I can’t overstate how thrilled I am to have these two people on the Quist team. Name: Mariano Ruiz Quist Role: Outreach Intern Age: 27 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina LGBTQA Identity: Gay What He Does: I’m an enthusiastic 27-year-old activist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. As an International foreign policy student, I have been working with
I’ve always wanted Quist to be available in other languages besides English, and many of you have asked for the same. It seemed like an impossible task for technical and time reasons. But one fan (the founder of Bosnia’s LGBT rights organization) gave me an idea that I love and we are starting to implement
Just today it was announced that Quist has received funding from The Pollination Project! Read their announcement here. This means, in part, that we have a funds to cover travel to speak at schools, groups, and events that would benefit from learning more about LGBTQ history. Do you know of a conference, high school, college,
…and we’re willing to thank you for it with some amazing gifts. Quist is running a 25-day fundraiser to be able to add new features, reach more people, and increase the scope of the researched historical content. Keeping the app free will mean that we cannot grow and improve. To let this project realize its full potential,
Quist is teaming up with the It Gets Better Project to bring the stories of LGBTQ history to an even wider audience this October! “Our projects are very aligned in trying to bring a message of hope to LGBT youth with a 21st-century approach,” says Brett Peters, Manager of the Media Program at the It
How lucky are we?? An amazing young man has accepted a position to come on board and help with historical research and community outreach. Look for his tweets in the coming weeks and months! Here he is: Harry Underwood is a graduate from Middle Georgia State College who has served as President of the MGSC Gay-Straight
Quist was on ABC’s Baltimore station tonight! (1:15 mark)
Quist is now available to download for free for iOS and Android! Search for “quist lgbtq” in the app stores to find it. Direct link to Apple. Direct link to Android. Please write reviews in the app stores and spread the word!
To keep this app online there are monthly hosting costs and annual developer fees. To keep this app free, LGBT-friendly businesses are signing on for our advertising package. I’m thrilled to announce our first advertisers. Please support them for supporting us! Clicking on their logo will take you to their website.