Parades held across U.S. on last weekend of Pride Month
Parades and celebrations were held in cities across the U.S. to mark the final weekend of Pride Month. But this year’s festivities came amid growing restrictions on transgender rights and what many see as backlash against the LGBTQ+ community. Astrid Martinez reports…
How to Provide Affirming Psychiatric Care to LGBTQ Teens in Transition
MedPage Today) — In this video, Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, sits down with Jessi Gold, MD, MS, an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and Amanda…
Party and Protest Mix as LGBTQ+ Pride Parades Kick Off from New York to San Francisco
The parades and marches are among a range of events the roughly 400 Pride organizations across the U.S…
San Francisco’s new drag laureate wants you to be ‘more fabulous’
A new city-funded position aims to elevate drag performers at a time when anti-LGBTQ legislation is sweeping the US…
The Margin: Pride Month: These are the 5 most LGBTQ-friendly states in the U.S. — and the least
Many states are becoming less friendly to LGBTQ+ people, according to a business-climate index ranking all 50 states on measures of LGBTQ+ equality…
Marvel Contest of Champions celebrates Pride and puts free 4-star characters up for grabs in latest update
Kabam is celebrating 250 playable characters within Marvel Contest of Champions, as well as joining in on all the festivities of Pride in collaboration with Marvel comic artist Jan Bazaldua. In particular, a custom wallpaper is featuring fan-favourite LGBTQ+ superheroes from the Marvel universe, which includes America Chavez…
It’s Not Just Corporate Pride Boycotts—Right-Wingers Are Escalating Their Anti-LGBTQ Campaign
Kali Holloway As the far-right backlash has become more emboldened, belligerent, dangerous, and hysterical, so has its war on the LGBT community. The post It’s Not Just Corporate Pride Boycotts—Right-Wingers Are Escalating Their Anti-LGBTQ Campaign appeared first on The Nation…
Pennsylvania School Board at War Over Forbidden LGBTQ+ Books
Getty ImagesConservative parents and Christian advocacy groups based in Doylestown, Pennsylvania managed to generate enough outrage to remove a handful of books from a local school district.In May, after parents called for the Central Bucks School District to remove LGBTQ+ friendly titles from the public school…Defying Censorship, Authors Unveil Children’s Book Celebrating Interracial LGBTQ+ Family
Susie Rich and Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal challenge book banning trend with Obie’s Adventures in the Berkshires…