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Hundreds of thousands attend the world’s largest Pride parade in Brazil.

This year’s parade focused on Brazil’s national elections scheduled for October. The theme was ‘Power for the LGBT — Our Vote, Our Voice’. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Brazil’s largest city Sunday for its 22nd gay pride parade, which is considered one of the world’s biggest.

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How the Nazi regime’s pink triangle symbol was repurposed for LGBTQ Pride.

With LGBTQ Pride Month beginning June 1 — a month chosen to honor the history of activism epitomized by the Stonewall Riots of June 1969 — celebrants around the world will be getting ready for parades and other tributes. Symbols such as the rainbow flag and the pink triangle will abound; for example…

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Why we have LGBTQ Pride and not ‘Straight Pride’.

There is a level of social and systemic privilege not afforded to many members of the LGBTQ community in North America. Every time a month or week — or even a day — purporting to honor the achievements of a minority group starts, in storms some seldom-silent members of the majority with cries of “What about us?”

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50 LGBT Pride events to attend in every state.

Celebrate LGBTQ Pride with these fun events happening in all 50 states! The month of June is celebrated as Gay Pride Month, in which events all across the United States and around the world are held to recognize and celebrate the LGBTQ+  community.  

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Dear brands: Support for LGBT people should last all year.

It’s about that time of year again, when cities around the world are adorned in rainbows and play host to queer celebrations, parties, and parades. Our media becomes rife with advertisements showing pride, and many brands take every opportunity to remind us that they support LGBTQ+ people (read: consumers).

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A hot time at the first South Pole Pride.

This historic photo marks the very first time Pride has been celebrated at the South Pole. Eight hundred and fifty miles from the South Pole, ten employees at McMurdo Station, the United Station’s main Antarctic station, decided to take a photograph with the rainbow flag to celebrate LGBT Pride…