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Target Removing Pride Merchandise After Bigots Complained

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Target has announced it is “making adjustments” to their Pride Month plans by removing some of its Pride merchandise from stores as well as shifting the remaining items to the back of stores. This comes after a small number of anti-LGBTQ customers have begun confronting store staff and managers, sometimes resulting in violence. Continue reading “Target Removing Pride Merchandise After Bigots Complained”

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Marvel Spider-Verse To Introduce Gay Spiderman + More News

Marvel Spider-Verse to introduce gay Spiderman
Tom Holland as Spiderman (image via Marvel Studios)
Some news items you might have missed: • Instinct Magazine: A new Marvel Spider-Verse storyline will introduce a gay Spiderman as well as a T-Rex version named Spider-Rex. DC Comics recently introduced a bisexual son of Superman storyline. Continue reading “Marvel Spider-Verse To Introduce Gay Spiderman + More News”

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Proud Boys Disrupt ‘Rainbow Storytime’ At Public Library

Anti-LGBTQ hate group Proud Boys disrupted Rainbow Storytime event in South Bend
Proud Boys in South Bend (images via Twitter)
Shortly before a scheduled Rainbow Storytime program at the Tutt Branch of the St. Joseph County Public Library, men carrying a flag reading ‘Michiana Proud Boys’ entered the room where the event was to be held and demanded it be shut down. Continue reading “Proud Boys Disrupt ‘Rainbow Storytime’ At Public Library”

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Vandalized Pride Flag Replaced With 100s + More LGBTQ News

New Mexico man replaced his vandalized Pride flag with hundreds of rainbow flags Some news items you might have missed: • TikTok: After an anonymous homophobe tore up his two Pride flags displayed for Pride Month, Albuquerque resident Addison Foskey decided to replace his vandalized Pride flag with hundreds of rainbow flags. Folks, you can try but you can’t kill the rainbow. Continue reading “Vandalized Pride Flag Replaced With 100s + More LGBTQ News”

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Pride: ABC News Gio Benitez To His Younger Self ‘It Will All Be OK’

Gio Benitez wrote an encouraging letter to his 12-year-old younger self "It will all be ok."
Gio Benitez (image via Instagram)
I was reminded of this letter ABC News correspondent Gio Benitez wrote to his younger self and then shared with the world for National Coming Out Day 2020. I feel like Gio’s words are a perfect fit for Pride Month as well. Continue reading “Pride: ABC News Gio Benitez To His Younger Self ‘It Will All Be OK’”