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Race Bannon

@racebannon.bsky.social

Well done Palm Springs.

Amid national LGBTQ rights concerns, city welcomes new Pride monument to art collection thepalmspringspost.com/amid-nationa...

Amid national LGBTQ rights concerns, city welcomes new Pride monument to art collection ⋆ The Palm Springs Post

The $500,000 project dedicated at a Friday morning ceremony was funded primarily through private donations, with Palm Springs Pride and individual donors providing 88% of the funding.

thepalmspringspost.com

October 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM Everybody can reply

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Gov. Bob Ferguson

@governorferguson.bsky.social

We can look to our history of wins here in Washington state for guidance on how to move forward. Proud to be celebrating LGBTQ History Month.

Pride flag in foreground. Washington state Capitol dome in background.

October 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM Everybody can reply

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Maxwell Frost

@maxwellfrost.bsky.social

HAPPY PRIDE ORLANDO!!! And shoutout to everyone who attended No Kings right before. Our biggest pride yet. We proudly believe in justice for the LGBTQ+ & Immigrant community. No to authoritarians scapegoating our people in order to consolidate power and make money. No ICE in the sunshine state 🙅🏾‍♂️

October 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM Everybody can reply

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️

@charlesgaba.com

“The revelations come on the same day Platner is scheduled to hold a town hall in Ogunquit, a seaside resort long known as one of New England’s most prominent LGBTQ+ destinations, featuring a thriving gay community and Pride celebrations that draw visitors from across the region.”

Oh.

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 1d

“Betcha not a single downvoter is a real combat vet. Feel free to back it up with facts, fags,” Graham Platner wrote on a 2018 Reddit thread. There are half a dozen more antigay comments attributable to him.

www.advocate.com/news/graham-...

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner admits using ‘indefensible’ antigay slurs in unearthed Reddit posts

"Today I find that stuff abhorrent," Platner told The Advocate. "And I am sorry that I ever used it.”

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October 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM Everybody can reply

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Senator Ruben Gallego

@gallego.senate.gov

Happy Phoenix Pride! This weekend Arizonans came together to celebrate love and the LGBTQ+ community that makes our state stronger.

www.axios.com/local/phoeni...

Pride festival and parade returns to Phoenix

www.axios.com

October 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM Everybody can reply

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Southern Poverty Law Center

@splcenter.org

In 1978, Gilbert Baker designed the rainbow flag as a symbol of LGBTQ+ pride and hope for the 1978 San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Celebration.

Baker first created the rainbow flag with a collective. He refused to trademark it, seeing it as a symbol for the #LGBTQ+ community. #LGBTQHistoryMonth

October 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM Everybody can reply

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Coyote Punk 🏴🍉

@flameexpression.bsky.social

Fellow trans artists! 🏳️‍⚧️

Use this post to promo yourself, share your work and a little about yourself below! Maybe give a like, repost, or follow to other commenters whose art you enjoy ❤️

[ #furry #furryart #trans #transartist #pride #furryartist #lgbtq ]

October 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM Everybody can reply

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Hawaii Jake

@hawaiijake.bsky.social

Happy Pride, Honolulu! #lgbtq #gay #pride

October 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM Everybody can reply

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C. J. Magus

@cjmagus.bsky.social

“Do what you want, be yourself, it’s never too late.” — Cody Doell

#queer #gay #lesbian #bi #trans #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbqt #lgbtqia🏳️‍🌈 #lgbtqia🌈 #pride #visibility #quotes

October 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM Everybody can reply

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vlado

@mmjs86.bsky.social

The vibe in Vienna: good!

LGBTQ progress pride flag above ÖBB sign

October 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM Everybody can reply

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oneleggoalie

@oneleggoalie.bsky.social

#Pride #Atheism #Truth #FreeSpeech #FreeChoice
#nonbinary #laicism #AIart #books #writingcommunity #ebooks #IndieGames
#Fantasy #scifi #booksky
#science
#TFSM #LGBTQ
#TransRights #HumanRights
#NATO #EU
#AI #SnowCrash #SlowHorses
#GideonTheNinth #DUNE #MalazanBookOfTheFallen #indieauthor #histfic⚧️😐🦎

Peter C. Bradbury @petercbradbury.bsky.social · 4d

🖤✨ In the shadowed alleys of despair, two brothers weave a sinister web. Gorgeous, lonely women vanish without a trace, leaving nothing but whispers in the wind. 📚🔍💔 #DarkThriller #DarkFiction #MissingWomen #Brotherhood #Suspense tinyurl.com/2jdv8v4w

October 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM Everybody can reply

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C. J. Magus

@cjmagus.bsky.social

“If it ain’t right, fucking fix it, whatever it takes.” — Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

#queer #gay #lesbian #bi #trans #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbqt #lgbtqia🏳️‍🌈 #lgbtqia🌈 #pride #visibility #quotes

October 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM Everybody can reply

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Transgender World

@transgenderreport.com

Taiwan LGBT+ Pride parade set to take place in Taipei this Saturday, new developments have cast further doubts as to whether the Taiwan Rainbow Civil Action Association truly supports transgender and sexual rights.

newbloommag.net/2025...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

2025 Taiwan Pride Controversy Deepens, Further Doubts Raised Over TWRCAA’s Stance on Transgender and Sexual Rights | New Bloom Magazine

With the 23rd Taiwan LGBT+ Pride parade set to take place in Taipei this Saturday, new developments have cast further doubts as to whether the Taiwan Rainbow Civil Action Association (TWRCAA…

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October 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM Everybody can reply

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needick

@needick.bsky.social

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October 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM Everybody can reply

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Spooky Scott Kelley Ernest, BSPH 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #mtpol

@mxscottkernest.bsky.social

An arsonist set fire to a gay couple's Pride flag while they were home. They want justice. - LGBTQ Nation
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/an-a...

An arsonist set fire to a gay couple's Pride flag while they were home. They want justice. - LGBTQ Nation

The neighborhood has rallied around the couple as police continue their search for the attacker.

www.lgbtqnation.com

October 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM Everybody can reply

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C. J. Magus

@cjmagus.bsky.social

“If I’m going to be in this world, in this system, I’m going to shine, and no one is going to dim my light.” — Valentina

#queer #gay #lesbian #bi #trans #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbqt #lgbtqia🏳️‍🌈 #lgbtqia🌈 #pride #visibility #quotes

October 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM Everybody can reply

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oneleggoalie

@oneleggoalie.bsky.social

#Pride #Atheism #Truth #FreeSpeech #FreeChoice
#nonbinary #laicism #AIart #books #writingcommunity #ebooks #IndieGames
#Fantasy #scifi #booksky
#science
#TFSM #LGBTQ
#TransRights #HumanRights
#NATO #EU
#AI #SnowCrash #SlowHorses
#GideonTheNinth #DUNE #MalazanBookOfTheFallen #indieauthor #histfic⚧️😐🦎

Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

October 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM Everybody can reply

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TransActual

@transactualuk.bsky.social

"Even though I'm out as trans, being asexual often feels more difficult to talk about. Not many people know about asexuality if they aren't active in LGBTQ+ spaces." - Charlie

#AceWeek #AsexualityAwareness #Trans #Transgender #NonBinary #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBT

Photograph of hands holding a small asexual pride flag. The background is a gradient that fades from blue to pink. Text: "Even though I'm out as trans, being asexual often feels more difficult to talk about. Not many people know about asexuality if they aren't active in LGBTQ+ spaces." - Charlie

October 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM Everybody can reply

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oneleggoalie

@oneleggoalie.bsky.social

#Pride #Atheism #Truth #FreeSpeech #FreeChoice
#nonbinary #laicism #AIart #books #writingcommunity #ebooks #IndieGames
#Fantasy #scifi #booksky
#science
#TFSM #LGBTQ
#TransRights #HumanRights
#NATO #EU
#AI #SnowCrash #SlowHorses
#GideonTheNinth #DUNE #MalazanBookOfTheFallen #indieauthor #histfic⚧️😐🦎

James McCrone @jmccrone.bsky.social · 6d

"The accidental president is no accident." The pendulum of rule has swung decisively. Unless Imogen can stop them, it won’t swing again.

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October 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM Everybody can reply

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oneleggoalie

@oneleggoalie.bsky.social

#Pride #Atheism #Truth #FreeSpeech #FreeChoice
#nonbinary #laicism #AIart #books #writingcommunity #ebooks #IndieGames
#Fantasy #scifi #booksky
#science
#TFSM #LGBTQ
#TransRights #HumanRights
#NATO #EU
#AI #SnowCrash #SlowHorses
#GideonTheNinth #DUNE #MalazanBookOfTheFallen #indieauthor #histfic⚧️😐🦎

Angrywhitebitch @angrywhitebitch.bsky.social · 2d

October 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM Everybody can reply

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LOUISE Rose

@louise0202.bsky.social

Pastor who raged about kids seeing Pride flags arrested for child abuse - LGBTQ Nation apple.news/A8XhxF6kcSv-...

Pastor who raged about kids seeing Pride flags arrested for child abuse — LGBTQ Nation

Silas H. Shelton has been accused of abusing his religious authority to groom a teenage girl. Tuesday, October 21, 2025 An anti-LGBTQ+ Ohio pastor who said it’s not appropriate to discuss sexuality in...

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October 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM Everybody can reply

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🏳️‍⚧️FurryHrtGirl:3🏳️‍⚧️

@creampiehrt.bsky.social

#transgender #trans #lgbtq #lgbt #queer #pride #transgirl #bisexual #nsfw #femsky more butt pics uwu ;3 arf arf am I a good girl?~

October 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM Everybody can reply

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Ferry Godmother

@ferrygodmother.com

LGBT Chronicles
Voguing, born from Black & Latinx LGBTQ+ ballroom culture, tells powerful stories through movement.
👉 How do you express yourself through art?

#ts #transgender # #queer #pride #nonbinary #lesbian #gay #translivesmatter #LGBTQ #LGBT, #Gay #LoveIsLove #LGBTQIA #bi