Everybody is worthy of kindness,” Brenckle says. “I hope we all remember that everybody is worthy of respect. She helps explain the history and significance behind the nation’s Pride and LGBTQ History months. She serves as the treasurer for the LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida, is involved with Equality Florida and previously served on The Center’s board. She was one of the founding members of UCF’s Pride Faculty and Staff Association a decade ago.

Living with pride is something Brenckle does all year long. I think we really need to keep those people in mind today and take up their charge.” “Yet here they were in 1979, sticking their necks out, making themselves visible, to make other peoples’ lives better. Pride Month is held every June to commemorate the Stonewall Riots of 1969, and while it celebrates the progress the LGBTQIA+ community has made, it also serves to commemorate the communitys tragic. Who had normal jobs - they weren’t politicians or celebrities,” Brenckle says. “It’s just amazing to me that they did that - these regular, everyday people

This group of ordinary people organized Orlando’s first pride picnic. Every so often, Professor Martha Brenckle thinks about a group of people she never met who gathered at Bill Federick Park at Turkey Lake more than 40 years ago.