LGBTQ news and entertainment
It’s June 1st, folks! Pride Month 2025 is here!
A little history lesson: the month-long global observance began with Gay Pride Week in late June 1970, a year after the infamous police raid at New York’s Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. Continue reading “Happy Pride Month 2025!”
A deep fake video of Donald Trump saying “Pride Month is cancelled” making the rounds on social media pretends to show Trump declaring the US would “no longer participate in deliberate moral inversions” by observing Pride Month in June. In the clip, “Trump” goes on to say that June will be known as “confidence month…or maybe just June,” before adding crass comments about gay sex. Continue reading “Deep Fake Video Pretends To Show Trump ‘Canceling’ Pride Month”
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden welcomed LGBTQ families to the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday to celebrate Pride Month. Continue reading “First Lady Speaks At White House Pride Celebration”
More Pride Month action from the Biden Administration as Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will host U.S. leaders championing LGBTQ+ equality across the U.S. government and around the world on Thursday, June 27, at the Department of State. Continue reading “Secretary Of State To Host Pride Month Reception”
The White House has announced First Lady Dr. Jill Biden will host a Pride Month celebration on the South Lawn on June 26, 2024. Continue reading “First Lady Jill Biden To Host White House Pride Celebration”
Some news items worth your time: • The Advocate: Out actor Zane Phillips (Fire Island, Glamorous) says attending a local theater camp in small town Texas was the beginning of his learning to accept his sexuality. “Without it, I wouldn’t have met a lot of the people who guided me to this place of being confident in myself and being okay with myself.” Continue reading “Theater Is Where Zane Phillips Learned To Accept Himself + More”
A decorated Army veteran came out in his own obituary following his death at 85. Continue reading “Decorated Army Veteran Comes Out As Gay In Obituary”
In this week’s episode of The Randy Report podcast: All Elite Wrestling pro Bulk Bronson comes out as bisexual. Plus… Continue reading “Podcast: Bulk Bronson Comes Out, What To Watch This Pride Month + More”
While some city councils across the U.S. are banning Pride flags from being flown on official properties, for the first time, LGBTQ Pride flags are flying outside city-owned facilities in Austin, Texas, throughout June. Continue reading “Pride Flags Flown At Official Buildings In Austin For First Time”
The owner of a bar in Idaho decided his response to Pride Month would be to celebrate “Heterosexual Awesomeness Month” because he can’t get behind” the imagery of rainbows and LGBTQ parades, calling it “extreme.” Continue reading “Idaho Bar Trolls Pride Month With ‘Hetero Awesomeness Month’”