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In June 2021 Marvel Comics will launch a five-part limited edition series titled The United States of Captain America. That timing is deliberate as June is Pride Month, and the edition of the character featured in that month’s intro story will be the first to take up the Captain America role who is LGBTQ. We should […]
A monument dedicated to iconic trans rights activist Marsha P. Johnson is being built in her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey. According to ABC, the monument will be the first in the county to honor a trans person. Johnson is best known for her prominent role in the Stonewall uprising of 1969 where she and […]
Texas authorities are investigating the death of Merci Mack, a Black transgender woman who was found shot to death Tuesday morning. According to the Dallas News, a passerby discovered the woman unconscious at around 6:15 a.m. in the parking lot of a Dallas apartment complex. Local police say residents allegedly heard gunshots an hour before Mack’s body was found, “but there […]
Like most celebrations around the world, this year’s Pride Month has been completely reshaped by the global health crisis. Traditional festivities have either been postponed, scaled down, or moved to a virtual platform, while cities continue to enforce various degrees of social distancing. So, in an effort to promote solidarity during this time of self-isolation, Skittles […]
Lil Nas X celebrated the end of Pride Month by sharing something huge. In a Twitter post, the rapper asked fans to go listen to a track off of his recent EP 7 with fresh ears. some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more. but […]
For the longest time, fans of Pixar and Disney’s Toy Story franchise were under the assumption that Woody was only known as Woody. It never occurred to many people that even though Buzz Lightyear has both a first and a last name, the movies only ever called Woody by his first name. Well it turns out, he […]
Dwyane Wade has addressed why it was meaningful for him to support his younger son going to a pride parade this spring, Variety reports. In April, Wade’s 12-year-old-son Zion shared photos of himself attending the annual Miami Beach Pride march with his siblings and stepmother, Gabrielle Union. Wade, who was at an away game in Toronto, […]
A major American city has reportedly agreed to allow a Straight Pride parade. Organizer Mark Sahady shared that the parade would take place in Boston in August. “It looks like the Boston Straight Pride Parade will happen. We filed a discrimination complaint and it appears the City of Boston understands they would lose in litigation,” Sahady […]
Taylor Swift kicked off Pride Month by taking a stand for LGBTQ rights. On Saturday, the singer-songwriter published a letter that encouraged Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander to support the Equality Act. The House-approved bill aims to protect the LGBTQ community from discrimination in public settings, including schools and the workplace. The Equality Act will now […]
With Memorial Day Weekend 2019 in the books, that means the official start to summer is right around the corner. With the warm weather ahead, now is as good a time as ever to upgrade your sneaker rotation. Thankfully, this week has a ton of worthy options worth considering. Drops start early this week with the “Hot […]
