The Washington Blade’s Chris Johnson reports that First Lady Melania Trump wanted to light up the White House in rainbow colors this past June in honor of LGBTQ Pride Month, but with…
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No Pride Flags Allowed? LGBT Teacher Still Brings The Rainbow
A bisexual teacher in Nevada was told she couldn’t have a rainbow flag in the classroom because it constitutes ‘political speech,’ so she found other ways to bring the rainbow. Jennifer Leja…
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Pride Ad Features Burger King Macking On Ronald McDonald
In an effort to show support for Helsinki’s Pride week in Finland, fast-food chain Burger King is running a new ad campaign featuring the King himself laying a whopper on burger competitor…
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News Round-Up: July 6, 2020
Some news items you might have missed: • Global Pride 2020: More than 57 million people from more than 163 countries joined the 27-hour virtual event, Global Pride 2020, that took place…
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Podcast: Gay Nightclubs & COVID-19, Billy Porter, Small Town Ambushes LGBTQ Pride
In this week’s headlines: • A new lawsuit challenges Virginia’s new law banning LGBTQ discrimination • Atlanta’s gay nightclub Heretic shut down over COVID-19 diagnoses after a sweaty dance party • A…
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Small Town Refused To Recognize Pride Month, So Folks Organized ‘Pride Ambush’
This past May, the town council in Emo, Ontario – located near Canada’s border with Minnesota – voted down a resolution recognizing June as Pride Month in a 3-2 vote. Mayor Harold…
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Pride Music: June 27, 2020
It’s the last weekend of Pride 2020, and since we can’t get out on an actual dance floor here’s new music to bop to from Lizzo and the Fab 5, Ariana and…
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New Data Shows Changing Attitudes On LGBTQ Acceptance
June 26 has become such a special day in LGBTQ history in the United States many now view the date as ‘National Gay Pride Day.’ It was on this day in 2003…
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President Obama Addresses Pride Live’s Stonewall Day Event
President Barack Obama addressed viewers of today’s virtual Stonewall Day event presented by LogoTV. After noting the progress made over the past 51 years since the night of the Stonewall uprising, Obama…
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Cast Of POSE Serves Up Virtual Performance Of Billy Porter’s “Love Yourself”
Check out this sneak peek from the upcoming “Pose-A-Thon” scheduled for Friday, June 26 at 10 PM ET. The cast and creators of FX’s Pose — including Tony Award winners Billy Porter…
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Pride Plays Presents Free Livestream Of ‘The Men From The Boys’
A star-studded cast of Pride Plays’ livestream of Mart Crowley’s The Men from the Boys is set to include Mario Cantone, Charlie Carver, Rick Elice, Telly Leung, Lou Liberatore, Carson McCally,…
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Zales & Kay Jewelers Announce Two Virtual Pride Events Benefiting GLAAD
KAY Jewelers and Zales will be kicking off two very special PRIDE virtual events this week to stand on the side of love and equality. As part of these initiatives, they will…
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News Round-Up: June 8, 2020
Some news items you might have missed: • InstaHunks: Woofy Joel Green (above) offers some good advice this Monday – ‘Do not give your past the power to define your future.’ Follow him…
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LA Pride Announces Solidarity March With Black Lives Matter Movement
The previously canceled LA Pride parade will march after all. The organizers, Christopher Street West, announced in early May the annual parade and Pride festival would not take place this year due…
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Joe Biden On 50th Anniversary Of Pride Month ‘I Believe In The LGBTQ+ Community’
As in previous years, President Donald Trump did not issue a presidential proclamation recognizing June as Pride Month. Now, I realize we are in the middle of a global pandemic, skyrocketing unemployment…
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No Pride Love From Trump Administration For 4th Year In A Row
While Donald Trump and Mike Pence took the time to acknowledge Global Coptic Day today, for the fourth year in a row they failed to recognize Pride Month. In response, Human Rights…