What Sustains You? Celebrate What Keeps You Going!

Honor What Sustains You with a $100 Gift

What sustains you in difficult times?

Honestly, things feel heavy right now.

If you're LGBTQ+, or you love someone who is, you probably know what we mean. The fear. The fatigue. That feeling when you open the news and wonder, What now? The grief of watching communities we care about get targeted again and again. Some days, just showing up, checking on one another, or finding the energy to care feels is overwhelming.

Yet we keep going!

We keep going because most of us have something (or someone) helping us hold on.

Maybe it’s your dog who still thinks you're the greatest person alive, even on hard days. Maybe it’s chosen family. A friend who checked in without needing an explanation. Music in the car. The garden. Church. Therapy. Protest. Prayer. A group chat that makes you laugh when things feel unbearable. Someone who just gets you.  Creating.  Journaling.  Swimming.  Running.  

We all have something that helps carry us through.

This Give OUT Day and pride month, the Open and Affirming Coalition invites you to honor what sustains you.

We’re inviting supporters to consider a gift of $100 to help sustain this work during a difficult time for LGBTQ+ people and communities of faith.

Make a gift in honor of the people, pets, practices, and small joys that help carry you through difficult times.

Need a little inspiration?

• $10 for your dog (or cat, plant, or daily walk)
• $25 for chosen family
• $50 for the friend who kept showing up
• $100 for the joy, faith, or community that carried you through

Or give for multiple reasons. Or simply give what feels meaningful to you. Every gift matters.

Then, if you're willing, post a photo or story on your social media using the hashtag #WhatSustainsONA. Because sometimes the very thing that helped you make it through a hard season is exactly what someone else needs to see today.

When you give, you help sustain something real: affirming churches, leadership, advocacy, coaching, and communities where LGBTQ+ people of faith can remember they are loved, worthy, and not alone.

For more than 50 years, the Open and Affirming Coalition has helped LGBTQ+ people and communities find belonging, courage, and hope.

And right now, that work matters.

Because in difficult times, joy matters. Community matters. Love matters.

What sustains you?