pride month

Brands signal support for the LGBTQ+ community during Pride month, but experts say that true support has to come from more than just social media posts. 

Carl Nassib, a defensive lineman for the Las Vegas Raiders, posted a coming-out video to his Instagram on Monday, making him the first openly gay, active football player in the NFL.

One man is dead and another man has been injured after a white pickup truck ran over a crowd just as the Stonewall Pride Parade and Festival was kicking off in South Florida’s Wilton Manors neighborhood Saturday night, police said. The truck, clad in a rainbow flag, was along the parade route on the southwest corner of NE 15th...

Bob Plominski and Mike Ferrari say they are facing steep fines for displaying the flag in the front yard of their home. The Eastland Cove HOA issued a citation telling them to take it down or pay. “I got upset. We’ve done this before and it’s a simple showing of our pride to the community and it’s up for...

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, oops just kidding, it’s actually some of the stars of VH1’s hit TV show, RuPaul’s Drag Race. They’re here to save us all from pandemic- induced boredom in a fun, safe, and over-the-top way like only they can. Here’s Colton Bradford with more.

Besides the rainbow flag there are also several other flags that represent people who identify as lesbian, asexual, pansexual, demisexual, intersex, gender-fluid, agender, aromantic, nonbinary and polyamorous.

GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis gets personal with CNBC Make It about realizing she was gay, coming out at work and more.

Four candidates for Boston mayor took part in a forum hosted by Boston Pride and moderated by Sue O’Connell.

Boston Pride hosted a virtual forum with four of the six major candidates in the Boston mayoral race Monday evening. The candidate forum was moderated by Sue O’Connell, political commentator and analyst for Boston Pride’s media partner, NBC10 Boston and NECN, and a longtime journalist in the LGBTQIA+ community. The candidates were each given 15 minutes during a specific time slot to address the audience via a...

In activism, politics, entertainment, science and journalism, LGBTQ people are making a difference by being uniquely themselves. NBCLX storyteller Jalyn Henderson introduces us to the ABCs of LGBTQ trailblazers.

School boards need to see evidence of a problem before committing to action. So GLSEN conducted a survey with results showing 59% of LGBTQ students feel unsafe or unwelcome at their schools. GLSEN National Student Council member Aiden Cloud says that’s a problem that needs to be addressed with better protections, particularly after several states passed laws that affect LGBTQ...

Barbara Poma is the owner of the now-closed Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL where a gunman killed 49 people and injured 53 others on June 12, 2016. After five years, the tragedy still feels recent. “June 1st starts Pride Month, and we start seeing Pride flags everywhere. And you want to celebrate Pride because you’ve done that before, but really...

“Healing physically from a shattered femur was a lot easier than dealing with the emotional turmoil,” says Patience Murray, a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooting on June 12, 2016, which killed 49 people and injured 53. As part of her healing process, she ultimately forgave the shooter to stop fixating on him and focus on living with love.

You do you! When it comes to expressing your pride, you can speak, dance or even decorate. Boston Pride’s “Express Your Pride” campaign this month is all about (virtually) expressing what Pride means to you, whatever that looks like. Everyone is welcome to participate! Boston Pride encourages people to showcase their Pride by decorating their houses, apartments, windows, doors,...

Nearly 1,000 people gathered in Nubian Square in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood for the second annual March and Vigil for Black Trans Lives on Saturday afternoon.  Demonstrators marched to Franklin Park Playstead for a vigil and Pridefest. The event was to support members of the Black transgender community in the state. The event was organized by Trans Resistance, an organization built...

Vice President Kamala Harris joined a LGBTQ+ pride march in Washington, D.C.

The chain took a not-so-subtle jab at its competitor by saying “during #pride month (even on Sundays) your chicken sandwich craving can do good!”

After being told to take down their Pride flag, one Wisconsin couple found a clever alternative that caught that internet’s attention, the Milwaukee Journal Sentential reported.

Despite the wide attention it has received, “detransitioning” is rare – and it’s a nonspecific term that’s easily politicized. Transgender people face stigma and pushback as they try to affirm their gender, including laws that restrict access to gender-affirming care. Claims that someone would “regret” their transition help bolster support for those laws.

Teneral Cellars CEO Jill Osur talks about a new wine collection that honors and celebrates the LGBTQ+ community. She’s teaming up with Chef Maria Mazon from “Top Chef” to pair each wine with some incredible food in a virtual cooking class later this month.