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Ryan
@rthompto.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈He/him. Principal Policy Analyst @ Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) and Board Chair of chipride.org. (Re)posts reflect my personal opinions.
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Credit: @domandink on Instagram
A digital drawing of two hands holding one another with a pink background. On the left is a hand in black, brown and rainbow stripes with the text “There’s no LGB” written across it. On the right is a hand in trans flag colors with the text “without the T” written across it.
February 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Chipride.org
December 9, 2024 at 6:45 AM
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Chipride rang in the holidays with our first annual Card Making and Cookie Exchange event!

Volunteers gathered together and made holiday cards in partnership with Cards for Hospitalized Kids. Volunteers also participated in a cookie exchange! Thank you Meeting House Tavern for hosting our crew!
Photos arranged in a grid. The largest photo on top is a group photo of over 40 Chipride volunteers at Meeting House Tavern. Volunteers in front hold a banner that reads “Chipride volunteering. Volunteer. Connect. Give back.” The four photos across the bottom include a total of seven male volunteers. Most are wearing holiday themed sweaters or flannel shirts. One volunteer is wearing a Santa hat. A grid of nine photos. The photos consist of 2-3 volunteers holding holiday cards they created for hospitalized children. A 4x4 grid of photos of colorful holiday cookies. Many of them are frosted with sprinkles or drizzled with chocolate. Photo of volunteers lined up to get cookies for the holiday cookie exchange. The event took place at Meeting House Tavern, which is decorated for the holidays. In the foreground is a table full of holiday themed cookies and several male volunteers filling small brown boxes with cookies. One volunteer is wearing a grey hoodie and another is wearing a dark grey t-shirt.
December 9, 2024 at 6:36 AM
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I really needed today. Chipride volunteers were in Little Village helping PAWS Chicago unload and organize donations. Chipride.org events always fill my cup but today’s was extra special because my sister, who is visiting, joined us AND we were able to play with puppies after the event!
November 11, 2024 at 4:59 AM
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Last weekend the chipride.org leadership team met to chart out the future of our organization. Despite the challenging times ahead, I am full of hope because in every aspect of my life I’m surrounded by genuinely good people working incredibly hard to make the world a better place.
November 9, 2024 at 9:16 PM
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Come volunteer with us! Together we can make positive change by supporting the critical work being done by nonprofit organizations throughout our community while also increasing LGBTQ+ visibility and building meaningful connections with one another.

Learn more at chipride.org.
November 9, 2024 at 4:38 PM