Them - June 10, 2022
"Pride is a time to protest, celebrate, and surround yourself with chosen family. Your experience of the season can take multiple forms: You might be going to parades and parties, or maybe you’re honoring the roots of Pride by attending a queer liberation demonstration. There is enough time and space for both queer joy and queer rage.

"But however you choose to spend your Pride, it’s crucial to prioritize your wellbeing. No LGBTQ+ person should have to feel unsafe at events that are meant to create space for our communities. That’s why we put together this guide on Pride safety basics: what to bring, how to make a plan, and what to do if someone gets hurt."

#Pride #AcceptanceMatters #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Transgender #Queer #Intersex #Asexual #NonBinary
#PublicSafety #LawEnforcement

https://www.them.us/story/pride-safety-101-how-to-stay-safe-while-celebrating-queerness

@AssociatedPress - June 7, 2025
“We’re a society that really values youth as is. When you throw in LGBTQ on top of that, it’s a double whammy,” says Christina Da Costa of the group SAGE — Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Elders. “When you combine so many factors, you have a population that’s a lot less likely to thrive than their younger brethren.”

"Older LGBTQ+ people are far more likely to have no contact with their family and less likely to have children to help care for them, Da Costa says. Gay men over 60 are the precise generation that saw their peer group decimated by AIDS. The result: chronic loneliness and isolation.

“As you age, it becomes difficult to find your peer group because you don’t go out to bars anymore,” says Yvonne Smith, a 73-year-old D.C. resident who moved to Washington at age 14. “There are people isolated and alone out there.”

"These seniors are also often poorer than their younger brethren. Many were kicked out of the house the moment they came out of the closet, and being openly queer or nonbinary could make you unemployable or vulnerable to firing deep into the 1990s."

#Elder #Pride #Elderly #AcceptanceMatters #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Transgender #Queer #Intersex #Asexual #NonBinary

https://apnews.com/article/pride-aging-lgbtq-gay-lesbian-life-a70633f8b463b8e5f1ae4923f009a83d

@TheAdvocate4q66

"After over 50 years of incremental progress, the pendulum seems to be swinging back against us. As a community, we are watching attempts to erase us happen in real time, from regressive legislative initiatives to misguided culture wars to scaled-back corporate campaigns. Businesses are showing us that they are willing to turn their backs on us as soon as we become inconvenient.

"So now, more than ever, we need to have each other’s backs."

#Pride #AcceptanceMatters #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Transgender #Queer #Intersex #Asexual #NonBinary

https://www.advocate.com/voices/pride-month-nasty-pig-corporate

@oregonlive

"As members of the Black and Latino LGBTQ and transgender and other communities come to the nation’s capital for World Pride in the coming days, many are under siege from multiple directions thanks to their multiple identities. They will hold individualized programs and celebrations that blend into World Pride.

"Their mutual jeopardy will be a unifying theme. The celebrations, music, food, parades, plays and parties will unfold against a backdrop of human rights and political strategizing and, in some cases, discussions about how to survive in a climate that contains many people who do not want them around.

“I always tell folks that DC was the perfect place to have World Pride,” Hutton said. ”We have so many different identity prides here in D.C., from Black Pride to Trans Pride to API Pride, Latinx Pride, Military Pride, Women’s Pride, Silver Pride, we have so many different groups of people that have their own pride celebration.”

#Black #Latino #PeopleOfColor
#WorldPride #Pride #AcceptanceMatters #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Transgender #Queer #Intersex #Asexual #NonBinary

https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2025/05/in-an-uneasy-climate-lgbtq-activists-converge-in-dc-for-world-pride.html

The LGBTQ community and our Allies must challenge this decision.

@truthout_rss_bot

"On Thursday, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk — a far-right federal judge in the Northern District of Texas with a record of aligning with the GOP’s most extreme legal positions — issued a ruling declaring that Title VII no longer protects LGBTQ+ people from workplace discrimination. The decision directly contradicts the Supreme Court’s landmark 2020 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, which held that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is, by definition, sex discrimination. Kacsmaryk’s ruling marks one of the most alarming judicial rollbacks of LGBTQ+ rights in recent memory — and sets up a direct legal challenge to one of the foundational civil rights protections for queer and trans people in the United States.

"The case was brought against the EEOC by the state of Texas alongside the Heritage Foundation, a central force behind Project 2025 — an aggressive right-wing policy blueprint that explicitly calls for rolling back LGBTQ+ protections in federal law. In siding with the plaintiffs, Judge Kacsmaryk pointed to the Texas Department of Agriculture’s current employee policy, which requires “employees to comply with this dress code in a manner consistent with their biological gender,” specifying that “men may wear pants” and “women may wear dresses, skirts, or pants.” The ruling also upheld the department’s policy banning transgender employees from using restrooms that align with their gender identity.

"The judge reached a verdict that Title VII only protects “firing someone simply for being homosexual or transgender,” but that it does not protect transgender or gay people from “harassment”

#Workplace #Discrimination #Harassment #EEOC
#AcceptanceMatters #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Transgender #Queer #Intersex #Asexual #NonBinary

https://truthout.org/articles/federal-judge-strikes-down-lgbtq-protections-against-workplace-discrimination/

Source: @ErinInTheMorn
From the article: "While the Liberal victory was significant, transgender Canadians still face serious challenges in several provinces. In Alberta, transgender youth under the age of 16 were recently targeted with bills barring them from accessing gender-affirming care. Teachers are required to deadname and misgender students without parental consent, and a sports ban remains in effect. Similar policies have taken hold in Saskatchewan and New Brunswick. In many ways, Canada is now confronting the early stages of the anti-trans backlash that swept across the United States just a few years ago."

#Transgender #Canada #AcceptanceMatters #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/canadian-transgender-people-avoid

While this article is from last year it is worth a read considering the loss of corporate support many Pride organiazations are experiencing this year. Maybe going local is a good way to build or rebuild community support.

Headline: 7 Ways Small Businesses Can Support Pride Month

Source: Guidant Financial

From the article: "With the month of June here, now is a great time to celebrate Pride Month! Pride Month serves as an important reminder to embrace diversity and support the LGBTQ+ community, not just during the month of June — but all year round.

"While hanging a rainbow flag in your shop’s window is supportive, you can take more meaningful actions to support our LGBTQ+ friends and become a stronger ally in your community. Whether you’re a small coffee shop or a larger daycare, you can create inclusive environments, organize pride events, and show your support in meaningful ways — and we’ll give you some simple ideas on how to do it.

"The Small Business Administration (SBA) is getting on board, too, committing to put more resources into the LGBTQ+ community by focusing on equity in the small business world. In fact, the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce estimates there are “1.4 million LGBTQ+-owned businesses in the United States (U.S.), and they generate more than $1.7 trillion in economic impact.” By the SBA focusing more resources on LGBTQ+ businesses, even more of these businesses will be successful in the future."

#Pride #AcceptanceMatters #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Transgender #Queer #Intersex #Asexual #NonBinary #Community #LGBTQCommunity #SmallBusiness

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https://www.guidantfinancial.com/blog/small-business-pride-month/

Source: @nbcphiladelphia

From the article: "Companies that were once loud and proud in supporting LGBTQ+ community celebrations are pulling back.

"LGBTQ+ Pride festivals across the country have faced significant sponsorship challenges this year, with some losing corporate partners that collectively provided six-figure donations. As a result, organizations say they've had to modify their programming, pivot to other funding sources and reconsider their dependencies on corporate dollars.

"Many companies have cited economic concerns as their impetus to delay or exit partnerships with Pride groups. But LGBTQ+ group leaders also noted an increasingly hostile climate for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts that has prompted some businesses to rethink their support. In turn, Pride organizations are seeking clarity on how much their values still align with those of their corporate contributors.

"For this many companies to be dropping off, I think, points to that we're in a different political environment than we have been maybe in a long, long time," San Francisco Pride executive director Suzanne Ford told CNBC."

#Pride #AcceptanceMatters #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Transgender #Queer #Intersex #Asexual #NonBinary

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/business/money-report/corporate-sponsors-are-backing-away-from-lgbtq-pride-organizations/4170112/