Care Packages through the end of June are a celebration of LGBTQ Pride Month. I know it’s not much, but I want to put as much support as I could into the world, and this seemed like a good way to add a bit more. Happy Pride Month.

Poetry: Dream Ending in a Host of Angels Zipping Me Into my Grandmother’s Dress by Brad Trumpfheller

Art: Phil Jimenez’s The Invisibles

Quote: “To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.” – Bayard Rustin

Travel/History: All the entries here through the end of June come from nyclgbsites.org, an excellent website that documents the historical and cultural locations in New York City that are associated with the LGBTQ community.

In 1989, the New York Stock Exchange was the site of two protests held by ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) to call for a lower price for AZT, an AIDS treatment unavailable to a majority of those infected with HIV due to its high price. For more information, visit www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/act-up-demonstration-at-the-new-york-stock-exchange/.

Song: Levon by Elton John

Something Extra: