Sicilian Mafia boss Salvatore “Lucky” Lucanio leaving the court in New York on June 18, 1936 (Apic/Getty Images) The legendary Stonewall Inn will forever be remembered as the birthplace of LGBT+ rights – but the Mafia’s role in the story is lesser known, and far more murky. You might think the Italian mob and gay
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Hollyoaks star Ki Griffin addresses the crowd in Soho Square after the third London Trans+ Pride. (Charlie Mathers/@charlie.mathers) Hollyoaks star Ki Griffin addressed thousands of trans and non-binary people at the third-ever London Trans+ Pride today. Griffin, who plays non-binary character Ripley Lennox on the long-running Channel 4 soap, was there with campaign group Intersex
The village of Kuujjuaq in Quebec, Canada celebrating its first ever Pride (Facebook/Isabelle Dubois) More than five decades since the Stonewall Riots sparked the modern LGBT+ rights movement, new Pride movements and events are still emerging every year. All around the world queer communities are gathering to mark Pride month – some for the first
Warsaw, Poland, on June 19th, 2021. (Piotr Lapinski/Getty) In a world centred on sex and romance, being asexual feels like the queerest thing of all. So why do so many of us feel so unwelcome in LGBT+ spaces? I’ve never been proud of my identity. Not my bisexuality, I often feel proud of that –
Queer|Art is a New York-based nonprofit. (Queer|Art) For the queer community, “art helps us see that we are not alone and that there are others who understand what it is to feel the way we do”. That’s according to Travis Chamberlain, executive director of the New York-based Queer|Art. “Art, in this way, truly does have
The equality parade marches through Warsaw on 19 June 2021. (Piotr Lapinski/NurPhoto/Getty) Thousands rallied in Warsaw for the largest Pride parade in central Europe, taking a defiant stand against the rising tide of homophobia in Poland. Marchers gathered amid a sea of rainbow flags for the Warsaw equality parade on Saturday (19 June), with the
A woman holds a banner reading “ICE stop attacking our community” during a protest outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in Portland, Oregon. (Getty/ Anadolu Agency/ Alex Milan Tracy) US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tried to wish everyone a happy Pride Month, but the LGBT+ community was having none of it. On Wednesday
The homophobic graffiti pointed towards the LGBT+ venue. (Twitter/ Pantibliss) The legendary Dublin gay bar Pantibar was targeted by homophobic vandals in a “premeditated” attack on Sunday night (13 June). Iconic Irish drag queen Panti Bliss, who owns Pantibar in Dublin’s city centre, shared a photo of the homophobic graffiti on Twitter. She explained that
The Pride earring collection from Studs features a rainbow safety pin and ‘Love’ logo. (Studs) LA-based jewellery brand Studs has released a cute collection of earrings to celebrate Pride 2021. The brand has dropped 15 pieces as part of the collection that they say stand for “bold self-expression.” To shop the new Pride earring collection
Footage of the “homophobic cowboy” has quickly spread online (Reddit/u/Goetzilla22) Police arrested a 71-year-old man for an “aggressive and homophobic attack” on a group of people painting a rainbow pedestrian crossing. Video circulated online of what appears to be a Yosemite Sam lookalike angrily interrupting a Pridewalk painting event in Saskatoon, Canada. “You don’t own this f***ing
Valkyrie. (Respawn) Apex Legends will be celebrating Pride Month with a new rainbow badge. The badge is available for free right now and is inspired by the Progress Pride Flag designed by Daniel Quasar. It can be equipped to show your support of the LGBT+ community in-game. Respawn launched the badge with a video shared
The Rainbow Shop from Kate Spade New York features apparel and accessories. (Kate Spade New York) Kate Spade New York has released its chic and colourful collection to celebrate Pride month. Featuring rainbow apparel and accessories, the range from Kate Spade New York stands for “optimism and joy”. The collection is now available from the
Donnie Lee Barrigar, 37, has been found not guilty of criminal tampering after he took down an LGBT+ Pride flag in front of a city hall building in Watertown, New York in June 2020. (WWNY) A man who took down an LGBT+ Pride flag in front of a city hall building in New York has been
Fresh Carnival’s new Pride milkshake, with extra sprinkles (Facebook/Fresh Carnival) A restaurant expertly dealt with peak snowflakery after a homophobic troll imploded at the sight of their new Pride-themed milkshake. Fresh Carnival in Saskatchewan, Canada, shared a picture of the new shake on Tuesday (1 June) to celebrate the beginning of Pride month. The delicious
This crazed murderer is looking very snazzy with his Pride charm. You can celebrate Pride in Dead by Daylight in June with new content, as well as a livestreamed charity fundraiser. The multiplayer horror game is hugely popular among the LGBT+ community – especially drag streamers – so Pride season is an opportunity for developer
New York City Pride announced new policies to address the presence of law enforcement at its events (Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty) New York City Pride has banned police from the parade and associated events until 2025 to challenge them to “acknowledge their harm” to the LGBT+ community. Effective immediately, the New York Police Department will be
The official Pride gin helps keep the event free in London. A Pride gin has been released and we need to try it. The Official Pride Gin bottle is priced at £28 from Amazon, with each sale helping keep Pride in London free for everyone to attend. It’s from seller Bohemian Brands who regularly team
The DC Comics Pride anthology will be released on 8 June. (DC Comics) DC Comics will be releasing a huge queer anthology this summer in celebration of Pride, and introducing trans superhero Dreamer into the DC universe. Announced on Thursday (11 March), DC Pride #1 will feature queer characters from across the DC Comics universe, and
Members of the police march at Pride in London 2019. (Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty) One of Britain’s biggest LGBT+ Pride events, Pride in London, has “for now” rejected calls to ban the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) from marching in the parade. Board members had been considering barring the city’s top police agency from participating in Pride
Bimini Bon Boulash reveals what was supposed to happen on Drag Race UK episode 2. (Twitter/BiminiBabes) Bimini Bon Boulash tried and failed to cover their white corset in paint on this week’s RuPaul’s Drag Race UK (21 January) – but they’ve now revealed they intended to coat themselves in the colour of the trans Pride
A person walks past a Starbucks store displaying a rainbow Pride flag on June 22, 2020 in New York City. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty) A Christian woman and former barista from New Jersey has filed a lawsuit against Starbucks, claiming she was fired after refusing to wear a rainbow Pride t-shirt. According to NBC News, Betsy Fresse
BBC boss Tim Davie admitted for the first time that communication ‘could have been clearer’ on the Pride policy (Leon Neal/Getty Images) BBC director general Tim Davie has insisted the corporation “absolutely” supports its LGBT+ staff members, as he attempts to assuage anger over a new policy gagging news staff on “controversial” subjects. Despite initial
Paul Hollywood claimed that rainbow bagels being made on The Great British Bake Off represented the NHS, and it’s fair to say that queer fans are not impressed. For the technical challenge on Tuesday night’s episode (6 October), bakers were asked to make rainbow coloured bagels. “But why would anybody ever want to eat a rainbow bagel?” we
British television screenwriter and director Russell T Davies (Colin McPherson/Corbis via Getty Images) Russell T Davies has warned that we shouldn’t be so quick to mourn the corporatisation of Pride, as it could actually be a positive thing for the LGBT+ community. The trailblazing gay TV writer shared his thoughts with the drag queen Diane
Photo of Ukrainian nationalists burning a Pride flag in 2017 (Vladimir Shtanko/Anadolu Agency/Getty) A Pride flag has been set on fire in what human rights activists are saying was a deliberate “act of hate” against the LGBT+ community. The Pride flag was flying at a home in Rye City in Westchester County, New York State,
A participant prepares for a Pride Run, an event of ShanghaiPRIDE. (JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty) The oldest and largest Pride festival in China, ShanghaiPRIDE, has announced that it is “taking a break from scheduling any future events”, in a huge blow to the country’s LGBT+ community. When ShanghaiPRIDE began in 2009 there were 3,000 people in attendance,
Pose star Dominique Jackson and transgender model and activist Munroe Bergdorf head up the line-up for the digital UK Black Pride festival. Like many Pride events, the physical UK Black Pride gathering was cancelled in 2020 due to coronavirus, but organisers have put their all into creating a day-long celebration of Black queer experiences. The
Tanya Compas, Otamere Guobadia and Electra Pain (L-R) taking part in the TikTok Pride campaign. Pride Month has drawn to a close for another year, and street parties are still out of the question, but that shouldn’t stop us from coming out together to celebrate our queerness. June 2020 was a Pride Month unlike any
In September 1982, Declan Flynn left a pub in Donnycarney, Dublin and walked to Fairview Park, a well-known meeting spot for gay men. Declan Flynn lived in a very different time for Ireland. Homosexuality was illegal and many queer people, like him, lived their lives in fear, secrecy and shame. That September night, Flynn was
A Jewish extremist group said to be planning to infiltrate a Pride event has reportedly instructed its members on how to blend in – and ‘ridiculous hats’ are strongly encouraged. The far-right group Lehava allegedly directed its supporters to attend an LGBT+ rally at the Jerusalem Open House on Sunday (June 27), mingle with the