ENMR "The Gay Agenda" 2023

As Pride month comes to a close, we want to take a moment to thank everyone who came out and saw us and Eastern New Mexico Rising (ENMR) for hosting an incredible pride week. Our staff and volunteers where glad to be able to participate or attend several of the events that happened from June 18th to the 25th. Events included a march, a free movie night, a paint night at Just Kiln Me Now, a Parade and Pridefest, and Clovis first drag show. Arise is committed to helping build a culture of inclusivity in rural NM and the counties we serve. Our services are for anyone and everyone regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, etc.

Our staff and volunteers banded together to show off their pride, and bring awareness to sexual assault. Assault can happen to anyone regardless of their sexual orientation or gender. According to the CDC bisexual women and transgender individuals face some of the highest reported rates of sexual violent crimes.

  • 44 percent of lesbians and 61 percent of bisexual women experience rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner, compared to 35 percent of straight women

  • 47 percent of transgender people are sexually assaulted at some point in their lifetime.

  • 26 percent of gay men and 37 percent of bisexual men experience rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner, compared to 29 percent of straight men

  • 46 percent of bisexual women have been raped, compared to 17 percent of straight women and 13 percent of lesbians

  • 22 percent of bisexual women have been raped by an intimate partner, compared to 9 percent of straight women

  • 40 percent of gay men and 47 percent of bisexual men have experienced sexual violence other than rape, compared to 21 percent of straight men

If you missed us at any of the events this past week, we will be back out in then community tabling on July 15th. For those of you in Curry County, find us at the Mental Health Resources 5K (rescheduled from May). If you are in Roosevelt County, we will also be out at the Heritage Days Celebration.

Ana Cox