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Even onlookers seemed to struggle processing the scene unfolding in front of them. It was the first day of West Hollywood’s Pride celebration, and eight Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputies were wrestling two LGBTQ activists to the ground. “At Pride, oh my god!” exclaims one bystander in a now-viral clip on …

Over the past decade or so, it’s been a casual sport among LGBTQ people (and allies) to mock brands for their cringe attempts at celebrating Pride Month. Although much of this marketing feels well-intentioned and harmless at worse, it’s ultimately self-serving: companies can look “progressive” by doing the bare minimum …

Elliot Page opens up about some of the most harrowing experiences of being an LGBTQ person in his new book, Pageboy. The actor spoke to People ahead of the release of the memoir, in which he revealed that an actor once attacked him and told him being gay “doesn’t exist” …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Pride Month, as a summer-long celebration of diversity, acceptance and love, will continue on this year — though not without controversy. Within the past few years, it’s become …

Target has long carried LGBTQ Pride-themed merchandise for the month of June. Sure, they’ve received some angry comments from the right, or even been called out as cringe by the left. But this year — as LGBTQ organizers brace for a particularly hate-filled Pride — Target began receiving intense backlash. …

When Susan Steinberg, the chairman of the Mahwah Pride Coalition in Mahwah, New Jersey, began organizing a Drag Queen Story Hour for Pride Month last year, she anticipated it would be well-attended and relatively non-controversial. Though Mahwah, which has a population of about 26,000, tends to skew conservative, Steinberg says …

Drag charity group Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will, after all, be participating at Los Angeles Dodgers‘ Pride Night next month after the baseball team received severe backlash from queer organizations for disinviting the organization. On Monday evening, the baseball team shared a statement on Twitter in which it apologized to …

As a British person, I’ve spent a lot of my adult life despairing about the direction of my country. From Brexit, to our disastrous Conservative government ushering in an era of inequality, corruption and division, it’s been a steady drip-feed of bad things happening. Truthfully, I’ve now become accustomed to …

When Coeur d’Alene police slapped the cuffs on members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front at a Pride event this month, the 31 fresh-faced fascists had little clue that FBI agents in the region had been keeping an eye on the group’s activities in Idaho for at least a …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Covid-19 may have cancelled parades and parties for the past two years, but Pride Month, as a summer-long celebration of diversity, acceptance and love, will continue on this …