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News Articles: Series: Pride Month

Target confirmed that it won't be carrying its LGBTQ+ merchandise for Pride month this June in some stores after the discount retailer received backlash last year. Here, Pride month merchandise is displayed at a Target store in Nashville, Tenn, in May 2023.

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  • Business

Target scales back on its LGBTQ+ merchandise ahead of Pride Month 2024

In a statement to NPR, a spokesperson for the retail giant says it is committed to supporting the LGBTQ+ community year-round, not only during the month of June.

May 15, 2024
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
In a video posted to TikTok and Instagram, trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney described the months of fear and bullying she has encountered amid backlash to her sponsorship from Bud Light.

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  • Business

In a new video, Dylan Mulvaney says Bud Light never reached out to her amid backlash

Mulvaney, a trans influencer, says she waited for things to get better: "But surprise! They haven't really." Sales of the beer tanked after conservatives blasted Bud Light's sponsorship.

June 30, 2023
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Bud Light sales fell earlier this year after a promotion featuring a transgender social-media influencer led to boycott calls from conservative groups.

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  • Analysis

How the Bud Light boycott shows brands at a crossroads: Use their voice, or shut up?

Large companies have played the role of activists and been one of the biggest countervailing forces against social and religious conservatives on LGBTQ measures. All that is at stake now.

June 28, 2023
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By:
  • Pallavi Gogoi
The Pittsburgh Pride parade, celebrating 50 years of Pittsburgh Pride, crosses the Andy Warhol Bridge from downtown Pittsburgh on June 3. Longtime Pride sponsors have come under attack by conservatives for their LGBTQ-friendly marketing.

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  • Business

How companies can build trust with the LGBTQ+ community — during Pride and beyond

Target, The North Face, Bud Light and others are facing backlash for pro-LGBTQ+ campaigns. Some have stood fast, others stumbled. Experts say consistency and intentionality are key to true support.

June 15, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Pride month merchandise is displayed at the front of a Target store in Hackensack, N.J., last month. The company pulled certain LGBTQ+ merchandise from its stores nationwide ahead of Pride month after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers.

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  • Business

LGBTQ+ creatives rely on Pride Month income. This year, they're feeling the pinch

Brands are rethinking how they nod to Pride after recent boycotts against companies that signal LGBTQ+ support. Influencers who work with brands for Pride now say they're seeing fewer opportunities.

June 13, 2023
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  • Emma Bowman
D'Arcy Drollinger, the country's first drag laureate, poses with the Pride flag outside San Francisco City Hall on June 2, 2023.

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  • Arts & Life

Nation's first 'drag laureate' kicks off Pride in San Francisco

A nightclub owner, artist and newly elected government official is joining Pride festivities as other U.S. cities consider appointing drag laureates.

June 12, 2023
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  • Chloe Veltman
Members and supporters of the LGBTQ community march during the Pride in the Park event in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, on Saturday. Law enforcement said members of a far-right group were arrested for planning to riot near the march.

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  • National

A far-right plan to riot near an Idaho LGBTQ event heightens safety concerns at Pride

With Pride events scheduled throughout the month of June, organizers in multiple cities say the arrests in Coeur d'Alene have put safety back at the top of their agendas.

June 15, 2022
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  • Becky Sullivan

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  • Books

8 books to celebrate Pride Month

From books about the history of AIDS activism and affecting personal narratives to cozy mysteries and plenty of romance, we've rounded up eight books to help you mark Pride Month.

June 07, 2022
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  • Fi O'Reilly
Kataluna Enriquez will be the first openly transgender Miss USA contestant after her historic win in the Miss Nevada USA pageant.

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  • National

2021 Miss Nevada Will Be The First Openly Transgender Miss USA Contestant

After her historic win as Miss Nevada USA, Kataluna Enriquez will compete in the national pageant in November.

July 03, 2021
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  • Josie Fischels and
  • Sarah McCammon
After years of feeling shame about their gender identity, Ian Morton says they turned to conceptual self-portraiture as a way to understand pride.

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  • Photography

I Was Told To Hide My Gender Nonconformity. My Photography Helped Me Break Free

When a therapist asked what pride means to them, non-conforming/nonbinary photographer Ian Morton didn't know what to say. They turned to photography to help find an answer.

June 30, 2021
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  • Ian Morton
Dancers take the stage at a Pride event in West Hollywood, Calif., on June 8, 2019.

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  • National

Photos: Pride And Queer Stories Through The Lens Of Black Women Photographers

Love. Freedom. Truth. These some of the ways Black Women Photographers members describe Pride Month. Here, they share images of past Pride celebrations or projects focusing on LGBTQ stories.

June 28, 2021
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  • Amna Ijaz and
  • Emily Bogle
"Last summer my mom ran into my girlfriend and me. I was quite worried. Then later that night my mom popped into my room and out of nowhere, told me that she accepts me for who I am, as long as I'm happy and healthy." — Kai Nguyen (queer nonbinary)

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  • Photography

A Photographer Explores Family, Acceptance And Being Queer In Vietnam

A lot of young queer people in Vietnam are comfortably out with everyone except their own parents. Photographer Kai Nguyen sets out to discover the nuances of those family relationships.

June 27, 2021
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  • Kai Nguyen
In a photo from March of last year, cars pass the illuminated Allianz Arena soccer stadium in Munich, Germany. UEFA has denied a request by the stadium to light up in rainbow colors Wednesday to protest a new Hungarian law seen as homophobic.

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  • Sports

German Stadiums Will Show Their Rainbow Colors To Support Hungary's LGBTQ Community

After a decision by UEFA to deny Munich's plan to light up its arena to protest a new Hungarian law seen as homophobic, other stadiums across the country said they would go ahead anyway.

June 23, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
An East Texas bakery initially faced backlash over its Pride Month-themed cookies, but is now selling out of its goods and gaining fans across the country. It's also receiving donations and passing them along to local charities.

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  • National

A Texas Bakery Got Hate Mail Over Pride Cookies. Then The Community Rallied Behind It

Confections bakery in Lufkin, Texas lost customers after posting a picture of its rainbow-iced Pride Month cookies. It's now being flooded with orders and donations, and paying them forward.

June 11, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
A man holds a U.S. and a rainbow flag outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2015, after the court legalized gay marriage nationwide.

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  • National

A Record Number Of Americans, Including Republicans, Now Support Same-Sex Marriage

The rise in support stems largely from a majority of Republicans, who for the first time back same-sex marriage at 55%, according to Gallup.

June 09, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
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