Tag: LGBTQ Pride

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Oklahoma Bill Would Ban State Agencies From Celebrating Pride Month

A rainbow Pride flag among dark skies

The legislative attack on the LGBTQ community continues as an Oklahoma lawmaker has introduced HB 3217, which would ban using state funds to organize or endorse LGBTQ Pride Month. The measure, titled the “Patriotism Not Pride Act,” also prohibits Pride flags from being displayed on state property. Continue reading “Oklahoma Bill Would Ban State Agencies From Celebrating Pride Month”

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Queer-Centered ‘Bottoms’ Lands In Top 10 + More News

From ‘Bottoms (photo courtesy Orion Pictures)
Some news items you might have missed: • Deadline: Bottoms, the new film about two queer high school girls who start a fight club,  broke into the top ten films for the weekend (no. 7) with an estimated gross of $3.6 million for the four-day Labor Day holiday. Continue reading “Queer-Centered ‘Bottoms’ Lands In Top 10 + More News”

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White Supremacists Protest/Assault Pride Attendees In Montana

The LGBTQ community in Bozeman, Montana, held its first formal Pride event in over a decade on Saturday, May 20. But masked white supremacists showed up to protest.
Anti-LGBTQ white supremacists covered their faces as they protested Pride in Bozeman, Montana
The LGBTQ community in Bozeman, Montana, held its first formal Pride event in over a decade on Saturday, May 20. But a group of white supremacists – bravely wearing white masks and sunglasses to hide their identity – showed up to harass and taunt the LGBTQ attendees with signs that read “Pedophiles not welcome,” “Tra***es kill kids,” and “White lives matter.” Continue reading “White Supremacists Protest/Assault Pride Attendees In Montana”

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Mayor Breaks Tie Vote To Allow Franklin Pride Festival To Proceed

The Tennessee suburb of Franklin will have a Pride festival this year after Mayor Ken Moore broke a tie vote on approving a permit to hold the event in a public park.
(image via Facebook/FranklinPride)
The Tennessee suburb of Franklin will have a Pride festival this year after Mayor Ken Moore broke a tie vote on approving a permit to hold the event in a public park. Continue reading “Mayor Breaks Tie Vote To Allow Franklin Pride Festival To Proceed”

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Franklin Pride Festival Meets Fierce Resistance From ‘Christians’

Franklin Pride is finding resistance from local residents in trying to secure a permit for the event this year.
My hubby Michael and I enjoying our local Pride Festival in 2022
The small suburb of Franklin, Tennessee (population 85,000) has held LGBTQ Pride festivals for the past two years in a public park complete with food trucks, live entertainment, vendors, and thousands of attendees. Clayton Klutts, president of the Franklin Pride organization, saw it all as the progress the LGBTQ community has made in the small, conservative town. But… Continue reading “Franklin Pride Festival Meets Fierce Resistance From ‘Christians’”

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Emmanuel The Emu Hits The Bigtime + More News

Emmanuel the Emu – internet superstar (screen capture)
Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: Out and proud lesbian farmer Taylor Blake started creating content for Knuckle Bump Farm in January, but it wasn’t until Emmanuel the emu took the screen that the TikTok page blew up. Now, Knuckle Bump Farms is pretty much an Emmanuel stan page. Continue reading “Emmanuel The Emu Hits The Bigtime + More News”