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Organizers are calling it the “World’s Largest All-Girl Wedding & Renewal Ceremony” (aka. Bride Pride), a massive wedding vows ceremony planned for St. Petersburg Pride next February. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) will not be on the guest list. Officiating will be everybody’s favorite lesbian actress, activist and one-time NYC mayoral candidate, Cynthia Nixon, who swaps “Miranda” for “minister” in her role as “Reverend-for-the-Day” at the giant event. “Imagine standing beside hundreds of women simultaneously declaring their never-ending love for one another beneath the stunning February skies of sunny St. Pete,” the event’s call to couple-up reads. “It’s big. It’s bold. It’s an unforgettable moment.” Bride […]

Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, “Play Catch With a Dad” has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started the sessions in 2019 in his hometown of York, Pennsylvania, at their Unity Fest, inspired in part by “Free Mom Hugs.” Now Piermatteo is joined by scores of dads — most of them straight like him — at as many Pride events across the country. The latest are Pride Nights at MLB games. After a Pride Night at Wrigley Field in Chicago last year, the group was invited to play catch at ten Major League games […]

Shannon Minter, legal director for the newly rechristened National Center for LGBTQ Rights (NCLR), is once again, under a second Trump administration, confronting an avalanche of anti-LGBTQ+ law, policy, and rhetoric set off by the White House. Eight years ago, Minter led efforts by NCLR and GLAD in the first of four lawsuits to challenge Trump’s first ban on transgender service members in the military. Within weeks, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a preliminary injunction that put a temporary halt to the discriminatory policy, which lasted almost two years. President Joe Biden restored trans military service before the Supreme […]