LGBTQ Love Notes Thankful You Are Here Anderson

Delaine Anderson, of Minnesota, shared this note of support as part of the Love Notes to Rural LGBTQ+ Youth Project.

Read more notes and learn how to send your own below. (Sign up for the Rural Assembly newsletter to receive updates from this project and more.)

Roses are red,

This county has a lot to do,

You are so, so important to us

We are thankful you’re here & unapologetically YOU!

 Happy Valentine’s Day!

Delaine Anderson

This note was submitted as part of The Rural Youth Catalyst and Rural Assembly’s Love Notes to Rural LGBTQ+ Youth project. We invite you to write your own – a few sentences, a paragraph, or even a short video. Learn how and read more in this series below. 

 

Other Love Notes

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Rural LGBTQ+ Youth Love Note: May Love Find You Today

“May love find you today,” write Maureen Truax Holland, Esq (an Obergefell attorney) and Dr. S. Taylor Williams (physician) in their love note to rural LGBTQ+ youth. 

Read more notes in the Love Notes to Rural LGBTQ+ Youth Project and learn how to send your own below.

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Rural LGBTQ+ Youth Love Note Tim and Liz

Rural LGBTQ+ Youth Love Note: From Tim and Liz

You’re exactly what we need, say Norris, Tennessee couple Tim Marema and Liz McGeachy in this love note to rural LGBTQ+ young people. This video was submitted as part of The Rural Youth Catalyst and Rural Assembly’s Love Notes to Rural LGBTQ+ Youth project. We invite you to write your own – a few sentences, a paragraph, or even a short video. Learn how and read more in this series below. 

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Drawing Resilience: Nicole Cormier

Out in rural Cape Cod, holistic nutritionist and dietician Nicole Cormier is busy weaving community resilience with herbalism, agriculture and clinical practice in one of the only internships of its kind in the U.S. She’s also deeply engaged in feeding community; both her own and those that need additional care and support.

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A Wave of Energy: Reflections from Rural Assembly Everywhere 2026

Madeline Matson and Taneum Fotheringill traveled to Granite Falls, Minn., to host Rural Assembly Everywhere live from The YES! House, in partnership with the Department of Public Transformation (DoPT). The conversation below is a reflection on their experience hosting live, participating in an open mic night, and celebrating the hundreds of people who joined together to uplift our rural communities across the country during Rural Assembly Everywhere 2026.

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