{"product_id":"the-color-of-always-an-lgbtqia-love-anthology","title":"The Color of Always: An LGBTQIA+ Love Anthology","description":"\u003ch1 class=\"page-anchor\" id=\"h:Everyone-Has-a-Story-\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003eEveryone Has a Story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a simple statement, but it sticks to our brains like glue. Why?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003eStories\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003ebring us together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThey are our shared cultural memory. They are our heritage and inheritance. They prove we are bound together by a common thread of existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003eStories\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003ehelp us remember\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003e.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThey remind us of what is important. They are our earliest teachers when we first learn to listen, and they are our echoes when we are gone. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003eSimply put,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003estories matter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003e.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThey give context. They help us empathize. They make the unknown approachable, and what was once thought foreign, far more familiar. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-id=\"35565545\" data-caption=\"\" data-alt-text=\"\" class=\"template asset\" contenteditable=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"image\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/i.kickstarter.com\/assets\/035\/565\/545\/698dd3fced2ebd22fa8462324868ff83_original.jpg?fit=scale-down\u0026amp;origin=ugc\u0026amp;q=92\u0026amp;width=680\u0026amp;sig=FQ958RQzYsNeFlfqvjcrgGeUa0DjpqUquoxsASw7TNg%3D\" class=\"fit\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"148\"\u003e\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003eThere are forces of hatred and opposition to what is construed to be\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003e other\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003e in society.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eRooted in ignorance, they create an aura of powerlessness and invisibility. We are made to feel we do not have the right to be happy. That our sense of self, from who we are to how and who we love, is not just wrong - it is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003eless\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003eBut those of us who identify as LGBTQIA+ are not without power\u003c\/span\u003e. We stand upon shoulders of those who carved a path forward with unshakeable courage and the indefatigable conviction that they were just as valid to love and be loved as anyone else. Even to love and accept themselves. Now, it is our turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003eEvery one of us has a crucible within our experience that defines who we are. \u003c\/span\u003eFrom confessions to revelations, rejections and exultations, our lives are tapestries woven from the precious fabric of personal truth. We possess the right to remember and share those experiences with others to ensure that future generations know that not every tear is an evil, and we are equally\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003ecapable\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003edeserving\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003eEvery one of us has a journey. Every one of us has a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003estory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003eI want to put them in a book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Extra Pages Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43973537759403,"sku":"655255749862","price":30.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0496\/0098\/7297\/files\/download_a88f977b-936e-4ee4-8445-ab9698c802bb.jpg?v=1715101325","url":"https:\/\/enterthebattlefield.ca\/products\/the-color-of-always-an-lgbtqia-love-anthology","provider":"Enter The Battlefield","version":"1.0","type":"link"}