Empowerment

This Sounds Like Music to My Gay Ears
In the words of the iconic Diana Ross, "I'm coming out!"...with the GAYEST playlist, not just in the LGBTQIA+ sense, but also in the happy sense of the word. It is 10 songs that anyone can jam out to celebrate and embrace love, happiness, and fun the way these artists have. It's time to celebrate Pride and though it's symbolically the month of June, I'll be partying 12 months of the year from between my earbuds.
By Arya5 years ago in Pride
Thank You for Your Support
I remember being a very naive 18 year old, fresh out of private Christian school and thrust into this thing called life. I did not know who I was or what I was doing, as I am sure most at that age feel. I still remember it like it was yesterday. I was working as a technical support representative for AOL at the time. I received an IM from a coworker I had never talked to asking if I had a swinging partner. This green kid knew that swing dancing was quite popular at the time, but did not have any idea that you needed a specific partner for it. I had no idea. But, I was certainly going to find out. I came to find out that swing dancing was not actually what was meant by that question. But an instant connection occurred and I met the person that would introduce me to a whole world I had no idea existed. We became instant friends and began going to the clubs just about every night. I was having such an enriching experience, but I was also falling hopelessly in love with this man. I was doing this even though I knew he had a girlfriend in Orlando. Eventually the night came when I was to meet this girlfriend. It was that night at Masquerade that I met his girlfriend, Eddie. Once again my whole perspective on everything changed. I was introduced to this world of unconditional acceptance that I had never experienced. It was fun and exciting and tumultuous. I loved every second of it.
By Andrea Capitano5 years ago in Pride
I Grew Up Without a Mirror. Top Story - June 2021.
The first time I saw a queer person on TV, he was a gay man in a soap opera. I knew he was gay because that was everything he was. He was an obnoxiously loud hairdresser who constantly flirted with the straight, macho men around him, demonstrating a severe lack of boundaries and making everyone uncomfortable. This man, whose every quality made him more a woman than a man, had limp wrists, a persistent lisp, and constantly put his hands on his hips. His purpose was clear: he was here to be ridiculed.
By Amanda Fernandes5 years ago in Pride
These colours Do run
Today I was walking holding the hand of a person who, years ago, I would have to pretend was nothing more than my friend. We strolled hand in hand in our radical love. I caught sight of a flag someone had hung in their yard.
By Mrs.Cohen5 years ago in Pride
Pride Parts
Colorful minds are within the LGBTQIA+ community. We use the rainbow to show how disseminated the sexual spectrum is, along with inclusivity or unity among diversity. Undoubtedly, artists within our community make some of the most original music of this generation.
By Casper the Ghost5 years ago in Pride
Meep's Playlist
As we all know, Pride month started a few days ago. Out of respect, love, and acceptance for those under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella, particularly those who are close to me, I have made a playlist celebrating individuality. My teen sister, I am going to call her "meep" (it is a long story!), has just recently come out of the theoretical closet as a Pansexual Non-binary female. Her preferred pronouns are she/her/they/them, with no specific issue with either one, so I will be using both of them in reference. She is young and has had a lot of bad situations and relationships happen to her, but she is a good young woman. I thought long and hard of a way to show my support for her, while also being creative and arrived at a conclusion: a playlist. So here I am.
By Rain Dayze5 years ago in Pride
Pride
I follow a lgbtq page on Instagram and on their story they had a questionnaire for those in the community to answer, I screenshot the questions and thought it'd be fun to answer them here and I would be able to get more in depth and have longer explanations. The list contains 6 questions:
By FindingYourFlowers5 years ago in Pride
My Experience Coming Out
All the things she said - t.A.T.u. In sixth grade I met a girl that set my heart on fire. We were friends, then best friends, then her words never left my head. I was confused and I felt things that weren't in line with what I thought my values were. I stayed up all night wondering what to do. In true sixth grade fashion, I wrote a note. Half of it was pure apology because I had no clue how she'd react. The other had my feelings written more deeply than I could have said out loud. All I could do when I handed it to her was beg that she read it later and not to respond if she didn't feel the same.
By Brandy Enn5 years ago in Pride
To All The Young Trans People Out There. Top Story - June 2021.
The original letter was a local trans woman’s life story; the editor picked it because the woman was her neighbor, and she thought it interesting and meaningful. The letter detailed vast amounts of shame the writer still holds; she called herself disgusting, disfigured, in need of correction.
By Dane BH5 years ago in Pride