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• FABULO FIZZ: D2C HARD SELTZER BRAND GAY WATER COM OUT
• 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
• GAY PRI PARA’S HATEFUL BAN ON PS FALLY GETS BACKLASH SERV
• GAY PRI CALENDAR

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An entreprenr lnched a nned cktail this week lled “Gay Water” that’s aimed at LGBTQ drkers — and said he’s lookg to palize on Bud Light’s mistak. But “Gay Water” — which adopts a moniker the gay muny has long given to the simple vodka and soda cktail — has been spired by the dtup to bee even bolr about the dience ’s targetg, founr and CEO Spencer Hodson told The Post. Gay Water — a nned cktail brand that plays on the gay muny’s lloquialism for the vodka-and-soda mixed drk — lnched on Wednday and promis to unrstand s dience better than Bud Light.Spencer Hodson/Instagram.

The 30-year-old Hodson said he is g suggtive — albe playful — msagg and imagery Gay Water’s social media and webse, cludg a provotive nod to the 12-ounce n’s 6.1-ch height. “Our missn is to -stigmatize the word ‘gay’ and start to create reprentatn spac that tradnally don’t have queer-owned products, let alone products wh the word ‘gay’ their tle,” Hodson told The Post. “When was the last time you saw the word gay at a rtrant, bar, liquor store, or grocery store?

The word ‘gay’ origally was fed as happy, and we’re hopg to remd folks of that by beg prent,” he add. Founr Spencer Hodson, a gay man, says the brand is about reclaimg the word “gay” as a word that “jt means happy.”Spencer Hodson/Instagram. Gay Water’s brandg is full of playful, suggtive msagg.

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“Part of the pot of lnchg outsi of Pri month is to rerce the msage that Gay Water is here to make the LGBTQ+ muny more visible 365 days a year, not jt a sgle month,” he said. The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag. They claim the rat was first dumped near their back door by rtrant employe, and Mike was returng the favor.(Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple.

They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Plas.The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando. The flag is a symbol of Waybourn’s solidary wh the LGBTQ+ muny, which he has nurtured — and fought for — sce the 1980s.Waybourn was print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi readily available medic to AIDS patients.

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

In 1991, he lnched the Gay and Lbian Victory Fund (now the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund) to elect openly gay policians to office. He served as managg director of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, or GLAAD, which he helped turn to a natnal group.

He owned gay newspapers Hoton, Atlanta, New York and Washgton.

“I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home,” Waybourn said.As an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic. To the activist, feels like a step backward after a lifetime of fightg for gay rights.Lols pack the seats at the Board of Zong Appeals hearg hosted at Grace Epispal Church. “I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years,” he emailed.Asked whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om.”But, she add, “this, to me, is not polil.

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At a downtown Tempe, Ariz., “Pri Party” earlier this month, a drag queen enuraged the crowd to register to vote so that they may “turn the ti on all the hate and anti-gay nonsense the statehoe...

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The “all ag” event also featured speech by Democratic officials and a gay rapper who performed a song about a sex act. The media has been more than happy to take up the e, breathlsly repeatg l about Republin legislatur passg recent “anti-gay” laws — 417 to be exact.

If that’s what f beg gay, unt me out. Plenty has happened the seven years sce I was guilloted for g out of the closet as a gay nservative.