Tag: Pride Month

Just in time for Pride month, Apple has released a special screen face that includes rainbow colored strings that are animated and interactive to the touch. Apple released the new feature with the iOS 11.4 and watchOS 4.3.1 and it was announced at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) according to 9to5Mac. The strings move each time you move your wrist to look at the time or if you tap your Apple watch’s screen. https://twitter.com/BrentDirks/status/1001662497185763328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Finstinctmagazine.com%2Fpost%2Fnow-you-can-show-pride-your-rainbow-apple-watch In addition, Apple also released a Pride watch...

The company has introduced new Pride-themed filters, frames, and stickers Does Facebook’s decision to drop its popular rainbow flag reactions for Pride month have you feeling ? Don’t take it personally and overreact, because the social media giant has actually nixed all custom reactions. “We are no longer doing custom reactions for major holidays or moments in culture,” Facebook spokeswoman Lisa Stratton tells Business Insider. Facebook introduced the Pride option last June to its panel of permanent reactions—”like,” “love,” “sad,” “haha,” “wow,” and...

MNEK is back again with another song and it’s a great way to start off Pride Month. British singer MNEK is mostly known for his behind the scenes work. The songwriter has worked with many musicians such as Beyoncé, Madonna, Bastille, Dua Lipa, Diplo, Clean Bandit, Little Mix, and more. On top of that, he’s recently worked with Kpop group BTS for their latest album Love Yourself: Tear. But, 23-year-old MNEK has also been working towards being more known for his...

Over the next few months, thousands of people will take to the streets of the UK and beyond to celebrate and show solidarity with the LGBTQ community. With more Pride events than ever before, it’s great to see so many towns and cities around the world embracing our community. Recently there has been some debate whether or not Pride is still a protest. In my opinion, until each and every member of the LGBTQ community around the world is free...

There’s more than just Mickey ears! Hot on the heels of the news that Disney was selling official rainbow-hued Mickey Mouse ears, the Disney Shop has unveiled a Pride collection of merchandise. News of the collection was announced yesterday on the official OhMyDisney Instagram account. It’s going on sale now ahead of LGBTI Pride Month in the US. ‘@shopdisney just launched the rainbow mickey collection and we’re obsessed ❤???? now through june 30, 2018, shopDisney will donate 10% of online sales from...

Linda Harvey, of the anti-gay "Christian right organization" Mission: America, previously complained about gay rights activists that were helping to "normalize homosexuality." She also was voiced her upset when McDonald's introduced a limited edition rainbow colored fry box for LGBT pride month, this year. Now she's coming for Halloween, which she calls a "depraved" gay holiday. Harvey writes for World Net Daily: You’ve probably noticed that a cultural revolution is in full swing, engineered largely by promiscuity promoters and “LGBT” advocates. It’s based...

‘You can’t be afraid of who you are or else you’re afraid of your own potential,’ says Olympic hopeful Adam Rippon A talented US skater, who has high hopes of representing his country in the 2018 Olympics, has said that being open about his sexuality has helped him compete at his best. Adam Rippon, 27, spoke to TeamUSA.org to tie in with Pride Month in the US. https://www.instagram.com/p/BVyAclslDqv/ ‘Being gay isn’t what defines me, but it’s a big part of who I am...

From Miami to Los Angeles, Americans have been coming together across the nation to celebrate LGBT Pride Month. The celebration of equality is not just for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Parents have also been showing support for their LGBT children by joining them at Pride parades or by sending them a heartwarming Pride gift to show they care. “I had an amazing day today marching with my child!” wrote one supportive mom on Facebook after attending The Equality...

The iconic children's TV show has shown it stands with LGBT families. Sesame Street has been praised after showing its support for the LGBT Pride month with an uplifting message of love and acceptance on Twitter. The iconic kids’ TV show shared a special image to mark gay pride celebrations around the world to its official Twitter account on Friday (23 June). Featuring some of the most beloved characters stood side-by-side in a recreation of the gay Pride rainbow flag, the colourful...

A homophobe in Seattle scratched an anti-gay message into his own fence. Shaun Shaffer shares a house with three other gay men, and they put up several flags on their house for pride month. “We just finished putting up the flags, and we were taking the recycling out, and we saw our neighbor up against his fence. We heard Scratching. We couldn’t tell what he was doing. There was muttering,” Shaffer told KING 5 News. They later saw that the man had...

The crowd were loving it too Sports venues rarely feel like a comfortable place to be for gay couples. However, for one night that all changed this week during a Dodgers baseball game over in the US. To celebrate Pride Month – take note, Trump – the Los Angeles sports team decided to include a selection of gay couples on their legendary ‘kiss cam’ during the half-time show. Cute right? Just wait. One happy couple got a little more into it than expected, and...

"Never underestimate a pissed-off gay!" There were many messages on view at the Equality March for Unity and Pride in D.C., as thousands carried banners addressing everything from Donald Trump and Mike Pence to Netflix canceling Sense8. Below, we share some our favorite signs at the Equality March in Washington, as well as some from L.A.’s Resist March and Pride events from around the world this week. (Spoiler: There’s probably more than 37—they were all SO good!)   https://www.instagram.com/p/BVNSjKkFqKQ/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BVNR4DsBSlG/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BVN4lkhFkJ6/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BVN5fIfgr_Z/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BVNAh51HphD/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BVN5fIfgr_Z/ Source

This June, Skittles candies are losing their vibrant colors for a good cause — to celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month. The colorful candy first gave up its rainbow in 2016, in honor of London Pride, where the company handed out the unique treats from it’s rainbow-less float. The gesture goes to show that Skittles knows that we didn’t steal the rainbow from God or anyone else, it was ours all along. “Only one rainbow matters this pride. Give the rainbow, taste the rainbow,”...

He did make time to honor National Homeownership Month, Great Outdoors Month and National Ocean Month, though As just about everyone reading this knows, June is Pride Month. But if you were looking to the White House for an acknowledgement, you’d be out of luck. Breaking with tradition, President Trump declined to issue a proclamation announcing Pride Month. In between Twitter non sequiturs, Trump did manage to issue proclamations recognizing June as National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, African-American Music Appreciation Month, National...