Sweet Pride Alabama: Celebrating LGBTQ+ lives in the Deep South
Central Alabama Pride has been awarded The Advocate’s inaugural Communities of Pride Award.
June 11, 2025
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Central Alabama Pride has been awarded The Advocate’s inaugural Communities of Pride Award.
Queer joy came to the Yellowhammer state as Central Alabama celebrated its 46th anniversary.
In the face of new legislative challenges, the LGBTQ+ community of Birmingham, Alabama, celebrates the 46th anniversary of Pride with reinforced solidarity and unwavering commitment to equality, unity, and love.
Olympian Tom Daley has called out countries with anti-LGBTQ+ laws many times before.
The event, scheduled initially at a brewery, was rescheduled at a Books-A-Million store in Mobile.
Police CCTV helped them quickly capture the men they say used a knife to attack a young woman in a queer-friendly neighborhood.
The Stonewall Inn's nonprofit is leading the effort.
After the state archives hosted a discussion on Alabama's queer icons, like Nell Carter, Republican senators vowed retribution.
Anderton Park Primary School in Birmingham, England, has seen protests over the curriculum for weeks.
"Unity wins out," Carson Jones declared in response to the surprising results of the Senate race.
The new Pride train had its inaugural trip this week, fully equipped with an all-LGBTQ+ crew.
If we survive, this country will have to choose a new direction.
We need positive disruptors to remind us the status quo isn't working.
In addition to honoring nine LGBT artists for their contributions, the White House hosted two panel discussions and screened transgender-themed entertainment.
Jones, the gay son of Alabama's Democratic senator, is not giving up on his home even after politicians there relentlessly target minorities.
In an ever-progressing American society that finds itself more tolerant and understanding of LGBT culture, who do we have to thank for starting all of this? Ellen DeGeneres, of course!