Pride Month: Looking for meaningful inclusion beyond pride flags and rainbow pastries
2 years, 9 months ago

Pride Month: Looking for meaningful inclusion beyond pride flags and rainbow pastries

The Hindu  

A nondescript bakery in a sleepy Juhu lane in Mumbai suddenly lit up with pride lights and flags on June 1, 2019. The answer is really not that complicated, any queer individual will tell you: spare us the pride flags, the rainbow pastries and a 20% discount on little cups and bow ties. Let’s talk support Instead, let’s talk money, use your platform to support our business, financially support the countless queer rescue shelters running on meagre funds across the country and use your resources to fund gender reassignment surgeries, sensitive schools and better jobs, beyond the clichéd ones. Razorpay has recently expanded its health insurance policy to include queer couples and live-in partners — this will also include gender reassignment surgery and infertility treatment. While the company introduced queer characters on screen, it also censored them in countries like China, and kept funding politicians in Florida who openly supported the divisive Don’t Say Gay bill.

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Parties and protests mark the culmination of LGBTQ+ Pride month in NYC, San Francisco and beyond
9 months ago

Parties and protests mark the culmination of LGBTQ+ Pride month in NYC, San Francisco and beyond

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ …

Own your pride makeup look
9 months, 1 week ago

Own your pride makeup look

Deccan Chronicle  

Pride month is in full swing and the fact that Pride doesn’t have the same pompousness around it in India has not stopped people from celebrating it in whatever way they could. Just like every pride month, Pride of 2024 is a vibrant explosion of makeup trends that celebrates the LGBTQ+ community’s diversity, unity, creativity and resilience. “As a queer …

WeHo Pride paradegoers talk joy and inclusivity, trans rights and a thread of fear
10 months ago

WeHo Pride paradegoers talk joy and inclusivity, trans rights and a thread of fear

LA Times  

The sun was tucked away, but the cheeks were out Sunday at the West Hollywood Pride Parade as go-go dancers in jockstraps and gay cowboys in breezy leather chaps strolled down Santa Monica Boulevard. “WeHo specifically tends to be a Boystown,” said Vinson, speaking of West Hollywood’s reputation as primarily a hot spot for affluent white gay men. “It’s really …

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know
10 months ago

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know

Associated Press  

Pride Month, the worldwide celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and rights, kicks off Saturday with events around the globe. But this year’s festivities in the U.S. will unfold against a backdrop of dozens of new state laws targeting LGBTQ+ rights, particularly transgender young people. The monthlong global celebration began with Gay Pride Week in late June 1970, a public celebration that …

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know
10 months ago

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But this year’s festivities in the U.S. will unfold …

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know
10 months ago

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know

LA Times  

Revelers participate in a previous NYC Pride March. Pride Month started Saturday across the U.S. and the globe, an annual celebration of LGBTQ+ people and culture. But this year’s festivities in the U.S. will unfold against a backdrop of dozens of new state laws targeting LGBTQ+ rights, particularly transgender young people. In the U.S. in April, a federal appeals court …

Ban on Pride flags at U.S. embassies is more than bad optics
1 year ago

Ban on Pride flags at U.S. embassies is more than bad optics

LA Times  

In Russia, a nation known for vicious anti-LGBTQ+ policies, the U.S. flew a pride flag at the Embassy in 2022. It is so omnipresent that even in the $1.2-trillion spending deal President Biden signed over the weekend, America’s conflict over LGBTQ+ people pulled focus. A new ban, woven into the spending bill that Biden signed on Saturday, states that “none …

Network Rail is criticised for its 'Pride Pillar' which features flags representing 'demisexuality' and 'polyamory' despite a rule against political posters
1 year, 2 months ago

Network Rail is criticised for its 'Pride Pillar' which features flags representing 'demisexuality' and 'polyamory' despite a rule against political posters

Daily Mail  

Network Rail has unveiled a 'Pride Pillar' in one of the country's busiest stations – featuring flags representing 'gender fluidity', 'demisexuality' and 'polyamory'. In 2020, Network Rail removed an 'I love JK Rowling' poster from Edinburgh Waverley station for being 'too political' because of the author's gender critical views. Network Rail has unveiled a 'Pride Pillar' at London Bridge - …

Hundreds celebrate Pride Month at Chennai Rainbow Pride and Self Respect Walk 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

Hundreds celebrate Pride Month at Chennai Rainbow Pride and Self Respect Walk 2023

The Hindu  

Hundreds of LGBTQIA+ community members and allies came together to celebrate Pride Month and participate in the Chennai Rainbow Pride and Self Respect Walk 2023 on Sunday. Organised by the Tamil Nadu Rainbow Coalition, the march was characterised by high levels of energy, dance and chanting with everyone present in their pride best. It can also result in a bonding …

Pride Month 2023 | Heads up and high with pride at Azad Maidan
1 year, 9 months ago

Pride Month 2023 | Heads up and high with pride at Azad Maidan

The Hindu  

‘Liberty from prejudice and social norms’ was the one voice of the people who had gathered to express their solidarity and their thoughts at a pride event to mark the International Pride Month at Azad Maidan on June 24. Posters and placards with readings such as: ‘I like the wine & not the Label‘; ‘We’re here, we’re Queer‘; ‘Trans rights …

Party and protest mix as LGBTQ+ pride parades kick off from New York to San Francisco
1 year, 9 months ago

Party and protest mix as LGBTQ+ pride parades kick off from New York to San Francisco

The Independent  

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LGBTQ+ Pride Month reaches its grand crescendo on city streets from New York to San Francisco
1 year, 9 months ago

LGBTQ+ Pride Month reaches its grand crescendo on city streets from New York to San Francisco

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Thousands of effusive marchers danced to club music in New York City streets Sunday as bubbles and confetti rained down, and fellow revelers from Toronto to San Francisco cheered through Pride Month’s grand crescendo. “It’s crazy.” Parades in New York, Chicago and San Francisco are among events that roughly 400 Pride organizations across the U.S. are holding …

Pride collection backlash has derailed retailers, but LGBT designers are more empowered than ever
1 year, 9 months ago

Pride collection backlash has derailed retailers, but LGBT designers are more empowered than ever

The Independent  

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Pride in London 2023: Parade route and where to watch
1 year, 9 months ago

Pride in London 2023: Parade route and where to watch

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hundreds of thousands of people …

A pivotal year for Pride puts LGBTQ+ community in the spotlight — and the crosshairs
1 year, 9 months ago

A pivotal year for Pride puts LGBTQ+ community in the spotlight — and the crosshairs

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. She traces it to “the rise of fascist sentiment” that’s emboldened people on the far right, along with “a coordinated political effort to scapegoat the trans community in particular.” That political effort has also taken the form of a growing slate of legislation across the U.S. “designed to erase queer identity …

L.A.’s LGBTQ+ consumers on Pride merch: enough with the ‘rainbow-washing’
1 year, 9 months ago

L.A.’s LGBTQ+ consumers on Pride merch: enough with the ‘rainbow-washing’

LA Times  

Pride Month merchandise displayed at a Target in Daly City, Calif. “It’s very weird seeing, like, Frito Lay, say, ‘We love gay people!’” said Trevor McMahan, a 27-year-old film and video editor who lives in Mount Washington. “And it’s like, why, OK, thank you Frito Lay.” Such superficial actions have become known as “rainbow washing” or “rainbow capitalism,” shorthand for …

What does Pride mean when LGBTQ+ Americans are under attack?
1 year, 9 months ago

What does Pride mean when LGBTQ+ Americans are under attack?

LA Times  

Pride gatherings were poised for a celebratory comeback after a few years of more subdued COVID-era events. “There are so many people trying to tear us down right now and the biggest thing we can do is just authentically live our truths and be out there and be seen.” — Octavia Octave For Kapcino Norton, 54, coming to Pride with …

Pride becomes a minefield for big companies, but many continue their support
1 year, 9 months ago

Pride becomes a minefield for big companies, but many continue their support

Associated Press  

Many big companies, including Target and Bud Light’s parent, are still backing Pride events in June despite the minefield that the monthlong celebration has become for some of them. “I had a sponsor last night say their CEO is skittish about getting political,” said Fernando Lopez, executive director of San Diego Pride. Suzanne Ford, the executive director of San Francisco …

Pride becomes a minefield for big companies, but many continue their support
1 year, 9 months ago

Pride becomes a minefield for big companies, but many continue their support

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Many big companies, including …

Pride Month: Celebrating inclusion and love in June
1 year, 10 months ago

Pride Month: Celebrating inclusion and love in June

Live Mint  

Pride Month: Celebrating inclusion and love in June 10 Photos. Updated: 01 Jun 2023, 07:55 PM IST Share Via Pride month is celebrated every year in June as a tribute to the Stonewall Riots of 1969. In 2016, Barack Obama designated Stonewall Inn as a national monument in 2016 1/10Pride month is celebrated in June every year to remember people …

Opinion: There's a reason LGBTQ+ Pride merch is under attack. And it isn't all bad news
1 year, 10 months ago

Opinion: There's a reason LGBTQ+ Pride merch is under attack. And it isn't all bad news

LA Times  

A Pride Month display at a Target in Daly City near San Francisco. Target ticked off the forces of intolerance with its annual Pride Month display of merchandise, although it’s been putting up rainbows at the end of May for more than a decade. A rapper whose grotesque facial tattoos would scare the living daylights out of any child I …

Pride flag to fly on L.A. County buildings in June after unanimous supervisors vote
2 years ago

Pride flag to fly on L.A. County buildings in June after unanimous supervisors vote

LA Times  

Participants in the OC Pride Parade carry an oversized Progress Pride flag as the event begins along in Santa Ana in June 2022. A month after the Huntington Beach City Council voted to stop flying a rainbow flag from its City Hall, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has taken the opposite stance. The five-member board voted unanimously Tuesday …

Coming Soon: Why Gender Sensitivity Begins at Home
2 years, 8 months ago

Coming Soon: Why Gender Sensitivity Begins at Home

The Quint  

There is a greater awareness and understanding of the Pride community today. As newer generations become educated about Pride, they become more capable of learning the nuances and unlearning the social conditioning needed to support the Pride community. But the dialogue must continue and go beyond discussing representation during Pride month alone. Join prestigious leaders at our upcoming panel discussion …

London Pride 2022: More than a million revellers in rainbow colours descend on the capital
2 years, 9 months ago

London Pride 2022: More than a million revellers in rainbow colours descend on the capital

Daily Mail  

Phillip Schofield who came out as gay in January 2020 before the pandemic hit has attended his first Pride as an out and proud member of the LGBT+ community along with over a million others. Kelly Holmes pictured for the first time since coming out as gay as she joins ITV friend Phillip Schofield and Alison Hammond at the Pride …

Rainbow colours on show for 50th anniversary of UK’s first Pride parade
2 years, 9 months ago

Rainbow colours on show for 50th anniversary of UK’s first Pride parade

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Crowds in rainbow colours have gathered for the 50th anniversary …

Met sensitive to Pride concerns around uniformed officers, says Khan
2 years, 9 months ago

Met sensitive to Pride concerns around uniformed officers, says Khan

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Police have been “sensitive” to concerns about uniformed officers taking …

Simple but effective ways to celebrate Pride Month at workplace
2 years, 9 months ago

Simple but effective ways to celebrate Pride Month at workplace

India TV News  

Employees are the building blocks of an organisation. Since then, Pride Month is all about acknowledging varied sexual preferences without judging people, supporting LGBTQ+ causes, and celebrating the “pride” of being different from the rest. Even if you do not have a single employee within your organisation who belongs to the LGBTQ+ community, you can still celebrate Pride Month with …

OAN contributor exposed for homophobic rant over Pride flag
2 years, 9 months ago

OAN contributor exposed for homophobic rant over Pride flag

The Independent  

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The Violence Of Pride
2 years, 9 months ago

The Violence Of Pride

Huff Post  

Shortly before the beginning of Pride month, the mayor of San Francisco ― a city whose metropolitan area has the country’s highest percentage of adults who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender ― announced that she would not march in the city’s annual Pride Parade due to organizers banning uniformed police officers from marching. The country’s first Pride marches …

Pride Month: Honouring pride or rainbow washing?
3 years, 9 months ago

Pride Month: Honouring pride or rainbow washing?

Hindustan Times  

As Pride Month celebrations come to a close, several brands during the month dropped limited collections, unveiled new ones or modified their logos to honour and celebrate inclusivity. Many believe it indicates to a marketing strategy that gives a chance to businesses to capitalise by selling in the name of Pride without contributing to the cause on-ground. Many believe it …

Pride flag receives an even more inclusive redesign
3 years, 9 months ago

Pride flag receives an even more inclusive redesign

The Independent  

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LGBTQ pride flags will not be flown on military bases: Pentagon
3 years, 9 months ago

LGBTQ pride flags will not be flown on military bases: Pentagon

Al Jazeera  

The Pentagon said on Friday that it would not make an exception to allow US military installations to fly rainbow pride flags in June, in keeping with a policy set by former President Donald Trump that limited the type of flags that could be flown on bases. Earlier this week, President Joe Biden said that nearly 1,500 of his federal …

Big Oil is awash in rainbows for Pride Month
3 years, 9 months ago

Big Oil is awash in rainbows for Pride Month

Salon  

June is Pride Month, and Corporate America won't let you forget it. But those pretty logos are often accused of being a form of "rainbow-washing" — marketing spin that boosts a company's social justice cred, with little substance behind it. Around the same time, Chevron put out commercials that resembled low-budget nature documentaries, showing a grizzly bear awakening from hibernation …

New York Pride was different this year, but no less important
4 years, 9 months ago

New York Pride was different this year, but no less important

The Independent  

Usually at this time in New York, Pride celebrations would be in full swing: official parades, corporate sponsors and rainbow cake specials would abound. One second things are heating up, and the next you’re back in Washington Square Park, listening to a peaceful, powerful speech – and then you’re at a bar sipping on a Pride Lemonade As we enjoyed …

Pride 2020: How you can still get involved with the annual celebration this year
4 years, 10 months ago

Pride 2020: How you can still get involved with the annual celebration this year

The Independent  

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Pride Power List: Sir Ian McKellen and Munroe Bergdorf among top 100 celebrated LGBT+ people
5 years, 8 months ago

Pride Power List: Sir Ian McKellen and Munroe Bergdorf among top 100 celebrated LGBT+ people

The Independent  

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Pride has helped build awareness of trans people, but the workplace can still be a place of utter dread
5 years, 8 months ago

Pride has helped build awareness of trans people, but the workplace can still be a place of utter dread

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. According to Stonewall’s 2018 Trans Report, …

Pride or protest? Disillusioned plan their own LGBTQ march
5 years, 9 months ago

Pride or protest? Disillusioned plan their own LGBTQ march

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — One of the biggest celebrations of LGBT pride in New York City history will culminate Sunday with not one, but two processions through Manhattan, after dissidents who believe the annual parade has become too commercialized decided to split off with their own march. Or is this just one more commercial activity, like the Macy’s parade?” And, backers …

A retail rainbow: Vendors mark LGBTQ Pride on sales racks
5 years, 9 months ago

A retail rainbow: Vendors mark LGBTQ Pride on sales racks

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Major retailers have diversified their inventory for Pride month, selling apparel and other goods that celebrate LGBTQ culture to mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. In 25 years working for organizations devoted to LGBTQ causes, “this is absolutely the first year that I have noticed the retail celebration of Pride moving from larger coastal cities …

London Pride: Anti-trans activists disrupt parade by lying down in the street to protest ‘lesbian erasure’
6 years, 8 months ago

London Pride: Anti-trans activists disrupt parade by lying down in the street to protest ‘lesbian erasure’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The march was supposed to be led by London mayor Sadiq Khan and NHS …

Pride 2018: 10 of the best places to celebrate the rainbow flag
6 years, 8 months ago

Pride 2018: 10 of the best places to celebrate the rainbow flag

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy London Pride may end this weekend – the main parade takes place 7 July – but …

At the 2018 New York Pride Parade, glimpses of celebration, defiance and love
6 years, 9 months ago

At the 2018 New York Pride Parade, glimpses of celebration, defiance and love

Firstpost  

The streets of New York were awash with colour, energy and defiance, as the 49th annual Gay Pride Parade hit 5th Avenue in all its technicolour glory on 24 June 2018 The streets of New York were awash with colour, energy and defiance, as the 49th annual Gay Pride Parade hit 5th Avenue in all its technicolour glory on 24 …

LGBT support: How to be an ally to your LGBT friends, relatives and co-workers
6 years, 9 months ago

LGBT support: How to be an ally to your LGBT friends, relatives and co-workers

CNN  

Programming note: To learn more about the LGBTQ community in Salt Lake City, Utah, watch “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” on Sunday at 10 p.m. ET/PT. CNN — Pride Month offers numerous events where members of the LGBT community can celebrate who they are. Visit The Trevor Project for more details CNN/India Hayes CNN/India Hayes CNN CNN …

Mumbai Pride Parade: Not just a symbol of protest, it is a celebration of who we are
8 years, 2 months ago

Mumbai Pride Parade: Not just a symbol of protest, it is a celebration of who we are

Firstpost  

Here are some answers to frequently asked questions regarding the Mumbai Pride Parade, also known as the Queer Azaadi March The Mumbai Pride is touted to be one of the biggest pride parades of India. Here are some answers to frequently asked questions regarding the Pride: What is the Mumbai Pride Parade? Following the fantastic precedent set by Namma Pride, …

The many hues of pride
11 years, 9 months ago

The many hues of pride

The Hindu  

Every June, for the past four years, members of the city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities walked with their heads high by the sands of the Marina, on the occasion of the Chennai rainbow pride march. “The energy with which the community participated in the events underscored the need to conduct them throughout the year,” said L. Ramakrishnan, from …

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