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‘Dancing Hermione’ casually stupefies everyone at Pride

sudshr47 July 9, 2018

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The brightest (and fiercest) witch of her age is back.

Performer Kelsey Ellison reprised her viral “dancing Hermione” outfit for a magic moment during Saturday’s Pride event in London.

The YouTube personality and self-proclaimed Harry Potter enthusiast gained fame when she appeared at MCM London’s ComicCon, stupefying all with a casually fierce dance while dressed up as Hermione Granger.

On Saturday, she brought the magic to Pride in London, voguing her way through her celebrated routine, backpack and all, and finishing with a casual split — all in a casually steamy summer temperature of 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit). Read more…

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The best places to find queer joy on Instagram

sudshr47 June 30, 2018

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This post is part of Me, online, Mashable’s ongoing series digging into online identities.

If you were a queer kid growing up in the early ’10s, Tumblr, not school, was where you found community.

Tumblr was home to some of the internet’s gayest Disney Princess memes. It was where you went for the best transmasc fashion, queer Harry Potter fan fiction, lesbian spells, and sometimes even a little bit of love. Queer teens disproportionately used the platform, studies found. 

But Tumblr’s financials are bleak, and its role in queer culture has quietly diminished. Instead, it’s Instagram — an equally visual medium somewhat sheltered from Reddit’s trolls, Twitter’s bots, and Facebook’s morons — to which queer culture has moved.  Read more…

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‘The Tonight Show’ has some nifty ideas for ‘Straight Pride Parade’ floats

sudshr47 June 28, 2018

Pride month is here, but with it inevitably comes complaints from certain straight people on why there’s no parade for them.
Fortunately, the folks at The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon are talking about something the MSM refuses to cover: id…

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‘Love wins’: These photos of Pride parades around the world will bring you so much joy

sudshr47 June 24, 2018

Pride parades are the best kind of public spectacle: They uplift, unite, and give people a great reason to have a lot of fun. 
As Pride Month comes to an end, spend a moment taking in scenes from parades that took place around the world over the…

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13 songs that should be your next Pride anthem

sudshr47 June 20, 2018

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It’s Pride month and that can only mean one thing: TIME TO FIGURE OUT OUR NEXT PRIDE ANTHEM!

With so many bops being released on the daily (and with Carly Rae Jepsen blessing us with her entire discography), your Pride playlist may already be full of jams that you want to listen to all month long.

But, for the sake of causing some drama™, here are 13 songs (in no particular order) that should be your next Pride anthem.

1. “Bloom” by Troye Sivan

Troooooyyyeeeee! Thank you for this bop, sis! Australian singer Troye Sivan destroyed our emotions with his collection of moody synth-filled jams in his first album Blue Neighbourhood. But if his new single “Bloom” is any indication, with his second album, Sivan is coming directly for our wigs. Read more…

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Newly designed Pride flag is far more inclusive for 2018

sudshr47 June 13, 2018

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Most products from the 1970’s — green bean jello, lettuce molds— don’t deserve a reboot. The rainbow Pride flag might be the lonely exception.

Portland designer Daniel Quasar recently launched a Kickstarter for his newly designed LGBTQ Pride flag.  Quasar has crafted a flag featuring multiple new colors, each representing a gender identity/sexual orientation, as well arrows, suggesting forward cultural movement.

“When the Pride flag was recreated in the last year to include both black/brown stripes as well as the trans stripes included this year, I wanted to see if there could be more emphasis in the design of the flag to give it more meaning,” Quasar explains on his Kickstarter page. Read more…

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Jack Dorsey faces backlash after tweet about Chick-fil-A during Pride Month

sudshr47 June 11, 2018

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Even when Twitter isn’t in the spotlight for, say, Russian trolls or rampant abuse, they just can’t stay out of a mess.

This time, it was the man in charge, CEO Jack Dorsey, who caused a kerfuffle by sharing a tweet about receiving a “Boost” from fast food joint Chick-fil-A while using his Cash app to purchase food at the restaurant. 

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— jack (@jack) June 10, 2018

But here’s the thing: Dorsey was giving a big shout-out to a fast food company that’s now as well-known its anti-same-sex marriage stances as it is for  its food. And it also happens to be, well, Pride Month.  Read more…

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5 ways parents can talk to kids about LGBTQ identity

sudshr47 June 7, 2018

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If you’re a parent or caregiver unsure of how to start a conversation with a child about what it means to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer, consider Pride Month the perfect excuse to start an ongoing dialogue. 

From rainbow Pride flags and sports jerseys, to dozens of Pride parades, to Pride-related political events, there’s a good chance your child will have questions about the monthlong celebration — and why it’s so important to talk openly about LGBTQ experiences and identity. 

“They may bring it home to you as part of their discussion of the day,” says Eliza Byard, executive director of GLSEN, a nonprofit advocacy network focused on creating LGBT-inclusive schools.  Read more…

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Here’s 10 hours of just the chorus of ‘Cut To The Feeling’ because it’s Pride Month and you deserve nice things

sudshr47 June 5, 2018

*extreme Katharine McPhee voice* Hi my gay boys (and gals and really every human regardless of how you identify).
Here are the facts: It’s Pride Month, you deserve nice things, and Carly Rae Jepsen’s songs are bops that make us happy. When you pu…

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Facebook scraps custom reaction buttons, including the rainbow Pride flag

sudshr47 June 4, 2018

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Facebook’s little rainbow Pride reaction is sadly missing this year.

A popular feature released by the social network last year, the rainbow flag custom reaction was made available during Pride Month (in select countries), but if you’re looking to use it this year, you won’t find it.

It’s not just the Pride flag reaction either. First reported by Business Insider, Facebook is canning custom reactions entirely. “We are no longer doing custom reactions for major holidays or moments in culture,” spokeswoman Lisa Stratton said in an email statement to Mashable. Read more…

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