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🇬🇷 Thessaloniki Pride was Fun 🏳️🌈
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Did you know that we have a bisexual woman to thank for pride as we celebrate it today?
Brenda Howard was a bisexual, Jewish and polyamorous feminist activist. She is also known as the Mother of Pride.
Friends with many inside the Stonewall Inn the night of the uprising, Howard created a one-month Stonewall anniversary rally in July 1969. Then, one year after Stonewall, she coordinated the one-year anniversary of the Christopher Street Liberation Day march.
She originated the idea for a week-long series of events around Pride Day which became the genesis of the annual LGBT Pride celebrations now held worldwide.
Without her, pride as we know it wouldn't exist.
She also campaigned heavily for LGBTQ+ rights in general, as well as women’s rights, national healthcare, equal treatment for POC, rights for those affected by AIDS.
“She was an in-your-face activist,” Nelson said in 2014. “She fought for anyone who had their rights trampled on.”
Howard was arrested while participating in her activist work multiple times. Her friend Marla Stevens remembered one particular jail time fondly. In 1991, Howard was protesting with ACT-UP in Atlanta because a lesbian staffer in the state attorney general’s office was fired due to Georgia’s sodomy laws. Stevens and Howard were thrown in jail, later “reading steamy novels aloud to the assembled grrlz and being as much of a pain in the rear as possible so they'd not want to hold us any longer than absolutely necessary,” Stevens wrote.
While she was undoubtedly an accomplished activist, some of the work closest to her heart was in the bi community.
Howard was a constant champion for bi inclusion in early LGBTQ+ activism. She successfully lobbied for the inclusion of bisexuality in the 1993 March on Washington, at a time when the movement was focused primarily on gay men and lesbians.
The next time someone asks you why LGBT Pride marches exist or why Gay Pride Month is June tell them "A bisexual woman named Brenda Howard thought it should be."
- Tom Limoncelli
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Members and allies of Ottawa's 2SLGBTQ+ community came out in droves on Friday night to march in support of trans rights.
Members and allies of Ottawa's 2SLGBTQ+ community came out in droves on Friday night to march in support of trans rights. The overarching message of the evening was a reminder that Pride is inherently political. "We are organizing to remind folks that we're human, that we deserve rights, and that ... our freedom and equality actually creates a better Canada for everybody," said Fae Johnstone, one of the organizers of the march.
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Pride March, New York City, June 28th, 2026.
"Lesbians Against Police Violence" in Gay Freedom Day Parade // june 24, 1983 (Photo by Roger Ressmeyer/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images [i found it on pinterest!])
Before the month ends, timbern in pride month 💕🏳️🌈
Today is Pride in London and BTS are also in London
Just saying.
I honestly think it could be possible for them to attend something like this. I know there's a crossover with the fandom but there are thousands and thousands of other people at Pride - people who probably have no idea who BTS is, and absolutely no clue about who the members are. And everyone is so focused on the parade, they could really hide in plain sight.
Queer people being queer in public is a wonderful thing to behold
And while I know they probably won't take the risk, I do hope they feel the electric atmosphere and see the huge community of queer folk all around them.
The vibe is high indeed
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