Today is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. A diverse group of authors, publishers, reviewers, cover designers, and allies have joined in to bring awareness to discrimination and to celebrate our diversity not only within the community at large but within our own genres and books*
There are two charities that are dear to my heart and I always try to talk about them as much as possible. The first one is The Trevor Project. They’re the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24. And the second one is The National Coalition for the Homeless. They have a target program and understand that LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) individuals face a particular set of challenges, both in becoming homeless as well as when they are trying to avoid homelessness. Suicide and homelessness are two ever-present issues within our community. We can all contribute in order to bring awareness and understanding. They need donations, volunteers, and all the help we can offer.
So what this has to do with the blog hop? Well, each participant is offering a small token of appreciation to our readers.Since all my books are currently free, I’d be raffling two items during the blog hop:
- One ebook copy of my favorite MM Romance book, Came Upon a Midnight Clear by Katie Porter, via Amazon or ARe, and a matching donation (total cost) in the winner’s name to The Trevor Project.
- One ebook copy of Dragons by Jaycee Edward, via Amazon or ARe, and a matching donation (total cost) in the winner’s name to The National Coalition for the Homeless. Jaycee also wrote a beautiful flash fiction story titled Homeless for the Holidays that it is worth of your reading time. You can find it free of cost at her website [click here].
The only thing you have to do to take part of the raffle is to leave a comment below with your name and be sure to leave a valid email as well. The winner will be selected via random.org and would be announced Friday, May 27th. You can earn an extra entry if you follow my website.
Be sure to visit all the participants below, and stop back here again on May 27th for the winners reveal.
Have a great day!
Blog Hop for Visibility, Awareness, and Equality Participants.
* Part of the hop’s mission statement.
thanks for raising awarness for an important issue
parisfan_ca@yahoo.com
Thank you for joining the hop!
Chris
Thanks for the hop.
Thank you for taking part in the hop and for the post. Those sounds like two wonderful organizations.
This is such a great cause! Awareness and equality are both so important in today’s world.
Thank you for supporting such great organizations!
Thank you for participating in this blog hop 🙂
ahpg(at)ziggo(dot)nl
Thank you for taking part on the hop, and for the chance at the prices, of course!
susanaperez7140(at)gmail(dot)com
thanks for being part of this hop
leetee2007(at)hotmail(dot)com
I knew about The Trevor Project, but I did not know about The National Coalition for the Homeless. Thanks for letting me know, and for participating and spreading awareness about these two great organizations.
tiger-chick-1(at)hotmail(dot)com
Thank you for taking part in the Hop.
Cherie Noel, Hop Admin
Thanks for being part of the hop.
sstrode at scrtc dot com