AvatarRefinery29AvatarAvatarThese Are The Best LGBTQ+ Movies On Netflix Right Nowverified_publisherRefinery29 - Molly HoranJune is Pride Month, a time that would usually see parades and celebrations in LGBTQ communities across the country. However, this year is a little different. In many places, festivities have been cancelled in light of the still-raging COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, many are taking to the streets, …
AvatarRefinery29AvatarAvatar10 Very Different Countries. 10 Very Different Rules For LGBTQ+ Individualsverified_publisherRefinery29 - Erika W. SmithOn May 24, 2019, same-sex couples in Taiwan registered their unions as the country’s historic new law legally recognizing same-sex marriages went into effect. On the same day, Kenya’s high court ruled to keep a law criminalizing same-sex sexual activity; Brazil’s high court ruled that homophobic …
AvatarRefinery29AvatarAvatarHow Did The Rainbow Become A Symbol Of Gay Pride?verified_publisherRefinery29 - Kasandra BrabawI'll never forget the day my 60-something-year-old grandmother grabbed a rainbow belt from the shelf at Spencer's, wrapped it around her waist, and shimmied her hips down the aisle. The image is hilarious enough on its own, but it's accompanied by the sheer mortification of my mom, who grabbed the …
AvatarRefinery29AvatarAvatarFrom Midnight Raids To Same-Sex Marriage: What's Changed In The 50 Years Since Stonewallverified_publisherRefinery29 - Arisa WhiteI began my education of LGBT history by reading Martin Duberman’s Stonewall as a high schooler, growing up in New York City in the 1990s. In these pages, I first learned about this galvanizing movement for equal rights when poor street queens, homeless queer teens, fags, dykes, and Latinx, Blacks, …
AvatarRefinery29AvatarAvatarThe Queer TV Renaissance Continues With "The L Word" Revivalverified_publisherRefinery29 - Kayla Kumari UpadhyayaWhen The L Word premiered on Showtime in 2004, it was the only television series explicitly about queer women and their love, sex, and professional lives. When it returns to the network this fall — a full decade after it departed — it will once again be the only television series explicitly about …
AvatarRefinery29AvatarAvatar6 LGBTQ+ People On What They Wish Their Workplaces Looked Likeverified_publisherRefinery29 - Ludmila LeivaMost of us will spend one-third of our adult life at work. And, for some, this is a scary thought. While navigating the workplace comes with its share of challenges for any professional, the difficulties are amplified for members of the LGBTQ+ community. For many queer professionals, the workplace …
AvatarRefinery29AvatarAvatarTrump Wants To Roll Back Your Rights? Not If Katie Hill Can Help Itverified_publisherRefinery29 - Natalie GontcharovaKatie Hill sinks into an armchair in her office in the Longworth House Building in Washington, D.C., facing the massive wooden door. Always facing the door is a habit the 31-year-old freshman Democratic congresswoman picked up from her dad Mike, a Republican police lieutenant back home in the Santa …
AvatarRefinery29AvatarAvatarFrom Stonewall To Pride 50: The History Of The Pride Paradeverified_publisherRefinery29 - Erika W. SmithThis year’s Pride celebrations mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, often considered the birth of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. The first Pride parade was held one year after Stonewall, meaning that although we’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stonewall this year, this will …
AvatarRefinery29AvatarAvatarThese Brands Are Offering Up Pride Fashion With A Capital Pverified_publisherRefinery29 - Mercedes VieraWelcome to Prideful, a month-long stretch where we celebrate our identities with pride and honor queer-owned brands, whether it’s fashion items that give us gender euphoria or our favorite queer-friendly sex toys. The last few years of Pride have marked everything from the 50th anniversary of the …
AvatarRefinery29AvatarAvatar9 Equality Tattoos That Show Love Is Love Is Love...verified_publisherRefinery29 - Samantha SassoThere's not one right way to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community during Pride month. Your participation plans could include walking in a glitter-soaked parade, attending safe-space conferences, or practicing the simple art of self-care. But if you're looking for a more permanent way to celebrate Pride, …
AvatarRefinery29AvatarAvatar54 Gender Identity Terms Every Ally Should Knowverified_publisherRefinery29 - Kasandra BrabawWe talk a lot about labels in the LGBTQ+ community. Ideally, we'd live in a world where everyone could exist as whatever gender they are without constantly having to explain or defend themselves. In a world like that, we might not have to put a name to a gender. But that's not where we're at right …
AvatarRefinery29AvatarAvatar25 Ways To Show Support For Pride Month — With Your Makeupverified_publisherRefinery29 - Mi-Anne ChanIn 1978, San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker created the iconic rainbow flag by dyeing and stitching eight pieces of fabric together — all by hand. "[The LGBTQ community] needed something beautiful, something from us," the late artist said in a 2015 interview with the Museum of Modern Art. "The …