Summary

This page records most of my key moments in activism, detailed reports of the work I've done across 2023 and 2025, the awards I've been given, and the broad history of all the work I do. 

Faye Seidler Awards/Honors

  • 2020 — Arc of Justice Award (North Dakota Human Rights Coalition)
  • 2022 — Contributor to Youth Award (West Fargo Public Schools)
  • 2022 — Champion of Capital Pride (Dakota Outright)
  • 2022 — Impact Award (Women's Network of North Dakota) 
  • 2023 — Grand Marshal (Fargo/Moorhead Pride)
  • ​2023 — Hometown Hero Award (Dakota Outright)
  • 2024 — Rainbow Honor Bead (North Dakota Chapter - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention)
  • 2024 — Youth Leadership Award (Youthworks)
  • 2025 — Healing the Hurt (Rape and Abuse Crisis Center)

Certified
  • QPR Gatekeeper - Until Jan, 2027
  • Suicide Risk Assessment - Until Dec 2026
  • Mental Health First Aid - Until Sep 2026

The Fight for Hope - A review of Faye's work in 2025

I put together a 31-Page Report on all of the work I did across 2025. This report serves to keep a history of everything I've done, to make sure I'm accountable to the people and communities who support me, and as an instructive document to all the things anyone can do if they set their mind to it.

I am not special nor do I have a glowing background. I'm capable because I wanted the world to be a better place, I put in the effort to try, and over time I've gotten to where I am. I got here because of the help and guidance of countless people. And I am only capable because of a community who continues to believe in me, while I continue to be accountable to them and earn their trust every day. 

This report can be used to share who I am with others, to spread my work further, to inspire, and connect. If anyone is interested in doing anything I do, I want to teach you. The world does not change through one person, it changes through the effort of a community who invests in each other. Support me and my work on Patreon! 

Below are some examples of key pages. You can find all of them in the report proper. 

Table of Contents

Summary of Work

The Future

Activism 

Writing

Trainings

Faye's 2023 Work

Full Page Spread of 2023 Work - Be the Change You Want in the World
Legislative Work
  • Spent 600 hours on advocacy
  • Submitted 41 pieces of testimony amounting to 32,800 words
  • Advocated for and was able to change date on Anti-Trans bill hearings to be after Transgender Day of Visibility
  • Prepped senate lawmakers for Anti-Trans Bills before crossover
  • Helped to organize 200 doctors to sign letter to editor
  • Encouraged hope and kindness to all community partners 

Major Events
  • Creative Mornings Fargo Speaker
  • Raise the Flag - Transgender Day of Visibility
  • Transgender Night of Hope Event
  • Speaker at Access 4 All - Reproductive Rights Rally
  • Spoke About Hope to Queer Youth Drag Show
  • Grand Marshal for FM Pride Parade
  • Closing Speaker for 6th Annual LGBTQ+ Summit

Advocacy
  • Donated $3,500 of Professional Consulting Time 
  • 10 hours Train-the-Trainer to School Staff on LGBTQ+ topics
  • 10 hours of Free Consulting to Gender Justice
  • 8 hours of Free Consulting to ND Hopes
  • 2,674 emails sent over the year + 100s of hours of informal consulting
  • 30 Presentations/43 hours of education to hundreds of professionals 
  • Have contributed to 12 million dollars of funding to our state

Communication and Writing
  • 25 Sunday Nights with Faye Seidler episodes & Weekly Report updates
  • 10 Monthly Newsletters & 10 Coffee Breaks this year
  • Shared 675 different stories, articles, or resources this year
  • Shared 184 unique events and trainings throughout the year
  • 22 Published articles across 2023 - Mostly about hope
  • Investigative piece into who brought LGBTQ+ bills forward
  • Breaking news on all the LGBTQ+ Bills in ND

Resource Development
  • North Dakota LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory - Through HHI
  • North Dakota LGBTQ+ Bill Tracker + District Map
  • North Dakota LGBTQ+ Resource List
  • North Dakota Pride Guide
  • Resource Guide for Secondary Trauma Support and Help
  • Journalism and Media Suicide Prevention Print Out
  • Save Point: Collecting Stories and History of North Dakota

Presentation and Resource Development
  • When Queer Youth Stop Eating - Presentation
  • ND LGBTQ+ Youth: A Story of Suicide and Resilience - Presentation
  • Empowerment and Doing the Impossible - Presentation
  • Civic Engagement: How Civic Action Sets the Stage - Presentation
  • Trans and Gender Questioning Student Outcomes ND - Data
  • North Dakota Suicide Reporting in Journalism - Data
  • Clay County LGBTQ+ Youth Report - Data

Major Conferences

Information formatting was change in 2024 to be more streamlined. Each entry is a conference I presented at, but I don't include if it was multiple times. It isn't uncommon for me to present 2-3 times at a conference. 

2025
  • North Dakota Counseling Association Conference - 2/9/25 
  • Cass/Clay Suicide Prevention Conference - 4/8/25
  • Consensus Council Restorative Justice Conference - 4/9/25
  • The 8th Annual LGBTQ+ Summit - 10/3/25
  • North Dakota Social Work Association Conference - 11/5/25

2024
  • North Dakota Counseling Association Conference - 2/11/24
  • North Dakota Family Based Services Conference  4/9/24
  • North Dakota Justice Association Conference - 5/3/24
  • Child Advocacy Center Conference - 5/15/24
  • Cass Clay Hunger Coalition Health and Hunger Summit - 8/6/24
  • The 7th Annual LGBTQ+ Summit - 10/9/24
  • North Dakota Social Work Association Conference - 11/7/24

Before 2024
Fall Festival Training 2023
—>hosted Children & Family Services Training Center

6th Annual LGBTQ+ Summit 2023 (Closing Speaker)
—>hosted by Human Rights Coalition

NDLA Annual Conference 2023
—>hosted by North Dakota Library Association

Queer Resilience: Breaking Boundaries 2023
—>hosted by University of North Dakota

NDPA Spring Conference 2023 
—>hosted by North Dakota Psychological Association

SSWO Symposium 2023 
—>hosted by Minot State University

Northwest Regional Primary Care Association 2022
—>CHAMPS/NRPCA

National Association of Social Workers Conference 2022
​—>NASWND/NASWNV

Sanford Nursing Symposium 2022
—>Sandford Health

Suicide Prevention Luncheon 2022 (Keynote Speaker)
—>hosted by Firstlink

North Dakota LGBTQ+ Summit 2022
—>hosted by NDHRC

 NDFBSA Virtual Conference 2021
—>hosted by North Dakota Family Based Service Association

Stronger Communities: LGBTQ+ Suicide Prevention 2019
—>hosted by North Dakota chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention 

NDPA Spring 2019 Conference 2019
—>hosted by North Dakota Psychological Association

Northwest District Conference 2019 
—>hosted by Minnesota Social Service Association

Health Equity and Social Justice: Bridging the Gap 2018 (Keynote Speaker)
—>hosted by NDSU American Indian Public Health Resources 

Becoming Responsibly Engaged in the World -- Exploring Diversity 2018
—>hosted by Concordia College

The Great Plains Affirming Campus Conference 2016
—>hosted by NDSU

Speaking Engagements

  • UND Gender and the Law Seminar - 2/18/25
  • Bismarck-Mandan Unitarian Universalist - 2/26/25
  • Concordia Saga Panel - 3/15/25
  • Amplify North Dakota - 3/20/25
  • Online Event - Rainbow Class - 2025 5/20/25
  • Corecon - 5/22/25
  • Speaker - Bismarck Qspace - 7/20/25 
  • League of Women Voters’ First Fridays - 9/5/25
  • Anime Fargo - 9/26/25
  • Townhall Gender Affirming Care Bans - 10/9/25 

Prior to 2025
  • LGBTQ+ 7th Annual Summit
  • Youthworks Leadership Conference
  • RRV LWV First Fridays
  • LGBTQ+ 6th Annual Summit
  • 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche
  • Keynote Speaker Pride Parade
  • All Ages Drag Show
  • Access 4 All Rally
  • Keynote Speaker FirstLink's Lifesaver Luncheon

Writing

2015 
2016
2017 
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025​
​2026

Final Message

If it was all the same, I would've enjoyed a life of playing minecraft and writing silly stories.

But for some people, we're born with a call to respond to the needs of the world. And I was one such person. I couldn't imagine having been anything else. And I lived my life in service to others and to a better future. I lived with and carried hope, through the effort of my life every day.

I write this in the event, through random chance or tragedy, that I am no longer here. 

And in that event, I want people to not lose hope. My life had always been a testament to the fact that the worst of us could still achieve some difference by believing in people, trying things against the odds, and always betting on the future. That even if you grew up in misery and hopelessness, you could grow into hope and be the hero you wish you had growing up.

So long as someone is trying, the fight isn’t over. And everyone is so much stronger and more capable than they realize. If I, as a person, was able to move the mountains I did, then just a couple of people could dwarf what I did with a little motivation. 

If anyone wants to know the wisdom I gained in my life, it is everywhere. My Patreon is a full story to my thought process and activism. My Facebook is more or less everything I ever thought. The resources on my websites are guides. It is not hard to replicate and carry any of that work forward. It’s all just effort over time to anyone who is willing.

As Tony Bender said before me and I say now, if we want a better future we need to be kind. To ourselves and each other. Radical change, the kind that actually builds the foundation of a better future means forgiving enemies and making peace, even when, especially when, they don’t deserve it. It doesn’t mean being soft, but it does mean being at times forgiving and willing to turn a cheek. 

My life was in service to making sure no LGBTQ+ youth went through what I did. That is the only legacy of mine that I care about and that matters. The one I hope continues, in any way, in every way. The 2025 LGBTQ+ State of the State Report is most of the data. What kids need is anything. They need to stop being ignored in totality by all of our systems and real support needs to exist. Not just for them, but to stop the violence so many kids grow up with as the bullied or the bully. 

I dream of a shelter for trans youth and for so many of them to grow up with hope. That being realized is all I ever existed for. And I hope they can grow up learning and sharing stories like I did. 

I’ll revisit this as time goes on and if I do. But I think it’s always prudent to have these messages written up in case. 

Otherwise, here is how to Keep Hope While Fighting For Change.
MAILING/BILLING ADDRESS
Faye Seidler
625 Main Ave Ste 201
Moorhead, MN 56560
CONTACT INFORMATION
​Phone: 701-732-0228
Email: [email protected]