Happy LGBTQ Pride Month!
Hey there, welcome to the LGBTQ Pride Month edition of All My Gay News!
The past few weeks have been busy here at NBC Out. To kick off Pride month, we published a series of 50 profiles of LGBTQ newsmakers — 30 contemporary leaders, as well as 20 veterans of the LGBTQ liberation movement that began nearly 50 years ago on June 28, 1969.
All 50 of NBC Out’s #Pride50 profiles can be found here.
Check out my profiles of Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids, Pride organizer Fred Sargeant, first out lesbian lawmaker Elaine Noble, and Raymond Castro, the first person arrested at Stonewall.
We have also been hard at work on “Stonewall 50: The Revolution,” a four-part documentary co-produced with NBC Nightly News that chronicles the LGBTQ movement before, during, and after Stonewall. The first two episodes are available, with the final two episodes coming later this month.
Here are some of my favorite pride-themed stories so far:
Trump recognizes LGBTQ Pride Month for first time
The president did not recognize Pride Month for the first two years of his presidency after promising he would support the LGBTQ community.
'Queer Liberation March' sets stage for dueling NYC gay pride events
After years of complaints about the official NYC Pride March being too corporate, activists have created an alternative event scheduled for the same day.
NYPD formally apologizes for 1969 Stonewall raid
NYPD Commissioner James P. O'Neill formally apologized for the June 1969 police raid on the Stonewall Inn that helped prompt the LGBTQ rights movement.
Best,
Tim
Here’s a roundup of some of my favorite recent reports:
Meet the toddler the Trump administration is trying to strip of U.S. citizenship
Andrew and Elad Dvash-Banks, a gay couple, thought their fight for their son’s citizenship was over. But then the Trump administration appealed.
Man says Buttigieg never assaulted him, blames conservative activists for claim
A recent college graduate who appeared to claim on Monday that he was sexually assaulted by Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana — a rising Democratic presidential candidate — said Tuesday in a statement shared with NBC News that the assault never happened. He said he was the victim of conservative activists who had duped him.
Franklin Graham to Buttigieg: Homosexuality 'sin' to be 'repentant of' not 'flaunted'
While Graham’s homosexuality condemnation is not new, polling shows that a majority of white evangelical Christians support LGBTQ nondiscrimination laws.
Drag troupe 'The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence' mark 40 years of 'dragtivism'
Four decades since they began in San Francisco, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and their campy activism have inspired others, according to member Sister Roma.
Anti-gay hecklers follow Pete Buttigieg across Iowa
The protesters object to the candidate's sexual orientation and support for abortion rights.
Transgender ICE detainee died of AIDS complications, autopsy shows
The official autopsy for Honduran migrant Roxsana Hernandez found she had "untreated HIV." Advocates say she was detained after requesting asylum.“I think this person was denied the minimum standard required by U.S. law for prisoners and detainees,” Dr. Chris Beyrer, a public health professor at Johns Hopkins University, told NBC News after reviewing the official autopsy report.
Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, Pences trade barbs
“You shouldn’t be attacked for what your religious beliefs are,” Karen Pence said after Buttigieg criticized her husband’s views on LGBTQ issues.
'My child is free': Congresswoman gives tearful speech about nonbinary loved one
At an Equality Act hearing in the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Pramila Jayapal made the deeply personal revelation.
'She did not deserve that': Trans woman fatally shot in Maryland
“She did not deserve to leave this earth so early, and especially in the way she went out,” said the fiancé of Ashtanti Carmon, who was killed on March 30
Trump admin's proposal could place homeless trans women in men's shelters
A rule proposed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development may allow single-sex shelters to turn away trans people.
Ocasio-Cortez slams Gilead over HIV drug prices: 'People are dying for no reason'
Congress questioned Gilead's CEO about the high price of HIV prevention drug Truvada. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez didn't hold back.
Anti-gay preacher Steven Anderson banned from Ireland
This is the first time Ireland has used its 1999 Immigration Act to ban a foreigner from entering the country.
Gilead to donate HIV prevention drug Truvada to 200K uninsured patients
Activists questioned the timing of Gilead’s announcement after the pharmaceutical giant for years resisted calls to make the drug more widely available.
Generic HIV prevention drug coming in 2020, Gilead says
Following a campaign by activists, Gilead announced a generic version of Truvada, or PrEP, will be available next September, a year earlier than expected.
Trans teens face higher sexual assault risk when schools restrict bathrooms, study finds
More than one in four of transgender and nonbinary students surveyed reported being sexually assaulted in the previous 12 months.
NYC's 'Quickie Lab' closes loophole in sexual health prevention
NYC is launching a free STD clinic that will diagnose chlamydia and gonorrhea in several hours, “collapsing the diagnosis window,” doctors say, and preventing new infections.
Tennessee DA under fire for saying he won't enforce domestic violence law for gays
In a video from 2018, Craig Northcott said of same-sex domestic violence cases: "There's no marriage to protect, so I don't prosecute them." (Later, I wrote a follow up story: Tennessee DA faces investigation after Islam, gay comments)
