Business & Money · June 1, 2023
Walmart Stands Firm on LGBTQ Merchandise Amidst Target's Backlash
Walmart reaffirms commitment to LGBTQ merchandise amidst controversy. #Walmart #LGBTQ #PrideMonth
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Culture · May 15
Unveiling the LGBTQ+ Renaissance: The Powerful Rise of Gay Excellence Amid Political Backlash
A Renaissance of #GayExcellence is here, defying an anti-LGBTQ+ political landscape. #PrideMonth
Film · May 11
Queer Animated Film "Nimona" Set to Heat Up Netflix This Pride Month
Queer animated film #Nimona sizzles on Netflix this June 🌈✨ #PrideMonth
Business & Money · Apr 10
Anheuser-Busch faces backlash over partnership with transgender influencer and Pride-themed Bud Light cans
Anheuser-Busch faces transphobic backlash after partnering with a transgender influencer and releasing limited edition Pride-themed Bud Light cans featuring various pronouns. #AnheuserBusch #BudLight #LGBTQ
Politics · Jul 6
Turkish police teargas Pride march in Ankara, detain 36
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish police used teargas and pepper spray to halt an LGBTQ+ Pride march in the capital Ankara on Tuesday, detaining at least 36 people after authorities banned such marches in cities across the cou…
Activism · Jul 3
Watch: More than a million pack London's streets for Pride parade
LONDON (Reuters) - More than a million people flocked to central London on Saturday for a record-breaking 50th-anniversary Pride parade. The three-hour-long parade, headed by veterans of the LGBT movement who took part…
Article · Jun 28
Norway police seek delay to Pride events after gay bar shooting
OSLO, June 27 (Reuters) - Norwegian police said on Monday all Pride events across the country should be delayed, citing security concerns after a deadly weekend rampage by a gunman at a gay bar in Oslo. Police had initi…
Law & Courts · Jun 27
Turkish police prevent Istanbul Pride from going ahead
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police blocked hundreds of people from gathering for Istanbul's annual Pride parade on Sunday and detained dozens after local authorities banned the march from going ahead again this year. T…
Politics · Jun 27
Abortion ruling casts cloud over usual cheer at U.S. Pride parades
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -People attending Pride celebrations hosted by LGBTQ+ communities across the United States this weekend expressed outrage at the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional r…
Politics · Jun 26
Thousands unite in Polish, Ukrainian LGBT+ parades in Warsaw
WARSAW (Reuters) - Thousands of Poles and Ukrainians are walking for peace and demanding an end to discrimination against the LGBT+ community on Saturday, in a joint Pride march in Warsaw that organisers say aims to def…
Culture · Jun 23
LGBTQ+ Nigerians celebrate Pride month in defiance of anti-gay law
ILORIN, Nigeria, June 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Y ouTuber Victor Emmanuel knows first-hand how tough life is for people who are openly gay in Nigeria, where LGBTQ+ relationships and even same-sex displays of aff…
Politics · Jun 18
Biden seeks to counter ‘legislative attacks’ on LGBTQ rights
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden issued an executive order Wednesday to stymie what what his administration calls discriminatory legislative attacks on the LGBTQ community by Republican-controlled states, declaring…
Politics · Aug 23
Library worker: Candidate was irate over gay books display
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. (AP) — A staffer at a southwestern Wisconsin library says a Republican congressional candidate threatened her over a gay pride display. Kerrigan Trautsch, a page at the Prairie du Chien Memorial L…
LGBTQ Rights · Jun 29
Venezuelan activists say there is little to celebrate this Pride month
CARACAS, June 28 (Reuters) - Activists in Venezuela say there is little to celebrate this LGBTI Pride month, which they say is behind in South America on legislation protecting members of the LGBTI community. Venezuela…