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  • 2025 in Review: What We Built Together
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    2025 in Review: What We Built Together

    ByDerek Terry December 31, 2025December 31, 2025

    Dear Friend, As we arrive at the final day of the year, I want to pause with gratitude—and share just a glimpse of…

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  • What Kwanzaa Teaches Us About Unity, Commitment, and Purpose
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    What Kwanzaa Teaches Us About Unity, Commitment, and Purpose

    ByDerek Terry December 29, 2025December 29, 2025

    Dear Friend, This week, many of us are observing Kwanzaa—a time rooted in reflection, shared values, and collective responsibility. As that observance unfolds,…

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  • A Grown-Up Christmas List: When the Light Keeps Building
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    A Grown-Up Christmas List: When the Light Keeps Building

    ByDerek Terry December 27, 2025December 27, 2025

    On this third day of Christmas, we are still lingering in the glow of the manger. Advent has given way to Christmas, and…

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  • Why Gender-Affirming Care Matters—and Why the Church Must Respond
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    Why Gender-Affirming Care Matters—and Why the Church Must Respond

    ByDerek Terry December 18, 2025December 18, 2025

    Across the country, we are witnessing a renewed and coordinated effort to restrict and criminalize gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-expansive young people….

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  • A Quick Update from the ONA Coalition (and an Urgent Invitation)
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    A Quick Update from the ONA Coalition (and an Urgent Invitation)

    ByDerek Terry December 4, 2025December 4, 2025

    Friends! Thank you. Because of your generosity and commitment, we are excited to share that we’ve raised $195 in new monthly sustaining gifts…

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  • World AIDS Day 2025 (And the U.S. chooses silence)
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    World AIDS Day 2025 (And the U.S. chooses silence)

    ByDerek Terry December 1, 2025December 1, 2025

    Today—December 1—we join millions across the globe in remembering the lives lost to HIV and AIDS, honoring those living with HIV, and recommitting…

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  • Our End-of-Year Letter to the Open and Affirming Movement
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    Our End-of-Year Letter to the Open and Affirming Movement

    ByDerek Terry November 25, 2025November 27, 2025

    Back in July, while many of us were at the United Church of Christ’s General Synod in Kansas City, Missouri, I delivered a…

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  • Fuel the Work of Love and Liberation
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    Fuel the Work of Love and Liberation

    ByDerek Terry November 18, 2025November 18, 2025

    Click here to Become a Monthly Sustainer!  Right now, as hatred and fear rise, the Open and Affirming Coalition continues to stand firm…

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  • Help Build a National Movement for Justice — Take the A.C.T OUT Survey Today
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    Help Build a National Movement for Justice — Take the A.C.T OUT Survey Today

    ByDerek Terry November 12, 2025November 12, 2025

    Across our nation, LGBTQ+ people are under attack. Trans and nonbinary youth are being targeted by cruel legislation. Inclusive books and curricula are…

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  • Love Will Not Be Silenced: Standing With Our Trans Siblings in a Season of Fear
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    Love Will Not Be Silenced: Standing With Our Trans Siblings in a Season of Fear

    ByDerek Terry September 22, 2025September 22, 2025

    Currently, trans people in America are being targeted in ways that are both chilling and familiar. The current administration and its allies are…

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