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GAY PRI
From Los Angel to Washgton DC, people have recently been g together across the US for Pri Month. But hasn't jt been a celebratn for people who are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. * gay pride mothers *
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HOW ONE MOTHER’S LOVE FOR HER GAY SON STARTED A REVOLUTN
Gay Pri, annual celebratn, ually June the Uned Stat and sometim at other tim other untri, of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) inty. Gay Pri memorat the Stonewall rts New York Cy of June 28, 1969. * gay pride mothers *
S., thoands of moms have picked up the torch that Manford igned 1972 — nnectg through social media, formg alns and nonprofs, speakg at events, marchg paras, standg at weddgs, and embroilg themselv polil Dyer, an admistrative assistant who liv the Dallas-Fort Worth area, said she stggled after her son, Nick, me out as gay 2007. Courty of Wendy VonSosenWendy VonSosen, 48, a Mormon mom the San Francis Bay Area, said she also stggled when her son Erik told her that he was gay at the age of 13.