Amazon's Alexa Now Knows a Whole Bunch of Pride Facts

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Amazon's Alexa Now Knows a Whole Bunch of Pride Facts 
A collaboration with the Human Rights Campaign makes queer history easier than ever to learn.
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          Jun 21, 2018
          
        
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Need a Pride buddy? Amazon's Alexa service is your knowledgeable A.I. friend with all the details on Stonewall and Harvey Milk. Ask her anything!

        
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Amazon's Alexa Now Knows a Whole Bunch of Pride Facts

A collaboration with the Human Rights Campaign makes queer history easier than ever to learn.

The Latest

Don Lemon wants queer people to stand up to bullies: ‘Punch them in the nose’

The notable journalist isn't backing down to the current administration.

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A civil rights group claims that backlash to the show's popularity has caused an uptick in anti-LGBTQ+ hate from fellow players and coaches.

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Rep. John McGuire’s proposed Riley Gaines Act would allow athletes to sue colleges that permit transgender women to compete in women’s sports.

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Amazon's Alexa Now Knows a Whole Bunch of Pride Facts

A collaboration with the Human Rights Campaign makes queer history easier than ever to learn.

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The Latest

The notable journalist isn't backing down to the current administration.

A civil rights group claims that backlash to the show's popularity has caused an uptick in anti-LGBTQ+ hate from fellow players and coaches.

Rep. John McGuire’s proposed Riley Gaines Act would allow athletes to sue colleges that permit transgender women to compete in women’s sports.

The Republican-led legislation places the state increasingly out of step with the rest of New England on trans rights.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to betold.

More For You

Most Popular

Conservative lawmakers are attempting to take away protections that some local governments have put in place to prevent discrimination against their LGBTQ+ citizens.

The Beatles star revealed that Yoko Ono once suggested her husband was gay.

On Truth Social, the president appeared to leave the door open to kids getting gender-affirming care with "express written approval of the parents."

Opinion: Proximity to (and even building) misogynistic machinery will not protect you, writes contributor Josh Ackley.

These celebrities brought the sex appeal in their steamy videos this year.

These are some of his worst comments about LGBTQ+ people made by Charlie Kirk.