gay pride
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Billy Porter’s Madame Tussauds Wax Figure Revealed in NYC… And It’s Really Good
We tell you all about Billy Porter's wax figure, which was ready just in time for NYC Pride Fest
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Q&A: Trans Activist Sean Ebony Coleman Wants Black People to Embrace LGBT Voices
Coleman became the LGBTQ advocate he needed but didn't have. Now, he provides LGBT aid and services to two major cities.
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, With the 2020 Presidential Election Nearing, Slams Trump As Threat to LGBTQ Rights
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the first black woman and openly gay person to lead the nation’s third-most-populous city, says Donald Trump is a major threat to LGBTQ civil rights and that that should compel people to go to the polls and vote in 2020. Lightfoot made her remarks Monday as she made what the Chicago…
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Big Beauty Tuesday: Got Pride?
I’m smiling in this picture, but just before writing this, I learned of the murder of yet another black trans woman in Texas. Last night, I went to a hilarious but poignant play starring Moonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney, commemorating the little-known first (and to date, only, to best of my knowledge) drag queen to…
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Keep Your Homophobia Away From Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union's Support of Their Child
This past weekend, Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade did what parents around the world should all do: They supported their child. Each year, a conglomerate of homosexuals swarm South Beach in Miami to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. Miami Beach Pride brings people from all walks of life together to celebrate love and the freedom to…
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A Salute to All the Black Queer-Club Owners Who Have Helped Us Be Thots in Safe Spaces
On the second episode of the new FX series Pose—a dance musical that largely chronicles the ballroom culture of New York City and the transgender and queer people who drive it—Blanca Rodriguez, a trans woman, challenges the racism and transphobia she experiences at Boy Lounge, a gay club largely populated by white gays. Upon hearing…
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Happy Pride! Division I Track Teammates Come Out as Couple
Brad Neumann and Justin Rabon, two runners on the University of Minnesota track team, are a proud couple in love. Each competitor recently penned his coming-out story for Outsports in honor of Gay Pride Month, both to help those who may be having their own struggles coming out, and to shatter stereotypes of what a…
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Mike Pence's New DC Neighbors Raise LGBTQ Pride Flags in Protest
Vice President-elect Mike Pence’s Washington, D.C., neighbors want him to realize they don’t tolerate hate directed toward the LGBTQ community. And they’ve raised gay-pride flags all throughout the neighborhood to put him on notice. Pence’s anti-LGBTQ track record includes signing an Indiana law that would allow businesses to turn away gay and lesbian customers to…
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#OrlandoStrong: An Estimated 50,000 Attend Candlelight Vigil for Victims of Mass Shooting
An estimated 50,000 people jammed themselves into Lake Eola Park in Orlando, Fla., chanting, “One Orlando united” and “We remember” as they attended a candlelight vigil one week after the horrific mass shooting that took the lives of 49 individuals and injured 53 more at the gay nightclub Pulse, the Orlando Sentinel reports. “It’s not…