When Drew de Pinto first learned about the Compton’s Cafeteria riot—in which a diner in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district erupted in fighting between a group of trans women and the police—the filmmaker was immediately intrigued. The history of that uprising had been largely lost and forgotten. Drawing on the work of the historian Susan Stryker, … Read more
Cason Crane, founder of Explorer Cold Brew, was “indoctrinated with a very strong sense of adventure from an early age,” he tells Entrepreneur. Both of his parents instilled that passion in him, but Crane credits his late mother, Isabella de la Houssaye, as “the ringleader” who inspired him to travel to more than 100 countries, … Read more
A year after Target pulled Humankind’s inclusive swimwear from its shelves, the brand’s founder and chief executive officer Haily Marzullo is disappointed about the chain’s scaled-back plans for Pride. Last year Humankind’s “tuck-in” swimwear bottom caused ire among some and led to Target removing that and select other Pride merchandise from its stores. Other Pride-related … Read more
Annapolis, Md. might not be the largest, oldest, or boldest Pride parade, but organizers have secured some top-shelf talent. Fashion designer Christian Siriano will be returning to his hometown on June 1 to act as grand marshal of this year’s parade. Millions know him from his social media reach and for dressing celebrities like Zendaya, … Read more
The natural world is full of gender diversity: female hyenas have pseudo penises used for sex and urination, many species of fish and plants change their sex over their lifespan, and female lions have been known to grow manes and develop a masculine growl. Those are among many examples in a new episode of CBC’s The Nature … Read more
DC Pride is back for another year of celebrating the publisher’s LGBTQ+ characters and creators. The monthlong initiative began back in 2021 and since then has brought awareness to the LGBTQ+ community’s best and brightest creators, heroes, and villains. This year will be no different with DC bringing one of its biggest lineups to date. … Read more
Unreserved53:492SLGBTQ+ Love Songs When Melody McKiver came across a collection of Indigenous love songs transcribed by anthropologists in the early 1900s, the title of one stood out to her: I Don’t Need You Anymore. “Our ancestors had breakup songs too,” said McKiver, an assistant professor of Indigenous music at the University of Manitoba who is … Read more
