Why June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month
The short answer is Stonewall, but there's more to Pride history.
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MAY 17, 2025
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The short answer is Stonewall, but there's more to Pride history.
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"These aren’t just love stories. They’re blueprints. They’re battle cries. They’re reminders that when we tell the truth about our lives, we change the world," photographer Frankie Frankeny tells The Advocate of her book LOVE: The Heroic Stories of Marriage Equality.
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More than 70 groups signed on to an open letter in light of the death of George Floyd and other recent horrific incidents.
The Republican's LGBTQ+ rights record is not great.
A Pride festival has been held in Franklin for the past two years, but this year anti-LGBTQ+ residents are accusing organizers of "grooming" children and seeking to destroy the nation.
Risking his life, a director and his camera went underground in Chechnya to document the horrific realities facing LGBTQ+ people.
The action was an act of resistance against anti-LGBTQ+ policies at Brigham Young University.
Recalling the spirit of Stonewall, guest writer Shaley Howard urges a return to the roots of the resistance.
Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski of Krakow calls the LGBTQ movement "totalitarian" and a "great threat to our freedom."
With Pride Media's Love, Me series, LGBTQ+ celebrities share their experiences with depression to help others.
Rodney Wilson, the educator who envisioned LGBTQ+ History Month, delves into evolving inclusivity, tackling exclusionary trends, and the dire need for continuous education amid a changing political landscape.
But Democrats and independents were able to turn back these efforts.
From the church pews to the streets of protest, faith has been our sanctuary and source of strength.
"The stakes for our country could not be higher. Now is the time for us to take swift action in every part of our lives."
“The most powerful act of resistance as an LGBTQ+ person is to live our life loudly in a world that tells us to be quiet,” says HRC President Kelley Robinson.
LGBTQ+ elders share what survival looks like under a hostile political regime and their advice to young people right now.
The Advocate reviewed the anti-LGBTQ+ records of some of the country’s most prominent GOP candidates for governor. It's not pretty...or accepting.
U.S. Rep. Emily Randall also wondered why JD Vance stood behind the president “palms up in the air as if trying to get a crowd to rise.”
The 2020 HBO documentary documented the horrific state-sponsored gay purge taking place in the Chechen Republic.