Live In Your Truth

BOO 👻 It's Halloween! Today (10/31) at MoCo Pride Center in Bethesda, join us for a night you'll never forget. Walk through our transformed Pride Center for a trick-or-treat haunted house experience! Come in costume and get special treats from our dressed-up staff 🍫 We can't wait to see you there for the end of Live In Your Truth's Halloweek programming 🎃 Register online here: https://liveinyourtruth.org/halloweek-attendance

A double-header today, 10/29, at MoCo Pride Center for Halloweek! First, help the Personal Care Foundation prepare care packages for survivors of domestic violence, part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Then, get ready for a family-friendly spooky movie screening at MoCo Pride Center with popcorn, snacks, and community vibes! Costumes are encouraged, and you can attend one or both of these events! Part of Halloweek programming at MoCo Pride Center, hosted by Live In Your Truth. Register for free online here: https://liveinyourtruth.org/halloweek-attendance

TODAY, 10/27! An affirming, creative, and stylish Halloween event led by our sewist-in-residence Sam-Mayes (they/them) ! Bring your costumes for alterations or explore our donated collection to customize a new look. Part of MoCo Pride Center’s Halloweek programming, hosted by Live In Your Truth! Register for free, or inquire about donations online here: https://liveinyourtruth.org/halloweek-attendance

Halloweek starts NOW! Join Live In Your Truth at MoCo Pride Center for some spook-tacular programming. Visit our site online to learn more and to register for special events! https://liveinyourtruth.org/halloweek-attendance

TOMORROW, 10/24! In partnership with The Personal Care Foundation, this three-person moderated panel will unpack myths around domestic violence, offer resources, and open up space for dialogue and healing. How do you recognize domestic violence? What should you do when you do recognize it? Where are survivors supposed to go? These answers and more come to you as part of MoCo Pride Center’s Halloweek programming, hosted by Live In Your Truth! Register for this event and others like it here: https://liveinyourtruth.org/halloweek-attendance

Do you like crafts and homemade art? Do you love supporting small businesses? Do you love drag? Come down to MoCo Pride Center in Bethesda THIS SATURDAY, October 25th, for our monthly Wellness Weekend fair! On the 4th Saturday of every month, upwards of 20 local vendors gather indoors in the Pride Center offices at 4805 Edgemoor Lane to bring you the goods: handmade art, clothing, and even food and drink. In the middle of our market, we also have a Drag Story Hour performance in both English AND Spanish! You won't want to miss this amazing opportunity to shop and connect with people like you. Click the link to learn more: https://www.mocopridefamily.org/wellness-weekends

This Saturday, 10/4, join MoCo Pride Center at 12 PM for a brand new initiative: Sew What? In this introduction class, -makes will be teaching us some basic hand-stitching techniques designed to help with mending. Save your clothes, grow sustainably, and join us for a great time! No need to bring anything to this class but yourself, and all skill levels are welcome. Register for the class here: https://www.mocopridefamily.org/sew-what. We're SEW excited to see you 🪡

Coming up on 10/5: if you feel like getting up to some mischief this weekend, join Center Bi+ Community & Gender Q***r DC for their ongoing board game night at MoCo Pride Center! This board game night happens on the first Sunday of every month on the second floor of Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center, at the new MoCo Pride Center! Inclusive board games will be provided by both the Center and event organizers, and you’re invited to bring your own games too.
Newcomers are welcome! You don't need to know anything, we will teach you how to play! This is an autism-friendly group, so there is a limit of ~30 people per event. For more information and to make inquiries, you can reach the event organizers here: https://www.meetup.com/centerbiplus/events/309761844/

Live In Your Truth & MoCo Pride Center Presents...

🎒✨ **Back 2 School Block Party – Get Involved!** ✨🎒
Join us **Friday, August 22, 2025 • 3–7 PM • Veterans Plaza, Silver Spring, MD** for a day of music, performances, free school supplies, vendors, and community fun!

You can be part of the magic:

💼 **Sponsor:** (https://liveinyourtruth.org/back2school-sponsor)

🛍 **Vendor:** (https://liveinyourtruth.org/back2school-vendor)

🙌 **Volunteer:** (https://liveinyourtruth.org/back2school-volunteer)

🎟 **Attend:** (https://liveinyourtruth.org/back2school)

📦 **School Supply Drop-Off Locations:**

* Bethesda Chevy Chase Regional Service Center
* Silver Spring Civic Center
* Nando’s Peri-Peri, Silver Spring

💖 Can’t drop off supplies? You can also donate funds to help us purchase school supplies directly:

[http://secure.givelively.org/.../back-to-school-block...]

Let’s send our youth back to school with love, resources, and community support! ❤️📚

Live In Your Truth Live In Your Truth creates affirming spaces, TV/media programs, events, and employment opportunities to advocate for and uplift LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC intersectional underserved communities. We link community members to vital wellness resources and focus on those who are most systematically underserved

This Disability Pride Month, we recognize the contributions of disabled, q***r activists like Barbara Jordan. Barbara was the the first African American to serve in the Texas Senate, and the first African American woman from a southern state to be elected to the House of Representatives (1973). She campaigned hard for voting rights, minimum wage laws, immigration reform, and the civil rights movement. Due to the homophobic attacks she endured throughout her career, Barbara was only out with her partner Nancy in private settings. And what many photos of her don't show you is that she also used a wheelchair later in life due to Multiple Sclerosis, which came on during her very first year in Congress. President Bill Clinton said that her health was the only reason he didn't nominate her for the Supreme Court. Pictured here in full color, Barbara Jordan is a q***r hero that we will never forget. Thank you for standing up for our southern siblings, Barbara!

Police and the LGBTQIA+ community are often at odds: Pride began as a riot against police brutality of q***r and trans folks. We want you to stay SAFE and avoid confrontation. If you do ever get stopped by the police, here are some things you should know. If you ever feel that your rights have been violated in an encounter with the police, contact us online so we can connect you with LGBTQIA+ allied legal advocates: https://liveinyourtruth.org/