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Shutterstock Click through for a deep look at the meaning and symbolism behind the demisexual flag – a powerful symbol of pride and visibility for the demisexual community.  source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/all-about-the-demisexual-flag/

Mattel It's actually the second Bowie doll that Mattel has released, and part of a growing number of dolls styled after LGBTQ celebrities. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/barbie-releasing-androgynous-david-bowie-inspired-doll/

“He completely bypassed how you’re supposed to handle things. This is the exact definition of censorship.” source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/connecticut-official-bans-rupaul-biography-library-one-dad-offended/

Shutterstock Queer critics mocked Putin's 2009 shirtless horseback riding photo for its narcissist and homoerotic undertones. Now other world leaders are laughing too. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/putin-calls-western-leaders-bodies-disgusting-mock-shirtless-horseback-photo/

Shutterstock As history has clearly shown, LGBTQ people who support the far-right Republican agenda are on a one-way path to self-destruction. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/lgbtq-republicans-similar-jews-hitler/

Shutterstock "You don't want to be paralyzed by this, you just want to exercise some care in the people you have close skin-to-skin contact with," Dr. Anthony Fauci said. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/biden-administration-distribute-million-vaccines-fight-monkeypox-outbreak/

U.S. Supreme Court/Steve Petteway After his retirement, the court will no longer be dominated by white men, but its conservative slant will be decidedly anti-LGBTQ. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/justice-stephen-breyer-will-officially-retire-tomorrow-leaving-lgbtq-rights-hanging-balance/

Shutt It "is a great victory for democracy, human rights and respect for people." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/polish-court-abolishes-4-lgbt-free-zones-citing-european-union-treaty/

Shutterstock If you identify as neither male nor female, you might be wondering if you are non-binary. Click through to learn more about what it means to be NB. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/know-non-binary/

Screenshot "Put aside the trans thing for a minute. I don’t need Disney to jump start the period conversation with my children," one person complained. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/conservatives-freak-disneys-baymax-shows-discussion-period-products-trans-flag/

MAYA MAKSIMOVA David Dodson had no doubts about the actor's abilities both on-screen and off - and he wasn't wrong. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/david-dodson-zelenskyy-auteur-history-making-director-talks-ukraine/

Screenshot Ken Paxton has long supported sodomy bans, saying they're necessary for "public health" and to "discourage sexual activity outside of marriage." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/texas-ag-willing-spearhead-supreme-court-case-criminalize-sodomy/

AFP via Getty Images Less than one percent of criminal defendants in Russia are acquitted, a fact that looms heavy as the out WNBA player's trial is set to start on Friday. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/brittney-griner-gets-vote-support-congress-russian-trial-looms/

U.S. Supreme Court Clarence Thomas wants the Supreme Court to reconsider allowing same-sex marriages, but not its decision allowing interracial marriages. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/gay-connecticut-supreme-court-justice-slams-clarence-thomas-sex-marriage-hypocrisy/

Erika Nizborski Outfest Los Angeles wanted to see more queer representation on the Hollywood Walk of Fame – and did something about it. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/inside-story-john-waters-got-star-hollywood-walk-fame/

Shutterstock “At what point is a girl ‘too tall’ … ‘too strong,’ ‘too good,’ ‘too fast,’ ‘too masculine’ to then be accused of being transgender?” one trans athlete asked. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/german-soccer-organization-lifts-ban-trans-athletes/

"I love you," his son said, "and not a lot of fathers would be willing to have this conversation with their son." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/judge-greg-mathis-message-love-closeted-gay-son-new-show/

Screenshot “As soon as the cops started running, everyone started running.” source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/san-francisco-pride-erupts-chaos-someone-maces-crowd/

Screenshot “The only flag that should be up there is that American flag!" source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/rightwing-news-anchor-flips-pride-flag-profanity-filled-rant/

Gage Skidmore/via Wikipedia Donald Trump smiled while the crowd cheered the woman who has previously praised Hitler. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/gop-congresswoman-says-abortion-ban-victory-white-life-trump-rally/

Associated Press Dozens of states still have constitutional bans on same-sex marriage and 15 still have sodomy laws waiting to be revived. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/never-repealed-laws-banning-sex-marriage-sodomy-now-ticking-time-bomb/

Screenshot “You’re putting so much more pressure on yourself because you can’t just be yourself.” source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/texas-rugby-player-shares-inspiring-story-irl-bans-trans-women/

Walt Disney Pictures We don’t need more lone heroes. We need more communities working together. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/time-rewrite-heroic-storytelling/

Shutterstock Asexuality is a spectrum, and the ace flag is designed to represent all of those experiences. Click through to learn more about the asexual pride flag and its meaning. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/asexual-pride-flag/

Shutterstock Queer folks with hearing disabilities face a curious mix of discrimination and acceptance. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/difficult-queer-hearing-disability/

(Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/ Getty Images) People worldwide protested the Supreme Court's decision to strip women of their constitutional rights. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/pic-week-protests-rock-nation-abortion-rights-overturned-activist-supreme-court/

Shutterstock Boston Pride disbanded last year, but local community members have brought Pride back to the community without all the big corporate sponsors and lavish parade floats. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/boston-pride-returns-community/

Michael Jensen What if I told you there was a brewing movement where Americans and Western Europeans are starting to adopt an extremely minimalistic lifestyle, eschewing personal possessions and dramatically reducing their carbon footprint? source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/can-please-stop-nomad-hate/

Shutterstock Every American who wants to vote needs to be able to do so. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/need-pride-month-equal-access-ballot/

A group of teenagers swooped in to save the day, leaving the queen to declare, "He had a megaphone, but I had a family." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/religious-kook-rushed-stage-scream-drag-queen-didnt-get-response-expected/

He honors his late husband every Pride. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/pride-pictures-honor-mark/

Toronto Star via Getty Images After a month of indulgence, food that will rebalance and restore—or at least make you feel that way. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/nigella-lawsons-restorative-templefood-need-celebrating-pride/

Shutterstock Sex outside of marriage and homosexuality are both illegal in the country. FIFA ignored the outcry from the LGBTQ community. Now it's too late. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/single-straight-world-cup-fans-shocked-discover-can-go-jail-qatar-sex/

Shutterstock "If you want to see an error in judgment, Clarence Thomas, look in the mirror," said the lead plaintiff in the case that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/jim-obergefell-slams-supreme-courts-threat-overturn-sex-marriage-rights-roe/

CSPAN screenshot Conservative attorneys general have already promised to fight the changes in court. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/bidens-proposed-title-xi-changes-will-help-fight-republican-transgender-sports-bans/

Shutterstock Individuals who feel little to no romantic attraction to anyone are known as aromantic. Click here to learn more about this part of the LGBTQ community and its unique flag. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/what-is-the-aromantic-flag/

Shutterstock The Progress Pride Flag is slowly being adopted as the new flag for the LGBTQ community. But what makes this new flag different from the six-color rainbow flag that we know and love? source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/progress-pride-flag/

Screenshot This isn't the first time that Greene has been accused of inciting violence against a Democratic Congress member. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/dem-congressman-blames-marjorie-taylor-greene-threat-kill-three-children/

Shutterstock The modern LGBTQ equality movement was born as a protest and a fight against police violence. We're still fighting the system today. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/lgbtq-people-protected-served-criminal-justice-system/

Shutterstock Latina bisexuals have it worst. They earn, on average, 50 cents on the dollar. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/lgbtq-women-make-dramatically-less-money-average-men/

YouTube screenshot The bill follows a Republican blatantly untrue narrative that children are being forced to transition against their will. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/republicans-want-let-unsupportive-parents-sue-doctors-treat-transgender-children/

Cases of meningococcal disease in Florida are exploding and seven men have already died. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/cdc-reports-one-worst-meningitis-outbreaks-among-gay-bisexual-men-u-s-history/

Kendall Warner With a new vehemently anti-LGBTQ president, the school started by televangelist Jerry Falwell has become even more unfriendly to queer students. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/liberty-university-already-hostile-lgbtq-students-quiet-change-rules-make-worse/

Richard Drew/AP It will be the first LGBTQ visitor center within the National Park Service's network of public parks and monuments. The funders are a who's-who of queer celebs and LGBTQ-friendly corporations. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/national-park-service-will-open-lgbtq-history-visitors-center-next-stonewall-inn/

Denver Post via Getty Images "Colorado has become a mini‐Nevada for homosexual couples,” said the New York Times breathlessly reported at the time. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/pioneering-county-clerk-issued-first-sex-marriage-licenses-1975-died/

Paramount+ While drag as Americans know it may have only existed for a decade in India, the history of gender subversion goes way back and the audience may be as important as the performers. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/indias-drag-scene-nothing-like-americas-heres-different/

Screenshot “I felt very unsafe. I felt my life was in danger," she said about the sticker put on her sign. She forgot about the time she vandalized Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's office and terrorized her staff during her crusade to paint herself as a victim. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/marjorie-taylor-greene-rails-doj-wont-prosecute-people-put-stickers-anti-trans-sign/

Isaac Schneider Whether you want a timeless bop or a power ballad that’ll get you in your feelings, these artists have got you covered. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/6-queer-musicians-add-pride-playlist-immediately/

Shutterstock "If I can't trust you to catch a Saturday call outside of business hours, how can I trust you to actually be negotiating on my wife's behalf to come home?" Brittney's wife Cherelle said. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/brittney-griners-wife-zero-trust-government-help-free-russian-prison/

As an accomplished weightlifter and personal trainer, transgender athlete Angel Joy Flores understands how fitness can help others find their power. “Sports and strength have carried me to where I am now,” Flores said. “Alongside my support systems and my family, I always knew that I could move, I could train, I could coach. Keeping […] source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/authentic-voices-of-pride/angel-joy-flores-fighting-world-young-trans-athletes-can-chase-dreams/

Shutterstock If you’ve heard of the terms “gender-neutral” and “non-binary,” you might wonder what makes being genderfluid different. Click through to learn what it means! source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/what-does-genderfluid-mean/

Kevin Lowery A record-breaking 104 LGBTQ candidates have mounted campaigns for House or Senate seats this year. These nine are the cream of the crop. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/9-queer-candidates-congress-good-chance-winning/

Screenshot Greene has called Black Lives Matter "terrorists" and LGBTQ people "child predators." But her husband's recent investments suggest that they're perfectly willing to cash in companies profiting from diversity outreach. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/marjorie-taylor-greenes-husband-quietly-invested-295k-pro-lgbtq-pro-blm-companies/

Shutterstock Teaching had become too toxic: the grotesque, steady, virulent stream of public rhetoric aimed at LGBTQ, disabled, Black, and brown people had overflowed into my own life. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/left-job-teaching-year/

Twitter/@govhawaii This isn't the first time Gov. David Ige signed pro-LGBTQ bills into law. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/hawaiis-governor-signs-3-pro-lgbtq-bills-law-pride-month/

Shutterstock The AIDS crisis set the table for cannabis legalization in America. For the burgeoning cannabis industry, Pride Month is more than just rainbow capitalism. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/getting-stoned-part-lgbtq-history-kept-us-alive/

He and his partner have never been prouder. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/pride-pictures-canadian-pride/

Shutterstock “If you go through male puberty you should not be able to take medals away from females. Period,” Jenner snidely tweeted. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/caitlyn-jenner-applauds-ban-trans-swimmers-elite-womens-competitions/

YouTube screenshot Arizona Republican Kari Lake says drag queens are a threat to children. A local queen is calling her out and sharing the receipts (with photos!) source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/republican-wants-ban-kids-drag-shows-hosted-drag-parties-home-kids/

Under the principles, endorsed by Peter Thiel, the federal government could overrule local government to restore "order" in the face of "immorality." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/conservative-think-tank-aims-make-u-s-fascist-theocracy/

Screenshot Ken Paxton tried, yet again, to score political points by attacking queer kids. The judge told him to mind his own damned business. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/judge-tells-texas-attorney-general-stay-trans-lawsuit-no-one-wants/

Shutterstock The state party calls homosexuality “an abnormal lifestyle choice" and accuses LGBTQ people of "grooming" children. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/texas-gop-adopts-shockingly-explicit-anti-lgbtq-party-platform/

ABC News, Screenshot After years spent telling Republicans that LGBTQ rights aren't important and mocking the community, the group was surprised to find out that the Party listened to them. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/gay-republican-group-banned-gop-convention/

After a life spent fighting, she wasn't willing to take it any longer. And this time, she won. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/landmark-settlement-grants-transgender-senior-respect-deserves/

We assumed the area was an enclave for the rich — a sort of Italian Aspen, or maybe like Monaco. It turns out we were wrong, mostly in ways that delighted us. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/7-surprising-things-lake-como-italy/

Provided Finding the right adoption path can be a challenge. This was how we did it and what we learned. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/today-first-fathers-day-heres-learned-journey-adoption/

Screenshot Bob Parlin came out in 1992 and has since made history by creating a safe space for LGBTQ students in schools. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/teacher-created-first-public-school-gay-straight-alliance-retires/

Shutterstock "They’re barring me from playing. They’re breaching human rights instead of allowing inclusion.” source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/trans-athlete-new-zealand-denied-entry-womens-darts-tournament/

Shutterstock Coming to terms with pride, in all its iterations, has been a journey independent of the one I went on to come out. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/celebrated-pride-religious-parents-taught-pride-sin/

Twitter user @VixusFoxy LGBTQ folks can not only take a joke, we can make them, too. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/week-lgbtq-twitter-queer-trans-folks-cope-comedy/

NHS "As I come to the door usually I get 'what are you?' It's really not okay." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/transgender-paramedic-abused-spit/

Shutterstock “I hope that if the library sees this there will really be no point in banning LGBTQ books and so they won’t actually do it." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/10-year-old-creates-free-library-offering-lgbtq-books-fight-book-bans/

Knit the Rainbow has partnered with Lion Brand Yarn to help homeless LGBTQ youth all year round. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/knitters-helping-homeless-lgbtq-youth-know-pride-longer-month/

Shutterstock Many nonbinary figures in our history have had a strong impact, and yet they are glossed over in history class. Click through to learn about three nonbinary people in history. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/3-badass-nonbinary-people-history-challenged-social-norms/

Jerame Davis Exclusive photos from inside the White House spotlight the President's commitment to LGBTQ rights. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/pic-week-inside-white-house-pride-reception/

For Marie Lewis, Pride has always been and will continue to be a protest. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/pride-pictures-reminder-pride-started-protest/

Mugshot The man was arrested after he said, "Be ready for God’s wrath" and "a lot of bodies" if a drag queen performed at his daughter's school. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/man-threatened-show-kill-somebody-drag-queens-performed-kids-school/

Shutterstock After national backlash, Ohio Republicans are going to try to pass a trans sports ban without forced genital inspections. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/ohio-gop-leader-remove-genital-inspections-trans-sports-ban-get-passed/

MSNBC screenshot "This is unbelievable. This is not normal. She shouldn’t be allowed to joke this away," one Republican said of Attorney General Dana Nessel. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/republicans-freak-michigan-ag-jokes-drag-queen-every-school/

Shutterstock “The last time I checked, most toys are kind of androgynous. They're usually without genitalia.” source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/ted-cruz-pouts-disney-lesbian-toys/

Shutterstock Wondering what the polyamorous flag looks like? Or why it looks like that? Here's everything you need to know about the flag, its colors, and its symbolism. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/polyamorous-flag-look-like/