HBO Donates $100,000 to 6 LGBTQ+ Organizations Featured in ‘We’re Here’ Season 3
HBO is doling out $100,000 to national, regional and local LGBTQ+ organizations featured as locations in the third season of its Emmy, Peabody and GLAAD award-winning unscripted series “We’re Here.” The six recipients include PFLAG Fort Worth, MS Capital City Pride, Pride of Southern Utah, TriVersity Pride Center, Equality Florida and Lambda Legal.The show follows Caldwell Tidicue (Bob the Drag Queen), “Eureka” D.
Huggard (Eureka O’Hara), and D.J. Pierce (Shangela) as they head to Granbury, Texas, St. George, Utah, Brevard County, Florida, Jackson, Mississippi and Sussex, New Jersey to inspire their “drag daughters to express their genuine selves in front of their families, friends and communities while promoting acceptance in their community, while at times facing increased opposition and constraints from anti-LGBTQ+ legislation laws.
PFLAG Fort Worth is one of PFLAG National’s network of over 400 chapters that provide confidential peer support, education and advocacy in communities across the United States for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons as well as their families and friends.
MS Capital City Pride provides safe spaces for the LGBTQ+ community while advocating for their needs and intentionally creating opportunities to mentor emerging leaders in the Jackson metro area.Pride of Southern Utah is dedicated to advancing opportunities for visibility, connection, and inclusivity in the region by creating community, providing support, increasing advocacy, and promoting awareness at the personal, commercial, and legislative level.
