Like many NLGJA members, Cindy Collins has the privilege of pursuing a personal passion for making a difference in the LGBT community in her career. As public relations director of Rainbow Legends, an independent publishing company in Kearney, MO, Cindy works with its founders to provide a powerful way to open the hearts and minds of a world full of prejudice and discrimination.With 20+ years of freelance writing, advertising agency work, and most recently until it closed in October, ownership of the first and only LGBT-focused bookstore in Omaha, NE, Cindy now encourages others to share their personal stories.
“Storytelling is the oldest, most powerful medium known to man,” says Collins. “Rainbow Legends has traveled across the country gathering true stories for 'Dragonfly Stories: Stories Celebrating the LGBTQ Community' (released October 2007). These incredible stories about coming out, raising families/same-sex parenting, hate crimes, HIV, transgender issues, activism, reclaiming religious faith and more touch the hearts of everyone who reads them. It’s amazing to see how getting to know someone’s story can help others better understand the obstacles that the LGBTQ community must overcome just to be who we are.”
With the success of "Dragonfly Stories," volume two is now in the works for June 2008.
The publisher’s books have a unique mission: To help empower LGBT organizations by giving back 40% of book sales to them when selected by buyers at time of purchase. Books are available at http://www.rainbowlegends.com/, where stories may also be submitted for possible inclusion in the "Dragonfly" series — which are intended to continue as long as there are LGBT stories to tell.
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