Find NEW bi-weekly Bursting Through content on Substack. Each new narrative reflects on the Allyship experience and gives you ways to get more involved and elevate your Allyship Voice.
At our live events, Bursting Through creates a safe space for connection between LGBTQ+ Allies and those they love. That connective space is our Wall of Allyship, built by Declarations of Allyship.
Declarations of Allyship are personal truths of love, compassion and empathy from LGBTQ+ Allies like you. At the Wall of Allyship, Allies learn that 55% of the adult U.S. population self- identify as Allies of the LGBTQ+ Community and 9.3% self-identify as LGBTQ+.
For many Allies, this is the first time they realize they are in the majority. Armed with this information, Allies share what Allyship means to them in a Declaration of Allyship, which is then added to Bursting Through’s Wall of Allyship.
By contributing their Declaration of Allyship to the Wall of Allyship, Allies become Bursting Through Messengers.
They are open-hearted, articulate, and fierce LGBTQ+ Allies who make Declarations of Allyship at Bursting Through Live events. They either love someone who is LGBTQ+, are part of the Queer Community, or both. The only requirement to becoming a Bursting Through Messenger is love in your heart and the desire to share that love broadly.
Allies become Bursting Through Messengers because they need to be heard, witnessed and connected through love and shared humanity. They have something very powerful in their heads and hearts that needs to be captured, put into words and made available to the world.
Each Declaration helps create the caring and connected society we all deserve. Each Declaration is a physical representation of a safe person and safe space for anyone LGBTQ+.
Every Declaration of Allyship is added to Bursting Through’s Declaration of Allyship Library. To date we have over 700 Declarations of Allyship! These are shared via our media channels. The big vision is to transform them into a powerful traveling art installation.
This installation will travel the United States reaffirming that our collective love, values, and desire to live in a connected society are stronger than the hate we now face.
If you know an organization, corporation, or community group interested in sponsoring the big vision or having it at their facility, use the button below to reach out. The only way to combat hate is with love, and putting our powerful loving messages into the world requires funding.
Hear personally from Bursting Through members, listen to the original National Out Ally Day anthem "Floating Away", and find your power in the words of our empowerment panel.
Allyship Awakenings, Bursting Through's first book is written but needs your help. The publishing industry looks at social media following numbers to gauge the marketability of books. Please use the button below to help grow our social media network and move our book closer to publication. Thank you.
If you have a Bursting Through story or Allyship belief statement you would like to share, please reach out. I'd love to hear and share your Allyship experience.
Bursting Through isn’t a nonprofit—it’s a storytelling movement and media company for Allies and their LGBTQIA+ loved ones. We’re often mistaken for a traditional Queer nonprofit, but we’re building something different: a bridge for thoughtful conversation and shared humanity. We seek individual and corporate Allies ready to co-create a world where everyone feels seen, heard, and safe.
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