Jaguars strength ach is first male ach a major US-based pro league to e out as gay - The Boston Globe

Contents:

• GAY POSTERS
• GENEVA COLLEGE ALLEGEDLY FIR GAY SOCCER ACH AFTER INSTAGRAM POSTS ABOUT CLIVENS
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
• JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH IS FIRST MALE ACH A MAJOR US-BASED PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
• PRI FLAGS 101: EVERYTHG YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GAY, TRANS, AND OTHER PRI FLAGS
• HOW TO CELEBRATE PRI MONTH ON SOCIAL MEDIABY JORDAN D'AMI•UPDATED ON JUNE 1, 2023•7 MUTE READA LIST OF ACTNABLE WAYS TO CELEBRATE PRI 2023.PUBLISHED JUNE 1, 2023SHARECONTENTSI NAV TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTNWHAT PRI IS REALLY ABOUTWHAT DO LGBTQIA+ MEAN?HOW TO ACKNOWLEDGE& CELEBRATE PRI ON SOCIAL MEDIASOCIAL MEDIA FOR PRI: DOS AND DON’TSSHAREEVERY JUNE, QUEER PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD REGNIZE AND CELEBRATE PRI MONTH, A TIME FOR THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY TO EMBRACE WHO THEY ARE, CELEBRATE THEIR ACPLISHMENTS, AND REFLECT ON THEIR STGGL — PAST AND PRENT.PRI MONTH IS ALSO A TIME FOR ALLI — RPORATE AND DIVIDUAL — TO SHOW UP FOR THE MUNY, AND ONE WAY TO DO SO IS WH THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA.FOR BRANDS AND SMALL BS, GIV THEM THE OPPORTUNY TO RAISE AWARENS, PASS THE MIC, AND CULTIVATE IMPACTFUL CHANGE.IN THIS BLOG POST, CREATOR AND ENTREPRENR JORDAN D'AMI SHAR ACTNABLE WAYS — CLUDG DOS AND DON'TS — TO CELEBRATE PRI ON SOCIAL MEDIA 2023. TABLE OF CONTENTSWHAT PRI IS REALLY ABOUTWHAT DO LGBTQIA+ MEAN?HOW TO ACKNOWLEDGE& CELEBRATE PRI ON SOCIAL MEDIASOCIAL MEDIA FOR PRI: DOS AND DON’TSNEVER MISS A TREND AGAJO OVER 1 LN MARKETERS TO GET SOCIAL NEWS, TRENDS, AND TIPS RIGHT TO YOUR BOX!EMAIL ADDRSWHAT PRI IS REALLY ABOUTPRI IS MORE THAN JT A PARA THAT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR.IN FACT, IS EPLY ENTRENCHED THE QUEER LIBERATN MOVEMENT — ONE OF THE MOST FAMO EVENTS BEG THE STONEWALL RTS BACK JUNE 1969. FED UP WH POLICE PERSECUTN AND MANDG TO LIVE OPENLY AND EELY AS THEIR TE SELV, MEMBERS OF THE QUEER MUNY BEGAN TO MONSTRATE AT THE STONEWALL INN GREENWICH VILLAGE NEW YORK CY.THE STONEWALL RTS WEREN’T THE FIRST MONSTRATN, HOWEVER. THE FIGHT FOR QUEER LIBERATN HAS BEEN A LONG ONE THAT NTU EVEN TODAY, WH EARLIER ACTS OF PROTT AND RISTANCE LED BY BLACK AND BROWN TRANS WOMEN.PRI MARKS AN OCSN TO REMD EVERYONE OF THE VLENCE AND STGGL QUEER PEOPLE HAVE ENDURED OVER THE YEARS (EVEN MORE SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE BLACK, INDIGENO, AND PEOPLE OF LOR).FYI: LATER IS A SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT PLATFORM ED BY OVER 7M BRANDS AND CREATORS — AND ALL QUALIFIED NON-PROF ANIZATNS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A 50% DISUNT. GET ALL THE TAILS AND APPLY HERE.WHAT DO LGBTQIA+ MEAN?LGBTQIA+ IS AN IALISM THAT STANDS FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER/QUTNG, INTERSEX, AND ASEXUAL. THE “PL” NOT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE QUEER MUNY WHOSE INTY ISN’T NECSARILY REFLECTED WH THE LETTERS.OTHER VARIATNS DO EXIST, HOWEVER.IN CANADA, ’S MON TO E 2SLGBTQ+, TAKG TO NSIRATN INDIGENO TWO-SPIR PEOPLE.HOW TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE PRI MONTH ON SOCIAL MEDIA 2023PRI MONTH ISN’T THE ONLY TIME A BRAND SHOULD REGNIZE THE QUEER MUNY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IN REALY, BRANDS SHOULD BE PUTTG MONEY AND MARKETG EFFORTS TOWARDS VISIBLE REPRENTATN JUNE… ADDN TO EFFORTS YEAR-ROUND. DO YOU CLU QUEER FOLKS YOUR MARKETG MPAIGNS BEYOND PRI?DO YOU HAVE TERNAL PRACTIC ENSURG QUEER PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS FEEL SAFE AND WELE AT YOUR WORKPLACE?THE ARE ALL QUTNS TO NSIR, AND WHEN YOU ARE READY TO PLAN A PRI MPAIGN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, KEEP THE TIPS MD: EDUTE YOURSELF AND YOUR COMMUNYCOLLABORATE WH LGBTQIA+ CREATORS YEAR-ROUNDAMPLIFY QUEER-FOCED ORGANIZATNS#1: EDUTE YOURSELF AND YOUR COMMUNY FIRSTMARKETG IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR TG, ADVOTG, AND RAISG AWARENS.HOWEVER, OFTENTIM, THOSE WHO MAKE MARKETG CISNS DO SO BASED ON WHAT REFLECTS THEIR OWN INTY.SO, ’S CCIAL THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE TED ON THE STGGL THE QUEER MUNY FAC TO ENSURE YOU’RE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY ADVOTE THROUGH YOUR NTENT.ADDNALLY, “PASSG THE MIC” TO A QUEER PERSON TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE AND TE YOUR DIENCE IS AN OPPORTUNY TO GO A STEP FURTHER.THAT SAID, SHARG PERSONAL EXPERIENC N BE A HEAVY TASK, SO REMEMBER TO AQUATELY PENSATE THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WH FOR THEIR TIME, ENERGY, AND LABOR.#2: COLLABORATE WH LGBTQIA+ CREATORS YEAR-ROUNDAS A BRAND, ’S IMPORTANT TO REGNIZE THE TERSECTNAL INTI EXISTG WH THE QUEER MUNY. PARTNERG WH DIVERSE CREATORS GIV YOUR BRAND A CHANCE TO BETTER REFLECT THE WORLD WE LIVE AND MONSTRATE YOUR MMENT TO AMPLIFYG MARGALIZED VOIC BEYOND WHAT MIGHT BE NSIRED MORE “PALATABLE."EVERY CREATOR HAS THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVE THAT ADDS EVEN MORE LAYERS OF UNRSTANDG AND VALUE FOR YOUR DIENCE.HERE ARE 10 SPIRG LGBTQIA+ FLUENCERS TO FOLLOW, WORK WH, AND LEARN OM: JAMIE OF @JTJAMIEP: JAMIE IS A NTENT CREATOR, ON-AIR FASHN EXPERT, AND TRANS ACTIVIST WH OVER 250K FOLLOWERS ON TIKTOK.KAIRYN POTTS OF @OHKAIRYN: KAIRYN IS A TWO-SPIR NTENT CREATOR AND MEMBER OF THE NAKOTA SUX NATN. HE HIS PLATFORM TO RAISE AWARENS OF INDIGENO ISSU AND TE OTHERS ABOUT HIS CULTURE.KAYLA LOGAN OF @KAYLALOGANBLOG: KAYLA IS A PL-SIZE, BODY-POSIVE CREATOR WHO FOC ON REALISTIC NVERSATNS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH, FAT LIBERATN, FASHN, AND NFINCE.DEXTER MAYFIELD OF @XRATED: DEXTER IS A PL-SIZE MOL AND DANCER WHO'S WORKED WH THE LIK OF JENNIFER LOPEZ, KATY PERRY, AND TAYLOR SWIFT.KRYSTIAN OF @KRYSTIAN_GABRIELLE: KRYSTIAN IS A MOTHER OF TWO WHO SHAR SNAPSHOTS OF HER DAILY LIFE AS PART OF AN LGBTQIA+ FAY.OW PIERSON OF @OWPIERSON: OW IS A CREATIVE DIRECTOR AND CREATOR WHO SHAR SNIPPETS OF HIS TRAVELS, SELF-RE TIPS, AND RMATN ABOUT THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY.MYLA OF @PRADAOLIC: MYLA IS A MOL, ARTIST, AND DIGAL CREATOR WHO SHAR REGULAR MAKP LOOKS THEIR SIGNATURE “ETHEREAL” STYLE.MEGAN IXIM OF @MSGIGGGL: MEGAN IS A PL-SIZE, QUEER, MIXED LATA CREATOR WHO SHAR NTENT ON ALL THGS FOOD, FASHN, AND FAT ACTIVISM.MEG OF @MEGEMIKOART: MEG IS AN ASIAN-AMERIN TRANS, NON-BARY ARTIST AND ACTIVIST WHO THEIR PLATFORM TO TE OTHERS ON THE QUEER MUNY.THAD OF @HIPPYPOTTER: THAD IS AN ILLTRATOR AND MOL WHO HIS PLATFORM TO UPLIFT AND SPIRE WH “HIPPY-SIGNED” AFFIRMATNS AND PTNS. TIP: WHEN REARCHG FLUENCER PARTNERS, DON’T STOP AT THOSE WHOSE INTI ARE THE MOST “SOCIALLY ACCEPTED,” IE. WHE, CIS-GENR, AVERAGE-SIZE, ETC.#3: AMPLIFY QUEER-FOCED ORGANIZATNSUSE THE FLUENCE YOUR BRAND HOLDS TO AMPLIFY THE MSAGG AND WORK OF NONPROF ANIZATNS THAT SUPPORT THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY. YOU N DO THIS A NUMBER OF WAYS: SHARG THE BRAND ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA TO RAISE AWARENS DONATG MONEY TO HELP THE ANIZATN NTUE S WORKASKG THE ANIZATN HOW YOU N BT SUPPORT THEM — WHETHER ’S THROUGH PRO BONO WORK, MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNI, OR VOLUNTEERG YOUR TIME.SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PRI 2023: DOS AND DON’TSWHEN BUILDG OUT YOUR NTENT LENDAR FOR PRI THIS YEAR (OR CREATG NTENT TARGETG THE QUEER MUNY GENERAL), KEEP THIS CHECKLIST MD: NST T="UNFED"!=TYPEOF HTMLIMAGEELEMENT&&"LOADG" HTMLIMAGEELEMENT.PROTOTYPE;IF(T){NST T=DOCUMENT.QUERYSELECTORALL("IMG[DATA-MA-IMAGE]");FOR(LET E OF T){(E.SETATTRIBUTE("SRC",),E.REMOVEATTRIBUTE("DATA-SRC")),(E.SETATTRIBUTE("SRCSET",),E.REMOVEATTRIBUTE("DATA-SRCSET"));NST T=E.PARENTNO.QUERYSELECTORALL("SOURCE[DATA-SRCSET]");FOR(LET E OF T)E.SETATTRIBUTE("SRCSET",),E.REMOVEATTRIBUTE("DATA-SRCSET");PLETE&&(,E.PARENTNO.PARENTNO.QUERYSELECTOR("[DATA-PLACEHOLR-IMAGE]"))}}DO:EDUTE YOURSELF AND YOUR TEAM ON THE SIGNIFINCE OF PRI SO YOUR ALLYSHIP ISN’T PERFORMATIVE.UNRSTAND AND E THE RRECT PRONOUNS (AND IF YOU DON’T KNOW THEM, ASK).ENSURE NTENT IS TERSECTNAL AND SHOWS A SPECTM OF THE DIVERSY EXISTG WH THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY.USE THE PROGRS PRI FLAG, WHICH CLUS ADDNAL LORS TO NOTE AND REPRENT MARGALIZED MUNI OF LOR AND TRANS FOLKS.DEMONSTRATE A MMENT TO THENTIC ALLYSHIP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.PASS THE MIC TO MEMBERS OF THE MUNY. DON’T:SOLELY CHANGE YOUR BRAND’S SOCIAL MEDIA INS/LOGO TO A RABOW.BACK DOWN THE FACE OF ADVERSY OR HATEFUL MENTS. LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE AREN’T GIVEN THAT LUXURY THEIR EVERYDAY LIV.USE STEREOTYP OF THE MUNY. THIS ONLY PANRS TO NEGATIVE RHETORIC ABOUT LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE.USE THE MONTH SOLELY AS AN OPPORTUNY TO SELL A PRODUCT.IN THE END
• "AVENGERS: ENDGAME" FEATUR MARVEL STUDS' FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN A SMALL ROLE

GAY POSTERS

Gay ach fired om nservative Christian llege Pa. (KDKA) — A gay ach was fired om a nservative Christian llege Beaver County.

A group of "gay furry" hackers has been releasg rmatn om US state ernments.

SiegedSec, a self-scribed group of gay furry hackers, took s skills to state ernments late June, breachg agenci across five stat and releasg a wealth of data.The stat targeted on June 27 were Texas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and South Carola. "We are also actually gay furri, I've seen untls people doubt that aspect of our group.". "Uwu gay furri pwn you~ We'll be back aga soon to ntue our chaos and stctn!"Some news outlets, such as Them, raised ncerns that the group's actns uld expose random people to harm, not jt the targeted ernments.

GENEVA COLLEGE ALLEGEDLY FIR GAY SOCCER ACH AFTER INSTAGRAM POSTS ABOUT CLIVENS

Bisexual men are perceived to sound more mascule than men who are straight, acrdg to a study of Atralian subjects.Amics at the Universy of Sydney pared the voic of gay, straight and bisexual men a study volvg 160 people.In the rearch led by clil psychologist Jam Morandi, people were reced to analyse the voic of 60 men, 20 of whom were gay, 20 straight and 20 bisexual. They were then asked to rate the men on their sexual orientatn g a sle om zero (exclively heterosexual) to 10 (exclively homosexual).Listeners were also asked to rate each man’s perceived level of femy or masculy the voic on a siar sle.The men volved the study were asked to rerd themselv on a smartphone recg the first two l of the Atralian natnal anthem.Voice sampl were then modified to remove any background noise while volume levels were ma the same to ensure nsistency.Rults om the study showed listeners uld distguish between gay and straight men’s voic wh an accuracy of 62 per cent, apparently nsistent wh prev rearch.However, the study participants uld not terme any differenc between bisexual and straight men’s voic wh any gree of accuracy.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

The thors said their rearch showed bisexual men’s voic were perceived as beg more exclively attracted to women pared wh both gay and straight men’s voic.Bisexual men’s voic were rated as more mascule than both gay and straight men’s voic.Rearchers claimed the abily to intify a man’s bisexual inty om his voice alone uld have cril social implitns such as helpg to rce feelgs of alienatn.‘Voice may unter visibily many bisexuals feel’An abstract of the study, tled Can listeners tect if a man is bisexual om his voice alone, reads: “The prent study examed whether bisexual men n be intified om their voic ak to how gay men n be intified on their voice alone.“If this is the se, voice may be an important target of discrimatn on the one hand but may also unter the visibily many bisexuals feel (if their bisexual inti n be apprehend by their voice alone, whout explic disclosure required).“The fdgs may also she light on whether bisexual male voic, like gay male voic, differ om straight voic terms of their genr non-nformy – a qutn that to date has not been examed.”But amics noted the rearch was limed on the grounds all men who participated the study are Atralian, which may not be reflected among wir cultur.And the thors nced the study did not ntrol for the rerdg environment or microphone-to-mouth distance, which uld have affected the qualy of the voice sampl.The thors said the fdgs suggted that while the voic of bisexual men the sample were perceived as more mascule and attracted to femal, listeners did not associate this imprsn wh bisexualy.As a rult, while bisexual men may appear to be at lower risk of facg voice-based intifitn and discrimatn than gay men, they may often be mistaken as beg straight.The study was published the Journal of Sex Rearch.

New York (CNN) — In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that.

“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them, ” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ontroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. ”Gay Water, however, is out and proud. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

“Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self, ” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry. The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned onleHodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water. “Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.

”For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch. “There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns, ” Roth said. ”Of urse, other drks e the word “gay, ” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space.

The assistant strength and ndng ach for the Jacksonville Jaguars has bee the first male ach ever the NFL -- or Amerin men's pro sports altogether -- to publicly e out as gay.

JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH IS FIRST MALE ACH A MAJOR US-BASED PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY

'Stranger Thgs' Star Noah Schnapp Com Out as Gay on TikTok.

NHL Prospect Le Prokop Com Out as Gay. Madonna Appears to Come Out as Gay New Vio. Jerrod Carmichael Com Out as Gay New Stand-Up Special.

PRI FLAGS 101: EVERYTHG YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GAY, TRANS, AND OTHER PRI FLAGS

Colton Unrwood Addrs Backlash After Comg Out as Gay.

Lol NewsMIAMI – The diplomatic ti between the Uned Stat and Jamai uld soon be jeopardy.There are reports that Jamai is refg to accred the spoe of a gay Amerin diplomat.“Our culture is not really acceptg of ,” said Renae Stevens, who was visg the Jamain nsulate Miami Wednday.Attorney Wayne Goldg is an advisor to Jamai’s ernment.“The whole ia of legislatn to legalize same-sex marriag, I thk they still have a long way to go,” he said.

Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. In 2020, this celebratn grew even more special bee of the Supreme Court's recent cisn to uphold employment protectn for gay and transgenr addn to celebratg love of all sexual orientatns, this month memorat the vlence and discrimatn that has happened agast the muni the past.

HOW TO CELEBRATE PRI MONTH ON SOCIAL MEDIABY JORDAN D'AMI•UPDATED ON JUNE 1, 2023•7 MUTE READA LIST OF ACTNABLE WAYS TO CELEBRATE PRI 2023.PUBLISHED JUNE 1, 2023SHARECONTENTSI NAV TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTNWHAT PRI IS REALLY ABOUTWHAT DO LGBTQIA+ MEAN?HOW TO ACKNOWLEDGE& CELEBRATE PRI ON SOCIAL MEDIASOCIAL MEDIA FOR PRI: DOS AND DON’TSSHAREEVERY JUNE, QUEER PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD REGNIZE AND CELEBRATE PRI MONTH, A TIME FOR THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY TO EMBRACE WHO THEY ARE, CELEBRATE THEIR ACPLISHMENTS, AND REFLECT ON THEIR STGGL — PAST AND PRENT.PRI MONTH IS ALSO A TIME FOR ALLI — RPORATE AND DIVIDUAL — TO SHOW UP FOR THE MUNY, AND ONE WAY TO DO SO IS WH THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA.FOR BRANDS AND SMALL BS, GIV THEM THE OPPORTUNY TO RAISE AWARENS, PASS THE MIC, AND CULTIVATE IMPACTFUL CHANGE.IN THIS BLOG POST, CREATOR AND ENTREPRENR JORDAN D'AMI SHAR ACTNABLE WAYS — CLUDG DOS AND DON'TS — TO CELEBRATE PRI ON SOCIAL MEDIA 2023. TABLE OF CONTENTSWHAT PRI IS REALLY ABOUTWHAT DO LGBTQIA+ MEAN?HOW TO ACKNOWLEDGE& CELEBRATE PRI ON SOCIAL MEDIASOCIAL MEDIA FOR PRI: DOS AND DON’TSNEVER MISS A TREND AGAJO OVER 1 LN MARKETERS TO GET SOCIAL NEWS, TRENDS, AND TIPS RIGHT TO YOUR BOX!EMAIL ADDRSWHAT PRI IS REALLY ABOUTPRI IS MORE THAN JT A PARA THAT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR.IN FACT, IS EPLY ENTRENCHED THE QUEER LIBERATN MOVEMENT — ONE OF THE MOST FAMO EVENTS BEG THE STONEWALL RTS BACK JUNE 1969. FED UP WH POLICE PERSECUTN AND MANDG TO LIVE OPENLY AND EELY AS THEIR TE SELV, MEMBERS OF THE QUEER MUNY BEGAN TO MONSTRATE AT THE STONEWALL INN GREENWICH VILLAGE NEW YORK CY.THE STONEWALL RTS WEREN’T THE FIRST MONSTRATN, HOWEVER. THE FIGHT FOR QUEER LIBERATN HAS BEEN A LONG ONE THAT NTU EVEN TODAY, WH EARLIER ACTS OF PROTT AND RISTANCE LED BY BLACK AND BROWN TRANS WOMEN.PRI MARKS AN OCSN TO REMD EVERYONE OF THE VLENCE AND STGGL QUEER PEOPLE HAVE ENDURED OVER THE YEARS (EVEN MORE SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE BLACK, INDIGENO, AND PEOPLE OF LOR).FYI: LATER IS A SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT PLATFORM ED BY OVER 7M BRANDS AND CREATORS — AND ALL QUALIFIED NON-PROF ANIZATNS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A 50% DISUNT. GET ALL THE TAILS AND APPLY HERE.WHAT DO LGBTQIA+ MEAN?LGBTQIA+ IS AN IALISM THAT STANDS FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER/QUTNG, INTERSEX, AND ASEXUAL. THE “PL” NOT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE QUEER MUNY WHOSE INTY ISN’T NECSARILY REFLECTED WH THE LETTERS.OTHER VARIATNS DO EXIST, HOWEVER.IN CANADA, ’S MON TO E 2SLGBTQ+, TAKG TO NSIRATN INDIGENO TWO-SPIR PEOPLE.HOW TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE PRI MONTH ON SOCIAL MEDIA 2023PRI MONTH ISN’T THE ONLY TIME A BRAND SHOULD REGNIZE THE QUEER MUNY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IN REALY, BRANDS SHOULD BE PUTTG MONEY AND MARKETG EFFORTS TOWARDS VISIBLE REPRENTATN JUNE… ADDN TO EFFORTS YEAR-ROUND. DO YOU CLU QUEER FOLKS YOUR MARKETG MPAIGNS BEYOND PRI?DO YOU HAVE TERNAL PRACTIC ENSURG QUEER PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS FEEL SAFE AND WELE AT YOUR WORKPLACE?THE ARE ALL QUTNS TO NSIR, AND WHEN YOU ARE READY TO PLAN A PRI MPAIGN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, KEEP THE TIPS MD: EDUTE YOURSELF AND YOUR COMMUNYCOLLABORATE WH LGBTQIA+ CREATORS YEAR-ROUNDAMPLIFY QUEER-FOCED ORGANIZATNS#1: EDUTE YOURSELF AND YOUR COMMUNY FIRSTMARKETG IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR TG, ADVOTG, AND RAISG AWARENS.HOWEVER, OFTENTIM, THOSE WHO MAKE MARKETG CISNS DO SO BASED ON WHAT REFLECTS THEIR OWN INTY.SO, ’S CCIAL THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE TED ON THE STGGL THE QUEER MUNY FAC TO ENSURE YOU’RE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY ADVOTE THROUGH YOUR NTENT.ADDNALLY, “PASSG THE MIC” TO A QUEER PERSON TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE AND TE YOUR DIENCE IS AN OPPORTUNY TO GO A STEP FURTHER.THAT SAID, SHARG PERSONAL EXPERIENC N BE A HEAVY TASK, SO REMEMBER TO AQUATELY PENSATE THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WH FOR THEIR TIME, ENERGY, AND LABOR.#2: COLLABORATE WH LGBTQIA+ CREATORS YEAR-ROUNDAS A BRAND, ’S IMPORTANT TO REGNIZE THE TERSECTNAL INTI EXISTG WH THE QUEER MUNY. PARTNERG WH DIVERSE CREATORS GIV YOUR BRAND A CHANCE TO BETTER REFLECT THE WORLD WE LIVE AND MONSTRATE YOUR MMENT TO AMPLIFYG MARGALIZED VOIC BEYOND WHAT MIGHT BE NSIRED MORE “PALATABLE."EVERY CREATOR HAS THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVE THAT ADDS EVEN MORE LAYERS OF UNRSTANDG AND VALUE FOR YOUR DIENCE.HERE ARE 10 SPIRG LGBTQIA+ FLUENCERS TO FOLLOW, WORK WH, AND LEARN OM: JAMIE OF @JTJAMIEP: JAMIE IS A NTENT CREATOR, ON-AIR FASHN EXPERT, AND TRANS ACTIVIST WH OVER 250K FOLLOWERS ON TIKTOK.KAIRYN POTTS OF @OHKAIRYN: KAIRYN IS A TWO-SPIR NTENT CREATOR AND MEMBER OF THE NAKOTA SUX NATN. HE HIS PLATFORM TO RAISE AWARENS OF INDIGENO ISSU AND TE OTHERS ABOUT HIS CULTURE.KAYLA LOGAN OF @KAYLALOGANBLOG: KAYLA IS A PL-SIZE, BODY-POSIVE CREATOR WHO FOC ON REALISTIC NVERSATNS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH, FAT LIBERATN, FASHN, AND NFINCE.DEXTER MAYFIELD OF @XRATED: DEXTER IS A PL-SIZE MOL AND DANCER WHO'S WORKED WH THE LIK OF JENNIFER LOPEZ, KATY PERRY, AND TAYLOR SWIFT.KRYSTIAN OF @KRYSTIAN_GABRIELLE: KRYSTIAN IS A MOTHER OF TWO WHO SHAR SNAPSHOTS OF HER DAILY LIFE AS PART OF AN LGBTQIA+ FAY.OW PIERSON OF @OWPIERSON: OW IS A CREATIVE DIRECTOR AND CREATOR WHO SHAR SNIPPETS OF HIS TRAVELS, SELF-RE TIPS, AND RMATN ABOUT THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY.MYLA OF @PRADAOLIC: MYLA IS A MOL, ARTIST, AND DIGAL CREATOR WHO SHAR REGULAR MAKP LOOKS THEIR SIGNATURE “ETHEREAL” STYLE.MEGAN IXIM OF @MSGIGGGL: MEGAN IS A PL-SIZE, QUEER, MIXED LATA CREATOR WHO SHAR NTENT ON ALL THGS FOOD, FASHN, AND FAT ACTIVISM.MEG OF @MEGEMIKOART: MEG IS AN ASIAN-AMERIN TRANS, NON-BARY ARTIST AND ACTIVIST WHO THEIR PLATFORM TO TE OTHERS ON THE QUEER MUNY.THAD OF @HIPPYPOTTER: THAD IS AN ILLTRATOR AND MOL WHO HIS PLATFORM TO UPLIFT AND SPIRE WH “HIPPY-SIGNED” AFFIRMATNS AND PTNS. TIP: WHEN REARCHG FLUENCER PARTNERS, DON’T STOP AT THOSE WHOSE INTI ARE THE MOST “SOCIALLY ACCEPTED,” IE. WHE, CIS-GENR, AVERAGE-SIZE, ETC.#3: AMPLIFY QUEER-FOCED ORGANIZATNSUSE THE FLUENCE YOUR BRAND HOLDS TO AMPLIFY THE MSAGG AND WORK OF NONPROF ANIZATNS THAT SUPPORT THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY. YOU N DO THIS A NUMBER OF WAYS: SHARG THE BRAND ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA TO RAISE AWARENS DONATG MONEY TO HELP THE ANIZATN NTUE S WORKASKG THE ANIZATN HOW YOU N BT SUPPORT THEM — WHETHER ’S THROUGH PRO BONO WORK, MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNI, OR VOLUNTEERG YOUR TIME.SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PRI 2023: DOS AND DON’TSWHEN BUILDG OUT YOUR NTENT LENDAR FOR PRI THIS YEAR (OR CREATG NTENT TARGETG THE QUEER MUNY GENERAL), KEEP THIS CHECKLIST MD: NST T="UNFED"!=TYPEOF HTMLIMAGEELEMENT&&"LOADG" HTMLIMAGEELEMENT.PROTOTYPE;IF(T){NST T=DOCUMENT.QUERYSELECTORALL("IMG[DATA-MA-IMAGE]");FOR(LET E OF T){(E.SETATTRIBUTE("SRC",),E.REMOVEATTRIBUTE("DATA-SRC")),(E.SETATTRIBUTE("SRCSET",),E.REMOVEATTRIBUTE("DATA-SRCSET"));NST T=E.PARENTNO.QUERYSELECTORALL("SOURCE[DATA-SRCSET]");FOR(LET E OF T)E.SETATTRIBUTE("SRCSET",),E.REMOVEATTRIBUTE("DATA-SRCSET");PLETE&&(,E.PARENTNO.PARENTNO.QUERYSELECTOR("[DATA-PLACEHOLR-IMAGE]"))}}DO:EDUTE YOURSELF AND YOUR TEAM ON THE SIGNIFINCE OF PRI SO YOUR ALLYSHIP ISN’T PERFORMATIVE.UNRSTAND AND E THE RRECT PRONOUNS (AND IF YOU DON’T KNOW THEM, ASK).ENSURE NTENT IS TERSECTNAL AND SHOWS A SPECTM OF THE DIVERSY EXISTG WH THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY.USE THE PROGRS PRI FLAG, WHICH CLUS ADDNAL LORS TO NOTE AND REPRENT MARGALIZED MUNI OF LOR AND TRANS FOLKS.DEMONSTRATE A MMENT TO THENTIC ALLYSHIP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.PASS THE MIC TO MEMBERS OF THE MUNY. DON’T:SOLELY CHANGE YOUR BRAND’S SOCIAL MEDIA INS/LOGO TO A RABOW.BACK DOWN THE FACE OF ADVERSY OR HATEFUL MENTS. 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The rabow signifi support for equaly, gay rights, and anti-discrimatn. I hope that this article helps people exprs their support for gay and transgenr rights, health, and equaly.

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