a Black woman holds up a TRUMP INDICTED AGAIN sign in front of the US Capitol

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Also, Ron DeSantis had a bad weekend :)

Billy Porter as the Grand Marshall at NYC Pride 2023 with a rainbow sash

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Also, find out how you can help support Maui amid devastating wildfires fueled by climate crisis.

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Also, Black trans activist Dominique Morgan had a street named in her honor.

O'Shea Sibley, a queer Black man, dancing on the ocean shore in a ballet position

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Black Trans Liberation has organized a memorial ball this Friday for O’Shae Sibley.

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“Talking to my fellow trans folks, that’s trans joy.”

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Also, more tributes to Sinead O’Connor, Disability Pride Month reads, and more.

Barbie jamming out to the Indigo Girls in the Barbie convertible

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Also.Also.Also: Barbie’s Soundtrack Is Justice for the Indigo Girls!!!

Also, tales from a 1990s lesbian club promoter, the queer teen feelings boygenius stirs in fans, and more.

children at a protest in Italy in support of queer parental rights, wearing shirts that say "È L'AMORE CHE CREA UNA FAMIGLIA" which translates to "love creates a family"

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Italy’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ parental rights intensifies — plus more queer news.

Sarah Schulman with a Pen America step and repeat behind her

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Also, dispatches from queer Florida, over-the-counter birth control, and care packages for trans folks.

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Plus, lesbian bars that are actually OPENING instead of closing, dispatches from the Writers Strike in the wake of the Emmys, and more.

Keke Palmer in a black dress on a red carpet

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Also.Also.Also: Keke Palmer Would Absolutely NOT Explore the Deep Sea (Relatable!)

Happy 7/11 day! Also, celebrate expansive queer photography and celebrate the bidet.

A view of some of Lilli Vincenz memorabilia featuring her as an early gay and lesbian activist in Arlington, VA on June 5, 2013. Vincenz was an early LGBT activist in the 60's and 70's and has donated much of her activism memorabilia to the Library of Congress. Shown is some of her personal memorabilia which includes a photo of her with Phil Donahue and pictures of her and others rallying for equal rights for homosexuals.

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Also.Also.Also: Lilli Vincenz, a Powerful Voice in Early Queer Media in the 1960s, Has Died

Plus, gay time travel back to Fire Island in 1999 with this photo gallery.

a pink and blue dildo and an orange suitcase

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Queer Starbucks workers turned Pride month into strike month, a photoessay examines what it means to be queer, and Michael Imperioli said GAY RIGHTS.

three photos of Liv Hewson from the same Yellowjackets red carpet, where they're wearing a black deep-V vest over black pants and their hair is down

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Gay flowers, the impact of drag on ALL art, and if you think “Padam Padam” will ever stop being stuck in my head, you’re wrong.

Miss Major on the red carpet for Outfest wearing a black and white striped v-neck and red silk blouse

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Late-in-life coming out stories, books that feature abortions, and the “news” that Grimace is apparently a queer icon now.

Queen Latifah as Cleo in Set It Off, blowing smoke out of her mouth while dancing with her girlfriend

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To be Black & queer during Juneteenth, having hot sex during the writers’ strike, and the national monument at Stonewall keeps getting vandalized during Pride month.

: A customer walks by a Pride Month merchandise display at a Target store on May 31, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Target has pulled some of its Pride Month merchandise from stores or have moved the seasonal displays to lesser seen areas of their stores to avoid conservative backlash that has threatened workers’ safety. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Also.Also.Also: Queer Target Employees on Just How Scary Pride Month Got

Over 184 vintage Pride photos for all my history heads out there, queer-owned beauty brands, and a near record number of women now believe that abortion should be legal under any circumstance.

Megan thee Stallion performing in front of a Pride flag.

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Megan Thee Stallion’s Pride performance is one for the record books, the fight for queer nightlife in an era of police violence, and why conservatives are so mad that Biden flew a Pride flag at the White House.

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“Age of Pleasure” tour tickets, the track listing, guest artists and everything else we know. Also: Everyone in Hollywood Elliot Page hooked up with, according to his memoir Pageboy.

Niecy Nash kisses her wife Jessica Betts on the lips during a red carpet event.

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Also.Also.Also: “I Don’t Even Know What I Was Doing Over There With Them Straights,” Happy Pride Niecy Nash 💕

In my humble opinion, there is no better way to start off Pride than with a reminder from Niecy Nash Betts to chase your happiness.

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