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NYC Pride Installation Helped Visitors Fax Anti-LGBTQ+ Lawmakers

28Jun

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Activism, Community

NYC Pride Installation Helped Visitors Fax Anti-LGBTQ+ Lawmakers

In an effort to flood anti-LGBTQ+ lawmakers with faxes relating to queer love & identity. Havas New York set up an installation that allowed NYC pride attendees to fax the legislators behind the 300+ anti-LGBTQ+ bills that have been introduced this year. This was done through a series of installations featuring QR codes that allowed visitors to fax different anti-LGBTQ+ legislators directly. Legislators are by law prohibited from turning off their fax machines. The installation consisted of a series of billboards, each one featuring a different anti-LGBTQ+ bill along with a QR code with a call-to-action. NYC pride is one of the biggest LGBTQ+ celebrations in the world and with this installation Havas New York hoped to flood legislators and bury the bills. Each installation generat...

WeHo Pride Parade 2022: Everything You Need to Know

5Jun

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Events

WeHo Pride Parade 2022: Everything You Need to Know

The inaugural WeHo pride parade kicks off today at noon. Attending the parade is free and the festivities are open to people of all ages. The parade starts at Crescent Heights and moves westwards via Santa Monica towards the Gay heart of the city. There are several public parking structures in the area. Authorities will suspend enforcement of permit parking in West Hollywood until 7 a.m. on Monday. The city also offers a free Pride shuttle and encourages people to take public transportation as WeHo pride is expecting a big crowd this year. More things to do today in Los Angeles in celebration of Pride: West Hollywood Street Fair A weekend long street fair taking place in the West Hollywood park. OUTLOUD Raising Music Festival Enjoy a variety of musical ...

Kuwait: U.S. Embassy in Hot Water Over Pride Month Tweet

4Jun

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World

Kuwait: U.S. Embassy in Hot Water Over Pride Month Tweet

Kuwait officials displeased with the U.S. embassy’s support of Pride month. On Thursday morning the American embassy in Kuwait shared a message on their official twitter celebrating pride month. The tweet calls Biden a champion for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. Even including a quote where Biden expresses his support for people’s right to love whoever they want to love. In the hours that followed, Kuwait’s foreign ministry of defense released a statement denouncing the tweet. While also announcing that they'd summoned a top American embassy official to give him a memorandum rejecting the post. Kuwaiti authorities referenced international guidelines of diplomacy in the memorandum. Before asking U.S. embassy officials to respect their laws and customs by not producing similar ...

1Jun

By Ernesto FernandezNo Comments

Community

Pride 2022: Where We Are

While pride month is a great opportunity to celebrate the progress we've made, it's also important to be aware of the current threats the community faces as we continue the fight for equality. We’ve gathered the following statistics that shine light on the current state of the community and the issues that plague it. A Gallup poll has revealed that more adults now identify as LGBTQ+ in the U.S. than ever. In fact, the study found that people from generation Z are twice as likely to identify as LGBTQ+ than millennials. Gallup first conducted this poll in 2012 and the percentage of adults who identify as LGBTQ+ has since doubled. According to an analysis from NBC News along with Freedom for all Americans, 238 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been filed in 2022 so far. A survey cond...