As The Imperial Sovereign Court of All Connecticut celebrates 25 years of doing good in our state and community, we want to celebrate one of our past beneficiaries and the amazing work in our state, and ask them questions about their organization and The ISC of All CT.
Today we highlight True Colors:
- 1. What year(s) was your organization a beneficiary of The Imperial Sovereign Court of All Connecticut?
- 2. What are the services you provide for the community?
- Sadly, True Colors has closed (except for the conference, which we are bringing back in 2025). Prior to its closing we offered the largest LGBTQ+ youth issues conference in the country; one of the country’s very few mentoring programs for LGBTQ+ youth in foster care; direct youth social and recreational services, and trained many thousands of educators, social workers, police officers, and community organizations helping them provide more competent programming for our youth and their families.
- 3. What memories do you have of working with The Imperial Sovereign Court of All Connecticut?
- So many! Many of my favorite memories are of the ISC at the annual conference. Your folks provided a drag workshop that was hugely popular and then ran the drag show at the end of the day, featuring many of the youth that participated in the workshop. There was so much love, excitement, and joy in their performances that I know that both the audience and the performers came away with life-long memories.
- 4. What were you able to do with the funds your organization received from The Imperial Sovereign Court of All Connecticut?
- ISC made our work possible. The funding supported weekly youth programming, allowing LGBTQ+ youth to create community and belonging – both of which are critical to their mental health, happiness and well-being. You really have made a huge difference!