End of the Rainbow: Pride’s Fall Can’t Come Soon Enough

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Pride … just the word conjures up images of rainbows and confetti, balloons, floats, drag queens, music and dancing. Parades. Happiness. Fun. Celebrating the diversity of our community with laughter and joy and the knowledge that this is our month to show the world who we are and how we fit into every aspect of society. This…

Dyke March New York City has banned Zionists this year. Organizers can’t agree on what that means.

The Dyke March has been kicking off every year in New York City for 31 years as a kind of antidote to the traditional and often corporate Pride Parade, held at the end of June. Its focus on women and trans people and its resistance to advertising has given it a more political edge: It’s more of a protest than a party, and straight people tend not to go.  But it is teetering on the edge of becoming a victim of its internal politics.  Since Hamas …

End of the rainbow: Pride’s fall can’t come soon enough

Is Pride flopping? This parti-coloured celebration of all things LGBTQIA+ started half a century ago as an afternoon’s little march for lesbians and gay men. Then it became a day, then a week, then a month, and now it spreads throughout the summer, accompanied by all manner of feast days and ‘visibility’ events. Its expansion

Word of the Week: How 'pride' shifted from vice to a symbol of LGBTQ empowerment

The word pride has shifted over the millennia, from being first used to describe one of the seven deadly sins in Roman Catholic theology to becoming a global symbol for LGBTQ strength and empowerment.

What Do All the Pride Flags Mean?

Red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, indigo, violet… chartreuse? With Pride month comes many celebrations and marches in support of the LGBTQ Community and the many symbols and flags that have […] The post What Do All the Pride Flags Mean? appeared first on QBurgh.

BLK ALERTS - Word of the Week: How ‘pride’ shifted from vice to a symbol of LGBTQ empowerment

The word pride has shifted over the millennia, from being first used to describe one of the seven deadly sins in Roman Catholic theology to becoming a global symbol for LGBTQ strength and empowerment. (Image credit: Kamil Krzaczynski)