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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Happening virtually on Wednesday, 10/7, at 6pm.

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lgbtqseniorhousing.bsky.social @lgbtqseniorhousing.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What can past civil rights movements teach us about protecting voting rights today?Join us for a screening of the PBS documentary "Training For Freedom" on 9/14 at 11:30AM. Reserve lunch: tinyurl.com/prydefreedom... Free and open to the public!

The poster announcing the September Served With Pryde: Community Lunch & Conversation program on Monday, 9/14, at 11:30AM at The Pryde Community Center, 59 Harvard Ave., in Hyde Park, MA, 02136. A black and white photo from the 1960s showing black people seated in an auditorium being addressed by a man standing in front forms the background for the title of the documentary, "Training for Freedom," in red capital letters.

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you’re an @atrupar.com reader and fan like me, it’s time to buy him a cup of coffee.

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Even if you’ve seen it, join us in community to see it again. #MaryOliver

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Met our newest resident today. Every day is #Caturday at The Pryde.

Photograph taken inside an office of a smiling older woman (me!) with glasses and short wavy grey hair, wearing a dark blue sweater over a light lavender patterned shirt, my hands clasped in front of my stomach, with a small black and white tuxedo kitten perched on my shoulders. In the background are tje former of a desk, a wall clock, plant, a large calendar and a high window filled with sunlight.

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

What I did at work today, part two.

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

What I did at work today, part one.

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I’m a lawyer and I approve this message.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 20/07/2026

well, I never expected to be published in a Stanford journal, but the McKnight Foundation asked me write my thesis to the philanthropic world after the MN ICE surge: when there is an emergency, just... give money to people on the ground doing the actual work. as fast as possible. radical, I know.

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Giving Can Be Simple (And During a Crisis, It Must Be) (SSIR)

When the village cannot wait, philanthropy must learn from community.

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Chasing the squirrel off the bird feeder with “hey! skedaddle!” Just keeping my midwestern mom’s memory alive.

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Biddeford, Maine was a safe place to live until ICE arrived.

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 11/07/2026

DID YOU KNOW IF YOU FIND A HORSESHOE CRAB THATS BEEN TAGGED BY THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND SUBMIT THE LOCATION YOU SAW IT USING THE FORM ON FWS DOT GOV SLASH CRABTAG THEY SEND YOU A BEAUTIFUL CRAB PIN

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Happy #caturday from the rescue who learns more every day how to cat. #catsofbluesky #blueskycats

Photograph from above of a black and white tuxedo cat stretched out on her side inside an otherwise empty grey suitcase.

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Not a Mainer but Bellows would be my pick if I were.

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

It was a beautiful sight! Thank you, @universalhub.com, for your great write up.

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

On Birthright Citizenship: “The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.” -Justice Ketanji Brown 💅💕

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We’re about to be told that this doesn’t mean what it says or how it’s been understood for two centuries.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Someone please mash up Narcissus and the Portrait of Dorian Gray into the tale a demented man who thought to see his own magnificence reflected in, well, a Reflecting Pool and instead saw failure and algae and decay.

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lgbtqseniorhousing.bsky.social @lgbtqseniorhousing.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

We're thrilled to welcome the @nerevolution.bsky.social back to The Pryde for a World Cup Watch Party for the England v. Ghana match on 6/23! Doors open at 3PM. Catered by Fresh Food Generation.

Event poster in greens, reds and black announcing the England v. Ghana World Cup Watch Party at The Pryde Community Center, 59 Harvard Ave. in Hyde Park, on 6/23 from 3-6PM. The poster shows a rendering of a soccer ball, a lower leg with a New England Revolution sock and cleated foot, and some rainbow stripes.

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I just love this picture and those kids were a hoot!

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Miracle of miracles, the cat likes the window bed/shelf thingy.

Picture showing the back of a mostly black cat with a collar sitting on a blue cushion attached to a windowsill, looking out an open screened window showing a wood fence, green grass, and some tree leaves.

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lgbtqseniorhousing.bsky.social @lgbtqseniorhousing.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Thank you, @nbcboston.com and Sue O'Connell for your live reporting on Boston’s Pride for the People and shouting out The Pryde! Here’s an awesome shot of our proud contingent!

Screen grab from Boston TV station live reporting of Boston's Pride for the People showing the Pryde contingent and banner with a sea of marchers and celebrants on the street behind them.

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Finally got to meet one of my heroes in person today. Dearest Ruth @ruthz.bsky.social, I am stronger because of your strength and the world is so much better because you are in it. Thank you for everything you do and everything you are.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Gretchen Van Ness does great work in Boston. Love to see it being highlighted! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGtc...

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Kelly Clarkson Loves Affordable Housing Project For LGBTQ Seniors

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Could not have asked for a better caption of our segment from the wonderful people at @kellyclarksontv.bsky.social.

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Doyle’s Halloween Music Institute @doyleinstitute.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

June is Indigenous History Month and Pride Month ❤️‍🔥 @Chief Lady Bird Art

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

So grateful to @kellyclarksontv.bsky.social and her team for welcoming me so warmly and celebrating The Pryde during Pride Month!

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This reposting warms my history major HCR fangirl’s heart. ❤️

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N.|Wizard and Tiefling Kisser 🌾🐾🌻 @worfrozhenko.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Gentle reminder that ALT texts on images are not only providing accessibility to your graphics for people who use text to audio tools. They’re also increasing the searchability (every word in your alt text works as a tag) of your posts and provide additional (narrative) context.Please add ALT texts!

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Don’t sleep on this project!

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lgbtqseniorhousing.bsky.social @lgbtqseniorhousing.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

We’re proud to be a beneficiary of the Elton John Impact Awards – a powerful new platform celebrating the icons, legends and trailblazers shaping a more inclusive world in support of the LGBTQ+ community. 🌈

The poster for the Elton John Impact Awards on June 1st on the IHeart Radio app. Elton John is pictured on the left and the special guests are pictured in two rows: Jonathan Bailey, Laverne Cox, Melissa Etheridge, Billie Jean King, Orville Peck, Chappell Roan, Billie Porter & Elvis Duran and Dove Cameron.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Again, please share. In every aspect of American history you will run smack dab into the critical contributions of Black people. It’s not Black history. It’s American history. Trying to erase it is a fool’s errand. We live it every day. time.com/5836444/blac...

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The Forgotten Black History of How Memorial Day Started

Historians like the Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight have tried to raise awareness of freed slaves who decorated soldiers' graves in 1865

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

We don’t have to live and die like this.

What appears to be handwriting on an ivory background with the words “thoughts & prayers” crossed out and “POLICY & CHANGE” written below them.

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Gretchen Van Ness @gvlaw.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Shameful capitulation by the very people who should be fighting.

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