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In solidarity with every member of the LGBTQ+ spectrum, offering hope, support, and a safe space for all. Together, we will continue the fight for equality. https://seasonsofpride.substack.com/

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Seasons of Pride @seasonsofpride.bsky.social · Aug 24

Some lights can't be dimmed. Some colors can't be erased. Some loves are stronger than hate.

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When the Rainbow Fades

A Personal Story of Loss and Hope

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Seasons of Pride @seasonsofpride.bsky.social · 43m

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

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Seasons of Pride @seasonsofpride.bsky.social · 1h

Guidance for Queer, Same-Sex, and Adoptive Parents www.zv.tum.de/en/diversity...

Guidance for Queer, Same-Sex, and Adoptive Parents

We use Google for our search. By clicking on „enable search“ you enable the search box and accept our terms of use.

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Supreme Court let parents opt kids out of learning about LGBTQ+ people. Almost no one is doing it. - LGBTQ Nation www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/supr...

Supreme Court let parents opt kids out of learning about LGBTQ+ people. Almost no one is doing it. - LGBTQ Nation

Almost no parents in Maryland have asked to remove their kids from class when "controversial" topics like the history of racism come up.

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Seasons of Pride @seasonsofpride.bsky.social · 3h

LBGT children's books have ‘no First Amendment right’ to school libraries, Florida judge rules - The Lion readlion.com/lbgt-childre...

LBGT children's books have ‘no First Amendment right’ to school libraries, Florida judge rules - The Lion

A federal judge has affirmed a Florida school’s right to remove LGBT books from its library. U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor recently ruled against the authors of an LGBT children’s book who claimed…

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EU adopts new strategy to push LGBT rights in member states cne.news/article/4881...

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“Remarkably sobering” data shows trans people are hiding their identities at alarming rates - LGBTQ Nation www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/rema...

“Remarkably sobering” data shows trans people are hiding their identities at alarming rates - LGBTQ Nation

The current political climate has also prompted some to get more involved in local LGBTQ+ advocacy, according to a recent survey.

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LGBTQ Shrink @drronholt.bsky.social · 1d

We all belong.

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M31🍁 @m31author.bsky.social · 2d

Do not travel to Florida

DeSantis tears up Miami Pride crosswalk with bulldozers & sledgehammers — LGBTQ Nation

State authorities gave no notice to Miami officials that they were coming to destroy the street art. Saturday, October 11, 2025

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Seasons of Pride @seasonsofpride.bsky.social · 2d

Case Trends: Post-Dobbs and Skrmetti, State Courts Are Battlegrounds for Transgender and Reproductive Rights statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...

Case Trends: Post-Dobbs and Skrmetti, State Courts Are Battlegrounds for Transgender and Reproductive Rights

State courts are leaning on their unique state constitutional provisions, departing from federal precedent, and deciding who can challenge restrictive laws.

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Seasons of Pride @seasonsofpride.bsky.social · 2d

Stream these 20 queer films for free during LGBTQ+ History Month www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...

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Seasons of Pride @seasonsofpride.bsky.social · 2d

Transgender People Have Always Led the Fight for LGBTQ+ Equality - Don’t Rewrite History seasonsofpride.substack.com/p/countering...

Countering Andrew Sullivan’s Erasure:

How Transgender People Have Always Led the Fight for LGBTQ+ Equality

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Gay Parent Magazine @gayparentmag.bsky.social · 2d

Kick the door wide open!

#happynationalcomingoutday❤️💛💚💙💜
Visit www.gayparentmag.com
#StrengthInUnity #lgbtpride #family

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 2d

'Ryan Murphy's Monster: The Ed Gein Story only fuels damaging anti-trans narratives'
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/08/amelia-hansford-op-ed-ryan-murphy/?utm_content=1760232000&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

'Monster: The Ed Gein Story only fuels damaging anti-trans narratives'

Amelia Hansford expresses her criticisms of Ryan Murphy's Ed Gein drama, which she says is anti-trans whether he likes it or not.

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Seasons of Pride @seasonsofpride.bsky.social · 2d

Transgender People Have Always Led the Fight for LGBTQ+ Equality - Don't Rewrite History seasonsofpride.substack.com/p/countering...

Countering Andrew Sullivan’s Erasure:

How Transgender People Have Always Led the Fight for LGBTQ+ Equality

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Seasons of Pride @seasonsofpride.bsky.social · 2d

A Debate Over ‘Conversion Therapy,’ Once Widely Condemned, Is Back www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

A Debate Over ‘Conversion Therapy,’ Once Widely Condemned, Is Back

As more young people identify as transgender, a fight has re-emerged over therapy that questions their gender identities.

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Seasons of Pride @seasonsofpride.bsky.social · 2d

“We are not backing down”: Lambda Legal Statement of Support for Transgender, Nonbinary & Gender Diverse Communities lambdalegal.org/newsroom/us_...

“We are not backing down”: Lambda Legal Statement of Support for Transgender, Nonbinary & Gender Diverse Communities

In light of continuous and recent attacks on the safety, rights, health, and lives of transgender, nonbinary and gender diverse people by the Trump Administration, members of Congress, and even media…

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Seasons of Pride @seasonsofpride.bsky.social · 3d

Queer Film Is an Act of Rebellion, and Festivals Like NewFest Are the Front Line www.indiewire.com/features/com...

Queer Film Is an Act of Rebellion, and Festivals Like NewFest Are the Front Line

David Hatkoff, executive director of this year's soon-launching NewFest, writes how making and watching queer cinema has become defiant.

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Seasons of Pride @seasonsofpride.bsky.social · 3d

How SCOTUS erased the abuse of LGBTQ kids www.yahoo.com/news/article...

How SCOTUS erased the abuse of LGBTQ kids

In conversion therapy case, conservative justices imply queer kids are born hating themselves

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Seasons of Pride @seasonsofpride.bsky.social · 3d

How the Supreme Court Uses "Free Speech" to Dismantle LGBTQ Protections www.readtpa.com/p/how-the-su...

How the Supreme Court Uses "Free Speech" to Dismantle LGBTQ Protections

In Chiles v. Salazar, the Court's conservative majority is poised to strike down conversion therapy bans by redefining harmful medical practices as protected speech.

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Seasons of Pride @seasonsofpride.bsky.social · 3d

Conservative justices reveal their distrust of medical expertise on LGBTQ+ issues | CNN Politics www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/p...

Conservative justices reveal their distrust of medical expertise on LGBTQ+ issues | CNN Politics

For the second time this year in a major controversy over treatment for LGBTQ youths, Supreme Court justices revealed their reluctance to accept a medical consensus.

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Seasons of Pride @seasonsofpride.bsky.social · 3d

Texas Launches Undercover Operations Into "Transgenderism" and Antifa "Terror Cells" www.them.us/story/texas-...

Texas Launches Undercover Operations Into "Transgenderism" and Antifa "Terror Cells"

“Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture."

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Seasons of Pride @seasonsofpride.bsky.social · 3d

US Supreme Court skeptical over Colorado LGBT 'conversion therapy' ban www.reuters.com/video/watch/...

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Seasons of Pride @seasonsofpride.bsky.social · 3d

Library director fired over LGBTQ+ books gets $700,000 from county www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 4d

New York Republican Representative Mike Lawler posted on Facebook that LGBTQ+ people are “our equals” and “deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.”
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Seasons of Pride @seasonsofpride.bsky.social · 3d

How many LGBTQ+ adults are out of the closet? Almost all — with these exceptions www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-a...

How many LGBTQ+ adults are out of the closet? Almost all — with these exceptions

Around 96 percent of LGBTQ+ adults have come out as queer to at least one person.