pride month

Besides the rainbow flag there are also several other flags that represent people who identify as lesbian, asexual, pansexual, demisexual, intersex, gender-fluid, agender, aromantic, nonbinary and polyamorous.

GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis gets personal with CNBC Make It about realizing she was gay, coming out at work and more.

In activism, politics, entertainment, science and journalism, LGBTQ people are making a difference by being uniquely themselves. NBCLX storyteller Jalyn Henderson introduces us to the ABCs of LGBTQ trailblazers.

School boards need to see evidence of a problem before committing to action. So GLSEN conducted a survey with results showing 59% of LGBTQ students feel unsafe or unwelcome at their schools. GLSEN National Student Council member Aiden Cloud says that’s a problem that needs to be addressed with better protections, particularly after several states passed laws that affect LGBTQ...

Barbara Poma is the owner of the now-closed Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL where a gunman killed 49 people and injured 53 others on June 12, 2016. After five years, the tragedy still feels recent. “June 1st starts Pride Month, and we start seeing Pride flags everywhere. And you want to celebrate Pride because you’ve done that before, but really...

“Healing physically from a shattered femur was a lot easier than dealing with the emotional turmoil,” says Patience Murray, a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooting on June 12, 2016, which killed 49 people and injured 53. As part of her healing process, she ultimately forgave the shooter to stop fixating on him and focus on living with love.

Vice President Kamala Harris joined a LGBTQ+ pride march in Washington, D.C.

The chain took a not-so-subtle jab at its competitor by saying “during #pride month (even on Sundays) your chicken sandwich craving can do good!”

After being told to take down their Pride flag, one Wisconsin couple found a clever alternative that caught that internet’s attention, the Milwaukee Journal Sentential reported.

Despite the wide attention it has received, “detransitioning” is rare – and it’s a nonspecific term that’s easily politicized. Transgender people face stigma and pushback as they try to affirm their gender, including laws that restrict access to gender-affirming care. Claims that someone would “regret” their transition help bolster support for those laws.

The new lifeguard tower, replacing one destroyed by a suspected arson fire, will be unveiled at 5 p.m. Thursday in Long Beach.

Rainbow flags are flying high in celebration of pride month as a number of cities play tribute to diversity. However, one mother in the East Bay who was flying her flag got it stolen, not once but twice.

Mixed Grounds in Grant Hill is embracing its new role as community messenger

Every June for the past decade, in celebration of Pride Month, senior citizens in West Hollywood have put on a cabaret show called “Secret Lives.”

Kayla Gore is the co-founder and executive director of My Sistah’s House, a Memphis-based organization that serves trans and queer people of color.

There is more representation of LGBTQ people now compared to 40 years ago when professor Suzanna Danuta Walters came out. But the nation shouldn’t forget about legislation that presents a threat to many LGBTQ people, particularly trans kids. “To be seen is not the same thing as being known and it’s certainly not the same thing as being respected and...

A bakery in Lufkin is receiving an outpouring of support from the community after posting a photo of rainbow cookies in honor of Pride Month.

Pride flags will remain banned from U.S. military installations, even during Pride Month, the Pentagon says, upholding a policy former Defense Secretary Mark Esper established last July.

For the first time in history, the city of San Diego placed an inclusive Pride flag outside City Hall on Monday in celebration of and solidarity to the LGBTQ+ community.

You might recognize Jonathan Bennett from Mean Girls or Food Network series Halloween Wars. He and fiance Jaymes Vaughan, host of Celebrity Page, are the first gay couple to be on the cover of The Knot magazine. They talk about the original song Vaughan wrote for the proposal, which made Bennett “ugly cry.”