people in the meetings industry has grown by leaps and bounds in just the past decade and a half, advancing from […]

Photo credits Deborah Hart Thank you for your support of our Second Annual Spring Mixer & Garden Party on Saturday, April 21st! Because of your collective […]

Thanks for helping us make it a great event!  Many thanks to all the amazing organizations and individuals who came to the table this year to help […]

"Q Voice News" profiles the Personal Stories Project in it's April 19, 2018 online edition by written Phillip Zonkel. Charles Chan Massey believes personal stories are the […]

 2nd Annual Spring Mixer & Garden Party Photo credits Deborah Hart FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Personal Stories Project and One Million Kids for Equality held their 2nd Annual Spring Mixer […]

IMRU RADIO presents PRIDE OUT LOUD’s Steve Pride talking with Charles Chan Massey [CLICK HERE to listen…]

Shared with permission from Meghan Stabler Originally published in the Texas Observer  Thirteen years ago, Meghan Stabler was a senior executive at a large software company. It […]

Save the date! Saturday, June 17th! Seattle Women’s Pride 2017 offers what no other event can: an experience to remember for a lifetime. Taking place in Seattle’s […]

Photo credit BuzzFeed News Originally published in the South Florida Gay News “When We Rise” is a miniseries about LGBT rights, created by Dustin Lance Black based on an autobiography […]

Photo credit Lucas Bane, taken circa 1997 “Sadly, bullies often have a way of knowing we’re gay before we understand it ourselves.” Bullying is real. And […]

Photo credit Deborah Hart FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Personal Stories Project and One Million Kids for Equality held their first annual joint fundraiser on Sunday, March 5th at the home […]

Photo credit Oklahoma State Department of Education “I don’t know how much more I can take before I break.” Bullying is real. And when you’re a […]

Photo credit pinterest.com An estimated 1.6 million youth in the U.S. experience homelessness each year. The statistics for homeless LGBT youth are even more shocking, as this group […]

Snapped at the 2016 Friend Movement "Stardust Soiree." CLICK HERE to learn more about Friend Movement.

National Coming Out Day is Oct. 11, making this a fitting time to call attention to the Personal Stories Project, an organization that gives members of […]

One group is using the power of storytelling in the battle for LGBT equality. For just over two years, the Personal Stories Project has been a […]