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First things first, rest in paradise to Marsha P. Johnson. Without her, there'd be no pride. So as we commence to waving our colorful flags, fist pumping to house music, riding in on our unicorns and sprinkling pixie dust everywhere, let us remember why we gather here today. So, in honor of a fearless, resilient, trailblazing trans-woman of color, we'll start off with the powerful melody of "I Was Here" by none other than Queen Bey (feel free to wave your lighters side to side for this one). As Beyonce sings, "I will leave my mark so everyone will know I was here", we remember that we are a living testimony of that. Thank you Marsha.
By Keys Will5 years ago in Pride
The #PRIDE🏳️‍🌈 We Can't Forget
As you look at the photo above, imagine you are walking through Nashville - it is 2021 and you are reminiscing on the most amazing #PRIDE🏳️‍🌈 experience of June 2018.
By Naomi Walker5 years ago in Pride
Being Proud of Pride
The first time a friend came out to me, I was a Freshman in high school. I was sitting on the chair lift at ski club with my dear friend and thrill-seeking ski partner, Gil, when he turned to me and said
By ec from cle5 years ago in Pride
No More Rain, Only Rainbows!. Top Story - June 2021.
In December of 2018 I was diagnosed with HIV - this news changed my whole life and the trajectory of my career. I relocated to NYC because I was sacred , embarrassed and afraid of my family, friends and those who where apart of my church community finding out about my status. NYC welcomed me with open arms, immediately providing me with medication, housing, food stamps and a biweekly cash benefit to help me with personal items. I was truly overwhelmed with the support, love and care that I received and currently receiving. NYC saved my life, I was depressed, lonely, isolated from friends and family but NYC, the bronx my neighborhood and community became my family in just a short period of time.
By william kelly5 years ago in Pride
To the Parents of Queer Children. Top Story - June 2021.
PFLAG is the United States' first and largest organization uniting parents, families, and allies with people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+). While it once stood for Parents and Families of Lesbians and Gays, the name is now just PFLAG, to be more inclusive, and to better reflect the broader community supporting LGBTQ+ individuals (friends, extended families, teachers, clergy, etc.)
By Dane BH5 years ago in Pride
Searching for Sappho in Real Life. Top Story - June 2021.
“Sweet mother, I cannot weave – slender Aphrodite has overcome me with longing for a girl.” —Sappho Sometimes I think you’d know me if you just met eyes with me in a park. Maybe you’d be walking your dog—at least, I think you had a dog—and I’d be sitting on a park bench, mind lost to my phone, till I looked up and met your true gaze. I don’t know your eyes' color—you never told me—but maybe we’d recognize each other across the distance. Something magnetic, something that makes the stars sing at night, might join us in fate’s fine thread.
By Jillian Spiridon5 years ago in Pride
Our Adoption Story . Top Story - June 2021.
Everything changed on June, 2015. For some people, it might’ve been nothing. Maybe something to look past the headline to shrug at—-or scoff at even. But, for me and my fraternal twin brother Ezra, it meant everything, as that was the day that changed the course of our entire lives.
By Melissa Ingoldsby5 years ago in Pride
For Muxes, Every Month Is Pride Month. Top Story - June 2019.
In Mexico, down in the southern state of Oaxaca, muxes, pronounced MOO-shays, celebrate and honor their LGBTQ+ identities during and beyond Pride Month, and have done so since pre-colonial times. Assigned male at birth, muxes are distinctively identified as a 'third gender' amongst the Zapotec indigenous communities of Oaxaca. Muxes not only embody female physical traits and attributes, they assume familial and communal roles and responsibilities typically reserved for those assigned female at birth.
By Jose Antonio Soto7 years ago in Pride