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"The majority subjects a law that plainly discriminates on the basis of sex to mere rational-basis review. By retreating from meaningful judicial review exactly where it matters most, the Court abandons transgender children and their families to political whims. In sadness, I dissent." - Justice Sotomayor

Reminder that every major medical organization in the U.S. is in agreement on what age-appropriate, medically necessary care looks like for trans youth, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the National Association of Social Workers, and more.

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How to celebrate Pride from withIN the closet

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My dear lgbt+ kids, 

Just a quick note for Pride month, since it invariably always wakes up the „But what about…“ crowd: 

Awareness months for other things already exist. 

„Why do gays and transgenders get a whole month and US veterans don’t get anything?“ They actually get two months. National Military Appreciation Month is May, while National Veterans and Military Families Month is November.

„I have nothing against the lgbt+ community but if they get a whole month, it’d only be fair if we’d have a month for disabled people too“. Good news, Disability Pride Month already exists: July! 

„Cis women are oppressed too and they don’t get a whole month“. What about Women’s Health Month in May or Women’s History Month in March, for example? 

„People are already aware that gay men exist. What about some awareness for smaller minorities?“ Good idea, what are you doing for Asexual Awareness Week (October), Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (February), Nonbinary People’s Day (July 14), Intersex Awareness Day (October 26) or Bisexual Awareness Week (September)? (Plus, Pride has never been about gay men only. Saying this shows quite a lack in historical knowledge, actually.) 

There are a lot of causes to support and there’s only twelve months. Our community doesn’t even have a monopoly on June - we share our month with Men’s Health Awareness, Infertility Awareness , PTSD Awareness and Caribbean‑American Heritage Month, for example. 

Let’s be honest here: this isn’t actually about other groups or causes not having their own months. If they genuinely cared about those causes so much, they’d be involved enough in them to be aware of their respective months and dates. Ideally, they’d even be involved enough to do something for those months. 

Because the truth is, Pride Month doesn’t just magically happen, either. It’s not like June rolls around and, boom, there’s Pride. People make it happen. People are involved in the cause. People organize and plan and pay for and promote Pride events. People show up. 

So, when they ask „But what about…“, the real question is: Are they actually doing something for that other cause - or do they only bring it up when it’s a convenient way to disparage Pride? 

With all my love, 

Your Tumblr Dad 

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oh your pronouns are he/they?

well that’s mathematically incorrect becuase you can still simplify the fraction since both sides have “he”

making your pronouns technically 1/ty

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Brands still supporting LGBTQ+ youth??

So as a nonprofit we know corporate Pride and rainbow-washing isn't everything - that's why we do tons of community-sourced fundraising like Digital Pride. But with quite a few brands pulling back their support for DEI programs, Pride month, and nonprofit donations this year, we've been seeing a lot of you ask which brands and companies are still out there supporting our community?

We make a list of our major Brand Partners every year so you can see which brands chose to invest support in LGBTQ+ youth specifically - and that's out now! This year's list of major partners includes long time allies and some new ones, too:

American Eagle

MAC Cosmetics VIVA GLAM

Converse

Elf Cosmetics

Bungie Foundation

Banter

Zenni Optical

Sam Edelman

Humble Bundle

Juliette Has A Gun

Nature's Path Organic

Puttshack

Second Pride

Renfrew Pro

Nahvalur

Ardell

Hampton Water

The Good Patch

Pop Sockets

VooDoo Doughnuts

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Toot toot y'all, RAID TRAIN is here 🚂-🏳️‍🌈-🏳️‍⚧️

The stream team behind 1UP Gaming Festival is back to celebrate Pride while raising funds for It Gets Better and LGBTQ+ youth.

30+ creators are getting together for a week-long raid train - most games are from Nintendo, or can be played on Switch, including Pokemon, Super Mario Bros, Fall Guys and Splatoon.

Giveaways include It Gets Better stickers, so make sure you check out the the schedule here, pop in to each stream to say hi, and make a donation to help them beat their fundraising record from last year (and maybe snag a sticker while you're at it)!

Learn more about the team at 1upgamingfestival.com/pride25

🌈 Big Gay News, Digital Pride is back! 🌈

We've been hosting It Gets Better: A Digital Pride Experience for LGBTQ+ youth since 2020, because:

Not everyone has a local, in-person Pride celebration.

Not everyone feels comfortable or safe being out and open in public.

LGBTQ+ youth can't always access in-person Pride resources or IRL community.

This year, we're spotlighting a lineup of streamers, gamers, and creators on Twitch who are using their platforms to support LGBTQ+ youth with their communities and raise funds for It Gets Better.

From charity relay streams spanning tournaments to queer proms, activations with longtime brand partners, and our closing Chosen Family livestream packed with gift exchanges, GRWMs, and real talk about allyship and activism — we hope this encourages y'all to speak out and support LGBTQ+ youth with us in the online spaces they already call home.

We'll be updating our IG with stream schedules and updates all throughout the month so you can join the celebrations live, so follow us there and on Twitch!

Learn more here as we update the stream schedule.

See y'all in chat. 💜

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Our SECOND Digital Pride charity marathon is HERE and it's feelin very fruity! The stream team behind Fruities is back to celebrate Pride while raising funds for It Gets Better and LGBTQ+ youth.

🍓🍊🍋🍏🫐🍇

Fruities is a Twitch stream team of 45(!!) queer creators and allies focused on LGBTQIA+ representation, awareness and support for the community. Last October, for LGBTQ+ History Month, they raised $4k to support our programs. Now, they're coming back for a team-wide Pride charity event taking place throughout June.

Full schedule is here so you can tune in and say hi, and their Tiltify campaign for Pride is here so you can make a donation to support LGBTQ+ youth!

🌈 Big Gay News, Digital Pride is back! 🌈

We've been hosting It Gets Better: A Digital Pride Experience for LGBTQ+ youth since 2020, because:

Not everyone has a local, in-person Pride celebration.

Not everyone feels comfortable or safe being out and open in public.

LGBTQ+ youth can't always access in-person Pride resources or IRL community.

This year, we're spotlighting a lineup of streamers, gamers, and creators on Twitch who are using their platforms to support LGBTQ+ youth with their communities and raise funds for It Gets Better.

From charity relay streams spanning tournaments to queer proms, activations with longtime brand partners, and our closing Chosen Family livestream packed with gift exchanges, GRWMs, and real talk about allyship and activism — we hope this encourages y'all to speak out and support LGBTQ+ youth with us in the online spaces they already call home.

We'll be updating our IG with stream schedules and updates all throughout the month so you can join the celebrations live, so follow us there and on Twitch!

Learn more here as we update the stream schedule.

See y'all in chat. 💜

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it's almost pride month again. what a great reminder for Please Be Normal about these people:

- aromantic people who aren't asexual.

- asexual people who aren't aromantic.

- cishet aromantic and cishet asexual people.

- aromantic men in general.

- intersex people who are trans.

- intersex people who are are cis.

- intersex people who are cistrans/tris and those who are neither.

- intersex people who are cishet.

- intersex people in general.

- nonbinary people who don't personally identify as transfem or transmasc.

- nonbinary people who don't want to be androgynous.

- cis people who use neopronouns and/or xenogenders while still feeling cis fits just fine.

- people who feel gender dysphoria or misgendered when referred to by they/them, especially after telling you not to use they/them.

PART TWO.

⚠️ Do not use they/them if talking about me to others in reblogs/comments. I have neopronouns in my pinned post ⚠️

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Mount Holyoke College students

at Pride in Northampton, MA (1989)

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Annual reminder that Pride is for...

🔴 Those who are out & proud

🟠 Those who are not out yet (or maybe ever)

🟡 Folks still "figuring things out"

🟢 Folks who have "always known"

🔵 People trying out new labels or ways of being

🟣 People in transitionary periods

⚪️ Those being loud and proud activists

🟤 Those waiting until it feels safer

⚫️ Queer elders before us

🔴 Queer youth making change right here and right now

We see you, you're valid, Pride is for you too - because the only way it's gonna get better is together.

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Our FIRST Digital Pride charity marathon is HEREEE! Behind The Lash Streaming and friends are back for the 2nd annual Great Palia Charity Hunt on Twitch!

The Great Palia Charity Hunt is a multi-day charity streaming event where over 30 streamers will participate throughout the month, hosted by Behind The Lash Streaming.

Streamers compete in a 5–6 hour head-to-head hunt in Palia, searching for star stones. Each stone has an assigned point value based on rarity, and the streamer with the highest score at the end of their session is crowned the winner.

When you donate, you can unlock sabotages or support, targeted at a specific streamer! Select the action in Tiltify and note which streamer it's for.

Their goal is to raise $10,000 for It Gets Better and LGBTQ+ youth - make sure you pop in, say hello, and make a donation! Watch at twitch.tv/behind_the_lash_streaming on June 1, 2, 7, 14, 15, 16, and 30 at 4pm EST!

🌈 Big Gay News, Digital Pride is back! 🌈

We've been hosting It Gets Better: A Digital Pride Experience for LGBTQ+ youth since 2020, because:

Not everyone has a local, in-person Pride celebration.

Not everyone feels comfortable or safe being out and open in public.

LGBTQ+ youth can't always access in-person Pride resources or IRL community.

This year, we're spotlighting a lineup of streamers, gamers, and creators on Twitch who are using their platforms to support LGBTQ+ youth with their communities and raise funds for It Gets Better.

From charity relay streams spanning tournaments to queer proms, activations with longtime brand partners, and our closing Chosen Family livestream packed with gift exchanges, GRWMs, and real talk about allyship and activism — we hope this encourages y'all to speak out and support LGBTQ+ youth with us in the online spaces they already call home.

We'll be updating our IG with stream schedules and updates all throughout the month so you can join the celebrations live, so follow us there and on Twitch!

Learn more here as we update the stream schedule.

See y'all in chat. 💜

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We joined the Coalition for LGBTQ+ Youth

Some pre-Pride news to be proud of!

To introduce ourselves as a new coalition, we want to speak directly to the LGBTQ+ young people we serve:

Dear LGBTQ+ young people,

You deserve the world. We see you, and we are here to support you as much as we can, and in every way that we can. We will never stop fighting for your ability to lead the healthy, safe, full lives you deserve. We’re with you, because we are you. We are a collective made up of queer and transgender folks, and allies, who were once young people, like you. We also needed the care and kindness of our elders to make it this far, and we promise to pay it forward as best as we can. Queer people have always existed, and we can never be erased. We know that, you know that, and we are committed to using our platforms to ensure as many people as possible outside our community know that, too.

There’s a lot of hate being hurled in your direction these days, along with a seemingly endless stream of misinformation about who you are, and how you live your lives. And yet, you keep going – fighting through it, and rising above it. You inspire us every day, and we mean it wholeheartedly. Your capacity to love is limitless.

We don’t know what the future holds for our country. But with you in it, we know it will be bright.

Keep finding your joy. We are in this together.

–The Coalition for LGBTQ+ Youth

Founding Members:

Destination Tomorrow

Family Equality

Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI)

Hopelab

It Gets Better

Live Out Loud

PFLAG NYC

The Ali Forney Center

The Free to Be Youth Project

The Future Perfect Project

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center)

The Trevor Project

The Tyler Clementi Foundation

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🌈 Big Gay News, Digital Pride is back! 🌈

We've been hosting It Gets Better: A Digital Pride Experience for LGBTQ+ youth since 2020, because:

Not everyone has a local, in-person Pride celebration.

Not everyone feels comfortable or safe being out and open in public.

LGBTQ+ youth can't always access in-person Pride resources or IRL community.

This year, we're spotlighting a lineup of streamers, gamers, and creators on Twitch who are using their platforms to support LGBTQ+ youth with their communities and raise funds for It Gets Better.

From charity relay streams spanning tournaments to queer proms, activations with longtime brand partners, and our closing Chosen Family livestream packed with gift exchanges, GRWMs, and real talk about allyship and activism — we hope this encourages y'all to speak out and support LGBTQ+ youth with us in the online spaces they already call home.

We'll be updating our IG with stream schedules and updates all throughout the month so you can join the celebrations live, so follow us there and on Twitch!

Learn more here as we update the stream schedule.

See y'all in chat. 💜