Welcome to IHS’s Great Pride Giveaway!
June is a special month for us at IHS Headquarters because it’s Pride season. Which means rainbows galore! That makes us truly happy because one of our missions in life is to spread rainbows and to show our pride every single day.
PRIDE PHOTO
TB and Miranda had a special photo shoot at Miranda’s parents’ house to snap many Pride photos like this one:
TB here. Here’s Miranda looking really relaxed in a Ren Faire dress. Funny story. The zipper on this dress snagged and Miranda got frustrated and she accidentally busted it. So, the side not facing the camera was barely being held up, which is why Miranda has her arm tucked against it. As they say, “The show must go on.”
GREAT PRIDE EBOOK GIVEAWAY
We asked authors to donate eBooks for a massive giveaway and wowzers, so many authors are taking part. Every day in June, there will be a new eBook giveaway. So not only will you see another pride photo, but you can enter to win loads of eBooks!
A few things about the giveaway. They’re open internationally. Authors will be responsible for delivering the eBooks. You WILL NOT be signed up to anyone’s newsletter when you enter.
Today’s giveaway has 52 books involved. One winner will be selected on June 14. That’s right. One lucky reader will get 52 books!
THE JUNE 10 WINNER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED
We’re thrilled to announce the tenth Great Pride Giveaway winner has been sent an email. They won 52 eBooks featured on June 10, 2025.
The winner for June 11 will be selected tomorrow. There’s still time to enter by clicking here. Don’t wait. It closes later today.
QUEER TRIVIA
Before we get to all the wonderful books involved in today’s giveaway, we want to share some queer trivia. It’s the former historian and teacher that compels TB to pull together the daily trivia. So many amazing and brave people in history paved the way for the rest of us. The fight isn’t over, but while we keep showing up it’s important to remember those who came before us.
Here’s today’s trivia:
She was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1952, to Chinese immigrant parents. Growing up in the 1950s and ’60s, she experienced both racial and gender discrimination, which fueled her passion for social justice.
At the age of 5, she joined her 5 siblings by helping in her parents’ floral novelty business. She was her high school’s valedictorian and after graduation, she wanted to continue with her education. Her father didn’t think that appropriate for a girl. She fought with her father and he finally agreed to allow her to enroll at Princeton University, which wasn’t far from the family. She was a member of the school’s first graduating class to include women.
As an undergraduate, she was active in the anti-Vietnam War movement and the Asian American student movement. After earning her bachelor’s degree in 1973, she went on to study public health at Tufts University but quit the program in 1976.
She relocated to Detroit, Michigan, where she worked as an automaker, construction laborer, and a community organizer.
Soon she discovered her passion for journalism.
She began her career as a journalist in the late 1970s, working as a reporter for various publications. Her work focused primarily on social issues, such as civil rights, the feminist movement, and the LGBTQ community.
In 1982, her activism took on a new dimension when she became involved in the case of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man who was brutally beaten to death in a racially motivated attack. Outraged by the lenient sentences given to Chin’s killers, she co-founded American Citizens for Justice, an organization that fought for federal civil rights charges against the perpetrators. This marked the beginning of her lifelong commitment to civil rights activism and her passion to highlight individuals who are invisible.
As a feminist, she has been particularly concerned with issues affecting women of color. She has written extensively about the intersection of race and gender. Her writing sheds light on the unique challenges faced by women of color in America. In 1984, she became the executive editor of Ms. Magazine, a position she held for seven years. During her tenure, she helped to reshape the magazine’s content, ensuring that it reflected the diverse experiences of all women.
She has been an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ rights throughout her career. As an openly lesbian woman of color, she has used her platform to raise awareness about the unique challenges faced by queer people of color, including racism within the LGBTQ community and the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality.
In 2008, she married her partner Lia Shigemura in San Francisco, becoming one of the first same-sex couples to legally wed in California. She has been a vocal advocate for marriage equality, arguing that the right to marry is a fundamental civil right.
Do you know her name? The answer can be found below all the books.
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NOW FOR ALL THE BOOKS IN THE GIVEAWAY
Don’t forget to scroll to the bottom for today’s trivia answer!
