Pride
Here’s how countries around the world are celebrating gay pride.
Many Pride events have been cancelled this year due to coronavirus, but that hasn’t stopped the spirit of the movement being felt by members of the LGBTQ community. For many of them, Pride is more than just a holiday in the calendar – it is a way of living every day in the pursuit of equal rights. Here we speak to LGBTQ people from around the world to find out what Pride means to them and why it remains so important.
"I couldn’t live an authentic life for years," Jillian Orr said of her decision to showcase the pride colors while accepting her degree at Brigham Young University.
Rights activists are calling the decision to remove LGBTQ-themed children’s books from library shelves “a restriction to the rights of freedom and expression.”
WHAT'S HAPPENING
"I may have been suspended, but I will not be silenced. I am proud of who I am," said junior Jack Petocz after a protest against the "Don't Say Gay" bill.
Speaking to GQ, the Grammy winner said he embraces being labeled part of a "gay agenda" and predicts the rise of more LGBTQ hip-hop artists in years ahead.
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"I realized there was an entire group of people who still loved Jesus and practiced Christianity, yet did not believe homosexuality was a sin."
On Fire Island, the Black and Brown Equity Coalition showed how to promote racial equity and amplify the most marginalized voices.
"I’m happy to say, my Mother is now proud of ALL of who I am," Karine Jean-Pierre wrote on Twitter.