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003_004_Pride19.indd 4 6/9/19 1:28 PM 000_Pride19.indd 1 6/6/19 8:22 PM EDITORIAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF BRIAN GOOD ART DIRECTOR WARREN MASON INTERNATIONAL EDITOR ANNE-CHRISTINE D’ADESKY COPY EDITOR Every Voice Matters YEUN LITTLEFIELD CONTRIBUTORS TONY ADAMS, NATE BAILEY-MILLADO, If I’ve learned anything over my years as editor of ANDREW GUTMAN, JOSH OCAMPO, PrideLife, it’s that every voice counts. Whether you’re BARRET WERTZ, BRENT SCHUMACHER fighting to prevent climate change, reduce gun violence, or preserve abortion rights; working to fight ADVERTISING AND SALES racism, , homophobia, or transphobia—your SALES MANAGER AND EDITORIAL ADVISER voice matters. What you have to say matters. You just JOE JERVIS have to make sure they hear you! [email protected] On June 28, 1969, the small group of protes- tors who ignited an entire civil rights movement PRIDELIFE.COM MANAGER OF was heard. On April 17, 1965, when 10 brave men DIGITAL CONTENT and women picketed the White House—in what PATRICK VARGAS is believed to be the first-ever march for LGBT UNITED STATES CORPORATE OFFICES equality—we were heard. On June 26, 2015, when PRIDELIFE COMPANY, LLC the Supreme Court legalized marriage equality, we 401 COOPER LANDING ROAD C-18 were heard. Over and over in historic milestones we CHERRY HILL, NJ 08002 remember and celebrate, we are heard. 856.779.8990 But nothing happens if we don’t use our voices. MANAGING DIRECTOR DAVE METTILLE Rights slip away. Corrupt and colluding officials stay DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCE in office. And people who don’t care about our rights, TIM SOWINSKI our lives, and our equality—who don’t care what we have to say—end up deciding our future. This year, when Pride comes to your town, take PRIDELIFE UNITED KINGDOM/EUROPEAN UNION time to celebrate with your and family. SALES DIRECTOR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ART DIRECTOR Celebrate and honor all the people—and all the STEPHEN SOHAL NIGEL ROBINSON MATT ALABASTER 020.7637.3859 voices—who have done so much for us in the past and helped us get to where we are today. EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DIRECTOR OF TO THE BOARD OF INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS And then continue their work and make sure your DIRECTORS MARKETING LEO MAGGI voice is heard as well. In your community. In the KATE NELSON GEORGE MIZEL schools. Within local organizations. And most impor- tant, at the polls. Speaking out and working together, WORLDWIDE EXECUTIVE OFFICES we can continue to make sure change continues to come, for the next 50 years, and much much longer. PRIDELIFE LIMITED SECOND FLOOR Happy Pride! 52 TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD LONDON W1T 2EQ 020.7631.3684

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006_Pride19.indd 6 6/9/19 1:26 PM 000_Pride19.indd 1 6/6/19 8:23 PM The Face-off It’s a battle of Brazil vs. NYC as musicians Pabllo Vittar and Sofi Tukker come together for an exclusive PrideLife conversation.

n our first corner, we have Pabllo Vittar. One Iof the most famous queens on the planet, Pabllo was born in São Luís, Brazil, and—in a career dating back just four years—has already amassed more than 8 million Instagram follow- ers, plus more than a billion views on YouTube.

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Sofi Tukker A household name in her home watch people all around the world most like to see change right now is touring and an athlete—really not allowed country, Pabllo is best known move to music in different ways. is how our political leadership the globe all or not supposed to show any stateside for her 2017 smash hit, both in the U.S. and in Brazil is summer long, femininity. Now I feel like I natu- Tuck er: We’re making something “Sua Cara,” a collab with Major all about separating people and with dates rally have a feminine side, and it’s for everyone I guess. [Laughs] Lazer and Brazilian pop princess dividing people. It’s so “us vs. in locations exciting for me to be able to feel Songs with a throwback melody Anitta. This summer, Pabllo’s them.” What we want to help try to ranging from comfortable with it. To show it that are kind of nostalgic dance, Germany and the back to take over America prop- create and what we want to see in and feel like I can be accepted. sing-your-heart-out songs. A bit of U.K. to Japan, erly with a series of high-profile the world is more a unified popu- Spanish. And then some entirely Slovakia, and Pabllo: I totally agree. I wasn’t performances scheduled in New lation. We want people to come out-of-left-field moments. Brazil. Catch always this strong my whole life. York, , , and L.A. together more. Our differences are the duo Aug. 31 As a child, and in school, it was In our other corner, we have PrideLife: Switching gears a bit, really what should connect us. at Polo Fest in really hard for me. People are NYC-based Sophie Hawley-Weld you’ve both made plenty of politi- D e n v e r. PrideLife: In many ways, that’s always trying to push you to be and Tucker Halpern, who make cal statements in the past and are what Pride is all about. What this “regular” person. I’ve been up the dance music supergroup definitely activists with your art. does the word pride mean to you? through a lot of bullying and a lot Sofi Tukker. Formed in 2014 when What kind of changes would you of shit in Brazil, but it just made the two met at Brown University, most like to see brought about? Pabllo: To me, pride is a way of me stronger. I had to learn that the critically acclaimed duo has life. It’s how you love yourself. Pabllo: We’re living through a you’ve got to keep the negative out released more than a dozen dance music? You can feel the passion Pabllo Vittar online, and Pabllo heard it and It means you’re not gonna let really difficult time in Brazil right and just absorb what is good. floor bangers since then, includ- in the music you create. Was it has released commented on it over Instagram. other people tell you what to do now, but luckily I’m not doing it ing the hit track “Best Friend.” always your first love? more than a or what to be or how to live your Tuck er: Awww. We love that dozen singles Sophie: We were such fans of hers all on my own. We’ve got a lot of After a much-buzzed-about per- life. You’ve got to feel the pride about you, Pabllo. Sophie: For us, I would say that so far, top- as well. out LGBTQ artists there now, and formance at this year’s Coachella, inside yourself, and be yourself, Tucker really introduced me to ping the charts we’re all fighting together and Pabllo: If you bring positivity the group has also returned to Tuck er: It was so mutual. When and fight for it, all the time. You’ve that world initially. rep eate dly. To putting our voices out there to into the world, the world’s gonna the spotlight to promote its next get a taste we saw the comment we freaked got to own your life and live it the keep hope alive and to keep send- give it back to you in some way. musical phase, starting with the Tuck er: I started making music of her music, out. We were like, “What?” Pabllo! way you want it lived. That’s what ing the message that we are not single “Fantasy.” kinda late in college, and I really check out her [Laughs] pride means to me. Sophie: Yes! going to be silenced. We are fight- Friends on and off the stage, was in love with dance music and 2018 , Não Para Não. PrideLife: You both have new ing for respect and for our rights. Sophie: Amen! Tuck er: That’s definitely what we Pabllo and Sofi Tukker first came especially worldly . projects in the works. What can It’s tough. It’s a tough path, but we all have in common, I think. together last fall, crafting the I heard Sophie playing bossa Tuck er: I think we all just keep you tell us about them? are all fighting through it. insanely catchy “Energia (Parte nova–style music in Portuguese, trying to sort of unapologetically Pabllo: Energia! 2).” With Pabllo a proud and and it struck a cord—no pun Pabllo: I’m working on a new Tuck er: Love it! That gets me all be ourselves and be what makes All: [Laugh] outspoken role model for our intended. I knew it could be really EP. My goal now is to work in pumped up. It’s similar here in us, us. I grew up as a sort of a jock LGBT family, and Sophie and cool to combine that style of different languages, so I’m going some ways. For me, I’d love it if we Tucker both ardent allies and music with the music that I really to record in English, Portuguese, could get rid of our idiot president supporters of the community, we identified with and loved. and Spanish. I’m actually inviting first of all. That would make couldn’t help but reunite the three some friends to join me on it—so things a little easier. Sophie: We also both really for their first conversation post- if you guys want to take part? love to dance, and we really love Sophie: I’d also really like to get “Energia.” Our raucous call—part the atmosphere of places where Tuck er: Yes! rid of guns, please. in English, part in Portuguese people are just free and dancing, (Sophie speaks it; Pabllo had Sophie: Oh, my God. Yes. Tuck er: Yes, definitely! It’s all so it was a perfect fit. her translator on hand)—hit the tough. We actually have a lot in Pabllo: You’re working on new trio’s upcoming musical proj- Pabllo: I’ve been making music common with Brazil right now. music, too, right? ects, the sorry state of both U.S. for a long time, too—and I was a Their leader is a lot like our leader. and Brazilian politics, and most superfan of Sophie and Tucker’s. Sophie: Definitely. We can’t Sophie: Unfortunately. important, the incredible power As soon as I heard your music, announce exactly what yet, but and significance of being able to I always knew that I wanted to we started putting out new music Tuck er: It’s scary and kind of dance to one’s own beat. work with you. recently with “Fantasy.” Our shocking when you see all the sound is definitely evolving. We’ve people who agree with these guys. PrideLife: Is that how your PrideLife: Thank you all for been influenced by our travels, It really brings all of society’s collab on “Energia” came about? taking the time to talk. The first and by the places that we go out to differences to light. thing I wanted to ask was about Tuck er: Basically. We posted dance and see people dance, and Sophie: There’s so much that how you all got started in dance the original version of “Energia” by our DJ sets and just getting to SPANHO DEBORA SPANHO DEBORA ALL PHOTOS: ALL PHOTOS: needs to change, but the thing I’d

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Introducing the 4. “Firework” Summer by “Another great self- InterPrideLife Whether it was his iconic of esteem booster. It’s Pride uplifting and worthy of tracks by Madonna, Whitney, and J.Lo as being played at every half of the duo ; his current Pride, in my opinion.” Seal of Approval Playlist remodeling of bops by Ariana, Selena, and Gaga; or his countless originals (includ- 5. “Pride (A Deeper COMPILED BY MUSICIAN, DJ, Pride, as we know it, was born out of passion. The in ing the global smash “,” Love)” by Clivillés AND SONGWRITER BARRY HARRIS & Cole June 1969 were the spark that started that fire. It was the moment released by 30 years ago!), Barry when we, as a disrespected community, realized that we were “A no-brainer, insta- Harris has likely soundtracked more of strong. In 1969, we found our freedom. In 2019, we celebrate it— gay classic from the and help continue to push it forward. your nights out than you’re even aware of. day it was released We asked the -based legend, who back in the ’90s. A The LGBT movement has grown in leaps and bounds since another feel-good song will be spinning at a full roster of shows few years later, Aretha that night. We’ve advanced socially, politically, and, yes, even that really does make Franklin covered it commercially. In many ways, that’s just what we want. Charitable this summer, for his list of the best Pride ya feel proud!” [for her ‘Greatest Hits donations and corporate efforts to raise awareness and promote anthems of all time. His selections: (1980–1994)’ album], equality and acceptance of all LGBT individuals further our message 9. “Beautiful” taking it to a whole new and help make life better for everyone. by level that still sounds “This one struck a current today.” But there’s a darker side to this newfound “corporate love.” In an chord back in 2002 and effort to tap into “pink dollars” and perceived disposable income touched a generation 6. “I Got My Pride” within our community, some businesses end up exploiting us in with its uplifting pride by Barry Harris the name of profit and sales rather than offering true support and and self-esteem featuring Pepper solidarity of a shared cause. The bottom line is clear: Flying rainbow message. It’s just a Mashay colors one weekend a year does not automatically make a company great song, and Peter an ally worthy of our support and patronage. True support means “OK—yes, I’m kinda Rauhofer really nailed it serving and caring about the LGBT community and our lives, blowin’ my own horn. as well with his .” interests, and rights 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. But, then again, this song keeps getting 10. “Dive in the Pool” To this end, PrideLife—in conjunction with InterPride—is proud covered and remade, by Barry Harris to introduce the InterPrideLife Seal of Approval. As a consumer, which tells me perhaps featuring Pepper when you see this seal in advertisements, marketing materials, I really did hit a nail on Mashay or a company’s website, you’ll know that the company you are the head. Co-written “It was the supporting is a true friend and ally of the LGBT community. It with Ellis Miah, who’s means the company in question has been vetted and approved in unofficial theme 1. [Tie] “Born This 2. “We Are Family” since written songs three critical areas: First, the product works and is of the highest song to Showtime’s Way” by by Sister Sledge with RuPaul, I’m forever possible quality; second, the business is committed to improving groundbreaking and “I Was Born This proud of this song and LGBT inclusivity within its own organization; and third, the business “It became the non- As Folk. I can’t even happy to have created operates and promotes itself within the marketplace in a way that Way” by Carl Bean official theme tell you how many and produced my own understands, respects, and is sensitive to the LGBT community. “Why? Because the around the world for times and how many Pride anthem!” Carl Bean song ‘I Was years. And it’s still a different Pride events Like similar awards of excellence from Good Housekeeping or tradition to this day. It’s and Pride parades Born This Way” was the 7. “I’m Coming Out” Consumer Reports, the InterPrideLife Seal of Approval is our way a wonderful song about I’ve been to over the first song that I know of by Diana Ross of honoring businesses that care more about us as a community unity and love.” years, and this song that spelled it right out rather than just their bottom line. By increasing accountability and “Do I really need to continues to get played. about being gay back in helping champion the businesses that truly have our best interests 3. “Titanium” explain this one? It’s It also continues to get in mind, we can further the work started that night 50 years ago at ’77. Lady Gaga’s song by David Guetta kind of a no-brainer.” remixed, year after the Stonewall Inn and continue to move toward a world that’s even was likely influenced by featuring Sia year, ever since I first 8. “Proud” more fair and equal for all. Carl Bean’s track. She “It’s a very powerful created it back in 2000. by Heather Small took the theme of ‘Born song that reached a It’s another ultimate Sincerely, This Way’ to the entire whole new generation, “It’s another Pride party track that seems world and broadened and it’s become a new classic and one that to cross generation VISIT PRIDELIFE.COM The PrideLife Team the message—while dance classic in the keeps coming back, after generation and FOR MORE INFORMATION also taking it to a whole process. It’s about year after year, since just won’t go away. I’m

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within the crowd. It was almost a bility, and lifelong struggle with disrespect to her memory.” alcohol and drug addiction. But “She gave voice to the voiceless, it’s not the tragic that’s endeared and once that was gone—we took Garland to legions of fans. “The arms,” says trans actor/activist reason our icons are revered by BEST OF JUDY (and Judy superfan) Alexandra Essentials of an icon. the queer community and held Billings. “Her demise cannot be to such high esteem is because The Wizard of Oz (1939) trivialized into a footnote.” we know true talent when we see Her best-known role; Tribute artist Peter Mac, it also earned her a it,” Billings says. You can catch who has been performing as special Oscar. Billings channel her icon’s “story- Judy Garland for 17 years now, telling in song” this fall when the Meet Me in St. Louis agrees: “That evening, we were all Transparent musical airs on (1944) crushed, we had lost our icon, and Features some of Amazon in September. when the lights went up, we had her most memorable nothing to lose. It was the straw standards: “Trolley Although Garland died of an that broke the camel’s back.” Song,” “The Boy Next accidental overdose at 47, she Door,” and “Have But Thomas Lanigan Schmidt— was an entertainer for 45 of those Yourself a Merry Little who was at Stonewall that Christmas.” years. “She conquered every form night—doesn’t buy it. “There are of media,” Horrocks says. “Not people who connect [her funeral] Easter Parade only was she a great actress and (1948) to the narrative...and you’re not singer, she conquered TV, radio, Garland goes toe-to-toe going to tell them it doesn’t con- with Fred Astaire. had a superb recording career. I nect, so let them have it,” he told think very few people have that The Washington Post. “It didn’t A Star Is Born legacy to leave.” Horrocks is busy (1954) start the riot off, believe me.” assembling a special anniversary A comeback to go gaga n June 27, 1969, more than Many historians also argue that over, her tour de force glossy of Judy Garland: A Celebra- O20,000 fans swarmed Judy the young rioters would have been performance garnered tion, which he’s been the editor of Garland’s funeral to pay respects. fans of rock and R&B—not Judy her only Academy for the past 20 years. Less than 24 hours later, the at . The debate rages Award nomination for Mac, who’s done more than Best Actress. NYPD raided the historic Stone- on, five decades later. 3,000 shows as Garland, marvels wall Inn in , But really, there’s no debating The Harvey Girls (1946) at how “communicative” she was and a melee broke out. The ensu- Garland’s impact on the LGBTQ+ A glammed-up Garland in her live performances. “You ing riots over the next five nights community. Who among us hasn’t holds her own against got the impression you were the great screen fueled the queer rights movement. been affected by her breakout the only person she was singing beauties Lana Turner Coincidence? Ru thinks not. performance (at 16 years old) as and Hedy Lamarr. to,” he says. “And there were no Earlier this year, RuPaul’s Drag Dorothy Gale? Aside from Doro- trappings—she didn’t have bacon Race All Stars broke out a Garland- thy’s acceptance of an effeminate Judy at Carnegie Hall strapped to her gown, no cone- (1961) lion—and her fabulous footwear— shaped bustiers; it was her with themed makeover challenge, in The live recording from which the remaining queens had there was her signature number, “the world’s greatest a band singing songs.” Mac can to doll up their BFFs, aka their “,” which is the entertainer” won the currently be seen in “Get Happy: Best Judys. RuPaul shared a story ultimate outsider anthem. Grammy for Album Judy Garland’s Life Story in The of how Stonewall patrons “used “The song represents [the of the Year, making Her Own Words & Music” at the Garland the first woman notion that] there must be some- Producers Club in New York City. their grief over Judy’s death to rise to do so. up and fight back.” But was the thing better than this,” says Mac. So, whether there’s a direct con- icon really that beloved that her Another Oz connection: At the The Judy Garland Show nection to the riots—or it’s simply Golden (1963–64) end could start a revolution? time of Stonewall, sodomy was gay mythology—Judy Garland’s The underrated “I don’t think it’s coinciden- still a felony in 49 states, and gay variety show on CBS funeral will, in a way, be forever tal,” says Gary Horrocks of the men used “Friend of Dorothy” as showcased Garland’s entwined with Stonewall. Fifty Girl International Judy Garland Club. code to ID one another. range and allowed years of queer liberation, 50 years Fifty years after Stonewall—and her untimely “The mood was so intense—the her to share the stage since Garland’s death. “The rest death—Judy Garland still resonates. awful interjection by the police Much ado has been made about with such greats as of us will be forgotten,” Frank , Mickey

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I’ve made some great grits, Cajun Caribbean barbecue spot at the perfectly picturesque sliver LGBTQ crowd love and makes sure friends from all over the globe hanging shrimp, sea scallops Provençale, and of heaven known as Tamarama Beach, everyone feels welcome. And those out there. They also have the city’s best much, much more. And they’re located Braden Joyce- just a short walk from the crowds at pristine sugar white sand beaches? bitter balls [a Dutch curry, nutmeg, and in a space that’s been serving food Schleimer the famous Bondi Beach. Once the They’re simply amazing!” meat-based delicacy], plus a fantastic for 100 years, so the atmosphere is outside Ms. G’s sun begins to set, I hop over to Potts array of drinks.” beyond charming.” in Syd n ey, Point and grab a table at Mrs. G’s, one My favorite place to grab breakfast: Australia. of Sydney’s hippest restaurants, for a Einstein Bros. Bagels in Atlanta, GA My favorite place to unwind: My favorite weekend escape: playful take on modern Asian cuisine. “It’s my absolute favorite brunch spot W South Beach, Miami Beach, FL Sheraton Suites in Key West, FL Hello, cheeseburger spring rolls!” around—from the crispy chicken “The top LGBTQ-friendly hotel I’ve “Located just 10 minutes away from My favorite escape from reality: and tater sandwiches to the thick-cut visited would have to be the W South Blue Heaven, it has huge suites and a bacon and avocado toast. They are, Beach. Besides its great location, the resort-style pool and restaurant area, W Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain and always will be, an LGBTQ staple staff is superfriendly. And it’s a place and it’s just across the street from a “If Europe is your scene, Barcelona in the ATL!” where I always feel free to be myself.” beautiful stretch of beach.” is the place to visit. The epicenter in my opinion is the W Barcelona: Reminiscent of a ship’s sail, this insanely gorgeous contemporary beachfront hotel offers unparalleled views of the Mediterranean. And it's just a short walk from the city’s Gothic NICKOLAS SAMMY TYLER Quarter—an area of narrow medieval Get out there! 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If I love the laid-back, neighborhood individuals from all over Europe and the chic decor and breathtaking view. a year. That means picking the right beach, the right res- that’s you, it’s vibe. The shop feels homey, and the can learn all about their experiences But for me, it’s the ideal spot to grab staff is always friendly. And the menu and what brought them to the city. a signature martini on the open-air taurant, and the right resort on any trip is essential—since time to finally earn some miles. is constantly changing with intriguing There are great drinks and very friendly balcony before heading out for a night we don’t get to do it very often. Flight attendants, airline flavors, such as Strawberry Red Wine bartenders. It is a uniquely themed exploring Old Town.” pilots, and other airline crew have the opposite problem. With Szechuan Pepper, Rum Drunken basement bar, complete with fake jail They travel for work—and therefore get to explore many Raisin, Korean Rice Syrup, Truffle Olive cells to take pictures in.” My favorite romantic weekend: far-flung corners of the globe on a regular basis. That Oil, and Lebanese Rosewater.” Almar Resort at Puerto Vallarta, My favorite place for breakfast the Mexico means they also tend to know some amazing hidden gems My favorite place to chill by the pool: next morning: “The gay beach area at the nearby Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and must-see destinations that aren’t always listed in the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa in The Living Room in Copenhagen, Playa de los Muertos can’t be beat. guidebooks or written up on the travel . Maui, HI Denmark But be sure to stay at the Almar We wanted to know more. So we turned to the folks at “It’s a beautiful, relaxing hotel with a “A two-story cafe in the heart of Resort during your visit. 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Here are seven of Delta’s finest, offering their definitely my favorite spot to hang out friends and relatives so you can just shore, is the perfect setting if you’re picks for some of the top restaurants, bars, and hotels worth while I’m staying there.” catch up and relax.” planning a romantic trip for two.” a definite slot on your next vacation itinerary. PHOTO DAN WYNN DAN WYNN DAN PHOTO PHOTO DELTA DELTA

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brunch. It’s a great- looking restaurant with a big disco glitter ball, and the drag queens are terrific. I also really like Club Cumming Booth Theatre [222 The [505 E. 6th St.]. Alan W. 45th St.]. The Cumming is one of production stars Whether you’re coming to New York to the co-owners, and Nathan Lane and was it’s really a downtown Musto celebrate WorldPride or just visiting later written by Taylor Mack, haven for performance who is a transgender in the year for fun, you couldn’t get a bet- art, live rock & roll, and playwright who’s done List ter guide to the city than Michael Musto. gay schmoozing. It’s very well off-Broadway. From reporting on the city’s nightlife scene very intimate, very real, It’s definitely something Nightlife king and in the early days of MTV to writing for the and very offbeat and different than your fun. You also can’t come legendary columnist über-influential Village Voice to penning usual Broadway fare. to New York without For experimental Michael Musto’s super- his current weekly column at newnownext. going to . A theater, check the fabulous guide to com, the acclaimed writer has been detail- lot of the city’s nightlife calendars at La MaMa gay New York. ing the ins and outs of NYC gay culture for has moved there [66 E. 4th St.] and decades. PrideLife spoke to Musto recently because the real estate Dixon Place [161A and asked for his favorite New York must- is more affordable and Chrystie St.]. For visual available. I definitely arts, there’s a gallery see hot spots for anybody who wants to... recommend a place called Howl! Arts [636 there called House of Broadway], named Yes [2 Wyckoff Ave.]. after Beat poet Allen They have circuslike Ginsberg’s landmark reviews, neo burlesque 1955 poem, that always entertainers, drag and has something amazing aerial acts—all kinds of and of great historical wacky performances value going on.” that are very enjoyable.” My Favorite ...go out dancing NYC Moment “The days of big dance “It was definitely clubs are kind of over, when the Supreme so the scene today is Court announced more about weekly or that they had voted monthly parties. For in favor of same-sex great DJs, check out marriage. It was a party called Battle such a landmark ...grab a drink in a and that also serves Hymn produced by decision. I came of classic bar really terrific burgers. Lady Fag, who is the age in the ’70s. It “Start with the Finally, check out the promoter [battlehymn. was a great time club]. I also like a regular Stonewall [53 Monster [80 Grove St.]. to be a gay male in Christopher St.], which It’s a two-level club— weekly party called Le New York, I must is obviously the hub upstairs you’ll find a Bain that’s held every say, but nobody was of this year’s whole piano bar; downstairs Friday night at the thinking in terms of Pride celebration. It’s a there’s dancing, drag Standard Hotel [848 getting gay marriage very busy, traditional- shows, and go-go boys. Washington St.]. It’s a approved. It didn’t They’re all in the West style with a mixed crowd, but the seem to be on the Village, which is the great upstairs area music and dancing is table at that point. center of the modern for all types of shows. fantastic.” So to have it on the LGBTQ movement and table, and then to Nearby is ’ [159 W. a spot that still has ...check out some 10th St.], which is the have it approved, tremendous nightlife.” incredible fine arts longest-running gay bar was a glorious and breathtaking in NYC. It’s like the gay “If you’re looking ...catch a live show experience. As soon version of Cheers—a for Broadway, try to House of Yes as the verdict came neighborhood bar “There’s a place called get tickets to Gary: in, we all ran to the that’s comfortable, Lips [227 E. 56th St.] A Sequel to Titus that’s really fun for drag Village and took to has a mixed crowd, Andronicus at the KENNY (TOP), HOUSE OF YES: ERICA CAMILLE @ERICACAMILLETRAVELS ANTHONY QUINTANO; BUILDING: EMPIRE STATE @JEFFREYCAMPAGNA CUMMING: COPYRIGHT CLUB 2019 JEFFREY CAMPAGNA (BOTTOM); @KENNYRODZ RODRIGUEZ the streets and had a gigantic celebration that I still remember 24 PRIDELIFE.COM | 2019 to this day.”

024_Pride19.indd 24 6/8/19 11:52 AM 000_Pride19.indd 25 6/6/19 8:35 PM NOW | QUIZ The Dates 1. 1973 2. 1975 The Events Inhabited & uninhibited. 3. 1977 A. The original gay pride debuts, flying at the Gay Freedom Day Parade. Years 4. 1978 B. Citizens in Boulder, CO, pass the first referendum 5. 1980 to ban discrimination based on sexual 6. 1983 orientation.

and 7. 1987 C. The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is enacted by the U.S. military, mandating that service 8. 1993 members can’t legally be asked about their sexual orientation. 9. 1994 Queers D. Comedian Ellen DeGeneres comes out as a 10. 1996 How well do you know your gay and history? lesbian on the cover of Time magazine. 11. 1997 As we commemorate 50 years of fighting for LGBT E. Visionary civil rights leader Harvey is elected representation, rights, and equality, it’s also a good 12. 2008 city-county supervisor in San Francisco. time to look back at some of the key moments that 13. 2012 F. The Supreme Court rules in Obergefell v. Hodges, have helped us get to where we are today. Glance proclaiming the fundamental right of same-sex 14. 2015 through the list to the right and see if you can match couples to marry as guaranteed by the 14th the milestone from our past with the year (listed in 15. 2016 Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. yellow) in which it took place. G. Rachel Maddow becomes the first openly LGBT anchor of a major prime-time news program when her newscast debuts on MSNBC.

H. In a vote of 5,854 to 3,810, the American Psychiatric Association removes from its list of mental disorders.

I. Homosexuality is legalized in California through the Consenting Adult Sex Bill, making gay sex legal for the first time in the U.S.

J. becomes the first gay actor to play an openly gay character in a leading role on TV on the series My So-Called Life.

K. President officially recognizes the Stonewall National Monument, making it the first national LGBT historic site.

L. The Democratic Party officially adopts a plank preventing discrimination by sexual orientation into its platform—a U.S. political party first.

M. A judge rules that the state does not have a legal right to deprive same-sex couples Key West Pride of the right to marry, making Hawaii the June 5-9, 2019 first state to recognize that gay and lesbian keywestpride.org couples are entitled to the same privileges as heterosexual married couples.

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THE JAMES BEARD Beard was well-traveled— By the 1950s and ’60s, James TIMELINE legal jeopardy,” Birdsall says. “The “basically the safest place to Beard was a household name. He consequences were enormous.” 1903: James Andrews express who you were and was the first to have a nationally Besides, the powers that be would Beard is born on May 5 publicly cruise was outside of broadcast cooking show, I Love in Portland, OR. never have let him. “It would have the U.S.,” Birdsall says. But those to Eat, in 1946—decades before affected book sales.” global influences also informed Julia Child. He lent his celebrity 1921: He’s “asked to And so, Beard went to his grave leave” Reed College his view of American cooking as to hock products in advertise- without a public acknowledgment. on the grounds of his melting pot cuisine. At 6'3" and ments—the norm for today’s homosexuality. In his will, he left “companion” 310 pounds (at his heaviest), he influencers. And his 20-plus cook- Cofacci life rights to his apart- had body issues that limited his books and hundreds of magazine 1937: Beard moves ment—the famed James Beard to New York City dating life. “He didn’t feel lovable, articles made gastronomy more House on West 12th Street—and to pursue an physically,” Birdsall says. He had accessible to the average home (unsuccessful) acting a financial stipend. A group fleeting romances but none that cook. “His writing was stream- career. He starts his of friends and colleagues later lasted longer than his 30-year of-consciousness, memory-laden, own catering company organized a fundraiser to buy the romantic-then-rocky relationship recipe-filled storytelling,” says two years later. townhouse, and on Nov. 5, 1986, with Gino Cofacci. The pastry Mitchell Davis of the James Beard 1946: His TV show, I the James Beard House officially chef eventually moved in with Foundation. “He loved people and Love to Eat, premieres opened “to provide a center for Beard—in a separate apartment loved to chat. He would have been on NBC—the first the culinary arts and to continue upstairs, to maintain plausible a huge success had he lived long national cooking show to foster the interest James Beard in TV history. deniability. “The fact that we don’t enough to do social media.” inspired in all aspects of food, its know much about their relation- After Stonewall in 1969, Beard 1955: He converts a preparation, presentation, and of ship shows how deep, valuable, felt increasingly conflicted. part of his townhome course, enjoyment.” and private it was for the both of “Coming out could ruin your to establish the James Beard’s revelation on his Beard Cooking School. them,” Birdsall says. career—and put you in serious sexuality was finally made public 1956: Beard meets in 1990, when Kafka released Gino Cofacci. a transcript of her interview. It

fearless gay figure from the 20th 1973: Beard on remains unknown whether he Out at Last century, but that’s a misreading Bread, his best-selling ever intended for her to share it. We set the record not-so-straight on James Beard, the godfather of history,” says Birdsall, who’s cookbook, is released. For Faison—who owns three currently working on a biography booming Boston restaurants with of American cooking. By Nate Millado 1976: Reed College of America’s first foodie. Beard’s finally acknowledges her wife and partner—living her reluctance to publicly come out Beard’s legacy by life freely is a way to honor Beard. he James Beard Awards are his death. And yet when he died stemmed in part from a traumatic bestowing him with an “It breaks my heart when anyone the Oscars of the food world, of heart failure in 1985, there was “To entertain event in 1921. He was referred honorary degree. can’t have that wholeness of them- T successfully one recognizing the best chefs, restau- no mention of his homosexuality to as a “college dropout,” but in selves,” she says. “So if there’s a must create with 1981: Beard and rateurs, and journalists. “Everyone in his obituaries. Chalk it up to the imagination reality, Beard was banished from restaurant critic Gael young woman struggling with her grows up thinking, ‘If only,’ ” says the stigma attached to AIDS in of a playwright, Reed College for having an affair Greene establish sexuality who sees someone like chef Tiffani Faison, who’s been the mid-’80s, perhaps. But Beard, plan with the with a male professor. “He was so Citymeals-on-Wheels, me, open and free and successful, which provides food for nominated for Best Chef: North- so gregarious and larger than life skill of a scarred by that,” Birdsall says. that inherently creates a road for homebound elderly. east two years running. “But it’s publicly, also struggled with his director, and Not to say he was totally in the them that’s easier. It’s about crazy to me how many people have queer identity privately. “It was perform with the closet. From the time Beard moved 1985: Beard dies of visibility and relatability.” instincts of an accepted this honor in his name an extremely complex code to New York City in 1937, his inner heart failure at 81 Birdsall’s impetus for his writ- actor.” —From and had no idea.” Faison, an out that one was expected to circle was mostly gay and lesbian years old. His ashes are ing his Beard bio was to “unerase Beard’s 1965 scattered in Oregon. lesbian, is referring to the fact that between,” says two-time James book, Menus for bohemians. He had three houses his identity,” he says, “as someone James Beard—cookbook author, Beard Award–winning writer Entertaining. in the Village—one just two blocks 1986: The James who, because of circumstances pioneer of TV cooking shows, and John Birdsall. To his middle- away from Stonewall Inn. An Beard Foundation is and fear, couldn’t live openly in a namesake of the coveted medal- class American audience, he was OG shade queen, he’d hop on the established. way that we take for granted.” lion—was also a gay man. a consummate “bachelor” who phone every morning with close 1991: The first James Meanwhile, the James Beard “By the time I was 7, I knew I punted on questions about why friends to gossip and bitch about Beard Foundation Foundation intends to celebrate was gay,” Beard admitted in an he’d never married. everyone and anything he couldn’t Awards are given out to Pride at the House “the way James chefs Wolfgang Puck interview with longtime friend “There’s an eagerness right stand, including Gourmet founder Beard would have,” Davis says. and Emeril Lagasse.

Barbara Kafka, a decade before now to accept Beard as this Earle MacAusland’s many affairs. WYNN DAN WYNN DAN “We throw a great party.”

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“The plot has jumped for- ward in time, but we still have pivotal original characters like Anna Madrigal, who is again An played by Olympia Dukakis,” Bartlett says. “And now we also have a whole new generation of characters—trans characters Eye for and gay characters and lesbian characters...a whole rainbow of characters that make the show Change much more reflective of where we A graphic look at the beauty— are in the present.” and incredible need for LGBT Tales’ can dive right acceptance—in Latin America today. into the new season, without having to play catch-up—mean- or photographer and performance ing, no homework required if you Fartist Claudia Jares, it’s almost want to start watching the second impossible to separate life from her lens the show debuts. “There’s a strong when she is working. “I see pictures starting point to the new season everywhere—and emotions. I sometimes that will be meaningful to people get to the point where I feel I am the that watched the show before,” camera and the camera is me,” she says. Bartlett says, “but it’s also the per- In her new book, Dark Tears, the fect way to enter into the stories if award-winning Argentinian photogra- you haven’t had any contact with pher turns her provocative eye toward Tales before.” the reality of the queer experience in The original stories that made Argentina, Venezuela, and across Latin A Classic Reborn up the Tales novels were initially America, exploring questions of sexual- published as weekly serials in the ity, religion, and identity within the men Tales of the City is back as a new series on Netflix—and luckily San Francisco Chronicle. This and women she profiles. for all of us, it’s totally binge-worthy! allowed Maupin to not only work “Being LGBT in Latin America is in current events but also monitor hard,” Jares says. “The people I pho- t’s time to step back through new series (and who was the star responses and reactions to what tographed really wanted to tell their the door to 28 Barbary Lane. A of another LGBT classic, HBO’s he was writing for maximum stories—stories of love, friendship, lone- I Armistead reader enjoyment. liness, and survival. Too many LGBT cult classic beloved for more than Looking). “It’s also the story of Mau pin’s Tales four decades, Armistead Maupin’s San Francisco—a love letter to of the City, “I think that’s why his stories individuals have been persecuted and Tales of the City is the type of rare this place where people come to starring Mur- and characters still stand up even killed in the past. Enough is enough—we work that defies easy categoriza- find themselves.” ray Bartlett, today,” says Bartlett. “First off, can no longer be pushed into the streets. tion. Part dishy soap opera, part Maupin wrote nine books in , they’re really good stories; they’re We must continue the fight and never poignant tale of love and loss, part the Tales series starting in 1978. Ellen Page, Paul really entertaining, and they’re surrender. That’s what I was trying to breezy , it’s the story of The first book was famously made Gross, Olym- funny. They’re human, and very capture in my book. And that’s what will pia Dukakis, queer men and women and out- into a groundbreaking 1993 tele- poignant, and they’re about love ultimately give us the strength to go on.” and many more, siders alike—individuals without vision miniseries that originally debuts on and compassion and being true a “biological” family—coming aired in the U.K. and was later Netflix this to yourself—universal issues. But together to build their own “logi- broadcast here in the States on June. most of all, they’re about family Dark Tears: LGBTQ cal” family in one San Francisco PBS. Showtime brought the series and the possibility of finding fam- Resilience in Latin apartment building. back in 1998 and 2001 for its sec- ily, especially when you feel like America by Claudia “Tales is a story about com- ond and third seasons. And now, that isn’t possible. Bringing these Jares (published by The New Press) is in munity and finding this place what is effectively Season 4 starts characters together and help- stores or available to where you finally fit in,” says this summer on Netflix—with ing viewers to feel more whole is order now. For more Murray Bartlett, who plays Maupin himself serving as execu- exactly the kind of story we’re all information, go to thenewpress.com.

Michael “Mouse” Tolliver on the tive producer of the series. so excited to be telling.” NETFLIX NETFLIX JARES CLAUDIA © 2019 BY PHOTOS JARES CLAUDIA © 2019 BY PHOTOS

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average guy’s thighs—Kearney is the spitting image of a stereotypi- cal strongman. Perhaps that’s why the sport’s community accepted Kearney, the first openly gay pro, with open arms. “I don’t get much crap,” he says. “My fellow competitors don’t care if I’m gay, as long as I can compete.” Kearney realizes, though, that this isn’t the reality for other LGBTQ folks. So to help further shift stigma within the sporting world, he became an ambassador for Athlete Ally—an organization that educates governing bodies, teams, and individual athletes about the obstacles that LGBTQ men and women in sports face when it comes to inclusion. His goal: to “break the stereotype of what people think ‘gay’ is and show that no matter who you love, you can still lift the world.” Since his record-setting log press in 2014, Kearney hasn’t just continued to compete—he’s Strong at Heart dominated. First, he captured the 105-kilogram pro log press Flexing his muscle for acceptance—and the win. record in 2015. In 2017 and By Andrew Gutman 2018, he competed at the World’s organized by Strongest Man Competition—the his was it. Rob Kearney, in raised his hands, and then walked pinnacle of strength sports—in front of a packed Columbus backstage, where the rest of the The goal of Botswana and the Philippines. T Athlete Ally, Convention Center, walked up competitors were waiting, to This March, Kearney won the which Kearney August 7 to 20, 2023 to the 425-pound log, his face embrace his biggest supporter— is an ambas- Arnold Strongman Classic in plastered across the jumbotrons, his boyfriend, Joey. This win sador for, is Australia—and married Joey the the stage lights beaming down. solidified Kearney, who had come to end rampant next day in —and then His chalked hands gripped the out just five months prior, as a homophobia and set the American heavyweight pro handles, and, in one motion, force to be reckoned with in the transphobia in log press record at the Log Lift he pulled the log to his lap and sport and as an ardent advocate sports while Championship in Leeds, England, promoting LGBTQ hoisted it to his chest. Then, with for LGBTQ equality. with a 471-pound lift in April. e q uality for all. one explosive push, Kearney Strongman competitions like For more info, “Being closeted definitely drove the log overhead. The the Arnold Classic place the go to athlete affected my performance. I had crowd exploded into a chorus of boilerplate “man’s man” on a ally.org. the burden every day of having to cheers when the lift was complete, pedestal. After all, it’s a sport that pretend to be something I wasn’t. and Kearney secured the amateur measures power and strength by It was exhausting,” Kearney says. heavyweight log press record at the amount you can pick up off “But falling in love gave me a new the 2014 Arnold Strongman the floor or press overhead. At 5'9" sense of confidence. That combo Classic in Columbus, OH. and almost 300 pounds—sport- of coming out and true happiness He dropped the log from ing a Mohawk, tattoos, and arms is what has ultimately led to my

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good tools for prevention, but depending on your situation, resources can be limited, and you might not get the protec- tion or treatment you need.”

Research Challenges “There’s a cascade of events that have to happen with prevention, diagnosis, and treatment to cause real DIVERSITY, EQUALITY change,” says Margolis. Repeated studies show that, while three out of four people with HIV know their status, AND INCLUSION ARE just four out of five are cur- rently getting treatment. And of those individuals, just four out KEY TO ENDING of five are virally suppressed— HIV/AIDS IN 2019, BY THE meaning that under 40% of all individuals with HIV are THE HIV EPIDEMIC. 38 years receiving adequate treat- Time since the virus was ment to keep their viral loads first identified. Unfinished under control. “Education and Business 77.3 million outreach are key to helping this Estimated number of pattern shift,” he says. infections that have taken They’re also at the very place since that discovery. Experts have been saying the end of the HIV/AIDS epidemic was Hope for the Future heart of who we’ve just around the corner for years. So why are thousands of people 35.4 million “I believe that someday we can consistently becoming infected and dying every year? Estimated number of HIV/ make this a rare disease,” Mar- been as a company for AIDS-related deaths. golis says. “But there are still 1.8 million many challenges to overcome. the past 10 years. THE NUMBERS ARE still PrEP have received it.” Number of new infections The drugs we have are great, alarming. In a New England So why are we falling short per year, worldwide. but could the virus become Journal of Medicine editorial as a community—and as a 37 million resistant to them? It’s possible. published in May, researchers country? We asked David Hopefully not, but we’ll have to ViiV Healthcare is Number of people living with wrote: “For nearly a decade, the Margolis, M.D., professor of HIV/AIDS today. see. More new drugs, includ- United States has been unable medicine at the University of ing injectable options, are in proud to celebrate to reduce the number of new North Carolina at Chapel Hill 75 development, and we’re work- HIV infections below a star- and director of the UNC HIV Percentage of people ing on a vaccine. But research Pride Month with the with the virus who know tling 38,000 to 40,000 per year.” Cure Center, which has been at their status. and studies take time. And it LGBTQIA+ community While the disease is no longer the forefront of HIV research requires funding. To success- a death sentence for many, for decades, for his take on... 21.7 million fully end the disease, I can’t Number of HIV-positive at WorldPride NYC. thanks to an ever-expanding individuals who are taking say there’s just one thing that array of antiretroviral drugs, The State of the Epidemic treatment medications. has to happen, because it’s not the same report warns that “It really depends on who you one thing we need. There are “the epidemic is still growing are, where you live, and what 47 many things. But my takeaway Percentage of people rapidly among subgroups in resources are available if you living with HIV who have message is a mixture of hope the black and Latino commu- are infected,” Margolis says. “In successfully suppressed the and determination. We can get nities, and recent data indicate some ways, it’s not the disease virus through treatment. there, but we have to keep our that less than 20% of Ameri- that’s the problem. We have SOURCE: UNAIDS eye on the ball and not think cans who could benefit from excellent, durable therapies and the problems are over.”

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Is there an ultimate takeaway message you want people to During this leave the production feeling? Sarah: The play exists at this intersection of sexuality, religion, and gender that I 50th Anniversary think we’re all struggling with in America right now. The idea of the show is to blur the of Stonewall, the lines between what’s real and what’s not real and really make people question their passivity. Black AIDS Institute Marc: I regularly hear people saying, “I didn’t know anything about HIV until I became HIV- positive.” That’s got to change! celebrates We have effective treatments for people who are HIV-pos- itive, and we have treatments that help prevent transmis- 20 Years of fighting Theater With a Cause sion. We have the tools, but we need people to access and use Inside the play that asks just how far we are all willing those tools. We’ve got the worst to go to end the AIDS epidemic in America. response to HIV of any devel- HIV/AIDS in Black oped country, and we can do so IT’S BILLED AS “one part up with Sarah Hall, partner at much more to reach people and moral obligation, one part Harley & Company, who wrote educate people and help turn story within a story, and the play, and Marc Meachem, around a research study isn’t this around. communities. one part glitter love, neon head of External Affairs North always the best way to do that. light, electric guitar extrava- America for ViiV Healthcare. That’s when we met Harley Sarah: Ultimately, the play ganza.” That’s your first clue & Company. is about our common human that “As Much as I Can,” the Theater that serves as journey of figuring out how groundbreaking immersive entertainment but also as Sarah: We read the report to love yourself. And figuring storytelling project taking community outreach is an ViiV put together and all the out how to surround yourself place this September at Joe’s exciting idea. How did “As interviews that were the basis with people who will help you Pub and Much as I Can” come about? of the report. It was all so pow- live the type of life that makes in NYC, is anything but your Marc: We did an ethno- erful. And even though these you feel supported and loved standard LGBT theater piece. graphic research study as part were individuals with their and connected and comforted. Created three years ago, the of our Accelerate Initiative—a own distinct experiences, we There are moments that are production has been a labor four-year, $10 million initiative also saw that their stories over- difficult and emotional—but of love for all involved—as developed to address the criti- lapped in places, and you could there’s also a real celebration of well as a unique outreach cal needs of gay black men that start to see this common nar- life that’s exciting to share. tool designed to help engage we started in Maryland and rative. So we gathered around and raise awareness of the Mississippi. The study revealed 200 more real-life stories from “As Much as I Can” runs Our People. Our Problem. Our Solution. still-deadly realities of HIV. pivotal insights into their expe- men in the same area, and that Sept. 12 to 16 at Joe’s Pub Leading up to this fall’s per- riences. We wanted to share helped us find one common in NYC. For more info and

formances, PrideLife caught what we found, but sending narrative to explore. tickets, go to amaicny.com. DAWSON LAQUANN

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and Ohio, prohibit discrimi- should be interviewing the that they don’t get paid unless nation on the basis of gender employer just as much as they you win your money,” she says. identity and sexual orientation are interviewing you. If an “Another route is to share your for public employees only. employer displays callousness story with the press, or ensure To make matters more to who you are, or an inability your employer knows you are complicated, counties or cities to empathize with your iden- able to do so. Few companies within states may offer differ- tity, it is a major red flag.” want to be perceived as dis- “IF AN EMPLOYER ent levels of protection, too. In Bluntness ultimately has criminatory, so they might be DISPLAYS CALLOUSNESS Texas, for example, no state- its value, she adds. “In the willing to change their tone.” TO WHO YOU ARE, OR wide protection is in effect, but interview process, you should AN INABILITY TO EMPATHIZE in cities like Austin or Dallas, point-blank ask your hiring I’m being harassed or feel WITH YOUR IDENTITY, IT there are local ordinances that manager what their values are uncomfortable at work. What IS A MAJOR RED FLAG.” will protect you from employ- as it relates to LGBT and trans can I do about it? ment discrimination. inclusiveness.” If you’ve been discriminated actions—whether explicit or According to Steinhorn, against in any way, it’s time subtle—can be a negotiat- How can I find out where my if a prospective company’s to speak up. According to the ing chip for you as you plan city and state stand? values don’t line up with your HRC’s workplace survey, many your approach to confronting Go online. Start with the own, it’s worth reconsidering people do not report these the disrespectful individual, HRC’s State Map of Laws and the opportunity. “You might issues to a supervisor simply escalating the situation to HR, Policies. This map details every be able to grin and bear it at because they felt as though it or exiting entirely.” state’s LGBTQ employment first, but it certainly won’t be would make no impact—but Once you’ve decided to policies, as well as information sustainable long-term as you that’s a mistake. report the problem, you should you might find helpful like try to grow financially and Bailey says, in deciding also decide whom you might housing, education, and ease emotionally at work,” she says. whether or not to report an want to speak to first, which of gender-marker updates on issue, context can sometimes may not always be a supervisor identification documents. I got a job offer. Now what? make a difference. “You’re or HR person, either (espe- Using the HRC’s online According to Bailey, if the going to have to decide if this is cially in situations where the 2018 Municipal Equality interview went well, it’s still an ongoing systemic problem very person you’re trying to Index, you can also find out essential to evaluate your and you need to bring it to the report may be your manager). Not Safe for Work? how a number of cities are prospective company’s attention of management, or if “Ask yourself who is the person scored according to their non- nondiscrimination policies. this is a one-off situation that you do trust,” he says. “Is there Coming out at the office can still end your career in many places. Here’s how to protect discrimination laws. If you’re Sometimes, you might find it doesn’t need to be addressed at another manager in another yourself—without retreating back into the closet. By Josh Ocampo unable to locate your city using to actually be more inclusive that moment,” he says. department? Is there someone the index, try an online search than the law requires, which is If this is, in fact, an ongoing in human resources or legal or for your city’s LBGTQ policies to your benefit. You might find problem, Steinhorn recom- personnel that you can go to at large, which might help you such policies in your written mends taking note of any and and talk about this?” Across roughly 30 states, it’s depressed or unhappy while at IF A PROSPECTIVE COM- if you’re working in a state get a sense of its values (or lack offer paperwork (if not, ask to all derogatory remarks. “It may From there, you can bring still entirely possible to be work. If you’re looking to move PANY’S VALUES DON’T LINE without any protection, you thereof). Local LGBTQ groups see them). seem like a waste of time, but the issue to an HR profes- fired just for being LGBTQ—a and switch careers or you’re UP WITH YOUR OWN, IT’S are at risk of being terminated or centers, too, can be very taking notes about hostile situ- sional if you feel adequately startling fact in 2019 to say the on the hunt for a new job in WORTH RECONSIDERING or discriminated against solely helpful in this situation. What happens if I accept ations or saving screenshots supported by them. Accord- least. For employees in states another state, what should you THE OPPORTUNITY. “YOU based on your gender identity the offer and am terminated of workplace chats and emails ing to Bailey, you should deal with little or no protection, consider before making the MIGHT BE ABLE TO GRIN or sexual orientation. Cur- I’m looking for a new job. down the line? can help you handle future with the issue internally and that may often mean choos- leap? Here’s our lowdown, as AND BEAR IT AT FIRST, BUT rently, there is no federal law What do I need to know? “An attorney can help you negotiations and correspon- allow your company a chance ing to remain closeted at the things stand today: IT CERTAINLY WON’T BE barring employment discrimi- While interviewing, keep your write a demand letter on your dence with your employer, to respond. And if you’re not office. And, unsurprisingly, SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM.” nation on either basis. guard up. Ariella Steinhorn, behalf to claim additional should things take a turn for satisfied with the results, you a 2018 workplace survey by What exactly does it mean Some states, however, may co-founder of Simone, a com- compensation or severance the worse,” she says. “While should absolutely speak to an the to work in a state with little provide limited protection. pany that connects employees following a traumatic, dis- one remark (which attorneys employment attorney to voice found that nearly one-third of or no protection? Wisconsin, for instance, pro- in hostile working environ- criminatory, or hostile work call the ‘stray remark’) is likely your concerns and discuss employees in the U.S., beyond According to Bailey, the hibits discrimination solely on ments with legal resources, situation,” Steinhorn says. not actionable, documenta- your options, so you can hope- just states with limited protec- acting director of the HRC’s the basis of sexual orientation. says, “When you’re interview- “Many attorneys will do this tion of a consistent barrage fully find resolution in this tion, have reported being Workplace Equality Program, Other states, like Michigan ing for a new position, you work on contingency, meaning of demeaning statements and tricky and unfair situation. JAYNE WEXLER ---- THIS CREDIT IS NOT CONFIRMED WEXLER ---- THIS CREDIT IS NOT JAYNE JAYNE WEXLER ---- THIS CREDIT IS NOT CONFIRMED WEXLER ---- THIS CREDIT IS NOT JAYNE

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the “gay nerd.” It seemed like making these incredible that. I’ve been in a long-term terms back then. It was more a social suicide—but the reality advances on legal and politi- relationship pretty much since series of steps removing imme- was so much different than cal levels, they didn’t always I came out. We met in high diate obstacles in our lives. I expected. Instead of being trickle down to what really school, but we were a bit on Stonewall ultimately meant outcast, I was welcomed and mattered: the relationship and off while I was away for “stop arresting us and stop appreciated by my classmates between individual gay men. school, so I’ve had the experi- raiding gay bars.” Gay Pride for what felt like the first time. If a young gay man can have ence of being single—but also marches were a way of saying, The bulk of my coming out a satisfying personal private the experience of being in a “We’re out, we’re visible, we’re was defined by the reactions life, why is it necessary for him committed relationship. But I proud, get used to it.” Gay mar- of straight people rather than to participate in gay culture; don’t think any of it has been riage meant “give us rights that trying to find where I truly fit learn gay history; have gay much different than it would are equal to those of straight in with other gays. friends? That gets to the ques- have been if I were straight. couples.” But I don’t think tion of what being gay means. anyone could have foreseen the Andrew: Really? The Importance of Was Gore Vidal right when he possible side effects of our fight Community said there’s no such thing as a Bernie: The thing is, my gen- for equality—that the deep and Bernie: I didn’t really have homosexual, only homosexual eration came of age at a time rich culture we had built could friends who were gay until I acts? Or is there a gay identity when gay marriage was at the slowly start to be erased as we moved to New York for college. that enriches us beyond our forefront of the conversation became accepted and slowly And making them didn’t hap- success or failure in finding a regarding gay rights. So now assimilated into the population pen overnight, either. It took lifelong partner? it’s a natural dream for many as a whole. time to feel comfortable being of us to want to have that for Bernie: What changed me Bernie: We’re definitely at a seen as part of the gay commu- ourselves. When you were 23, the most since coming out crossroads. For me, our final nity rather than just someone did you feel like marriage was was making friends—actual, frontier isn’t the obliteration who happened to date men. an option? Was it something platonic friends. Some of boundaries between gay you wanted? Andrew: You mean one can were masculine. Some were and straight; it’s a world where date one’s own sex and not be feminine. Most defied easy cat- Bernie: The idea of a lifelong your sexual orientation doesn’t part of the “gay community”? egorization. Those friendships commitment never honestly limit anything else you can do with other gay men taught me occurred to me. I was too within the rest of our world. Bernie: Definitely. Gay bars, a lot about myself and gave me entranced, once I discovered This summer, an openly gay Mind the Gap? gay neighborhoods, and even a sense of belonging that the it, with this secret gay world. man will take the stage at a gay friendships are not essen- acceptance of my straight high Though I was always falling presidential debate. To me, Two strangers from different generations talk coming out, fitting in, and a possible post-gay future. tial to survival for younger school classmates never could. in love with people, I never Pete Buttigieg’s candidacy rep- By Tony Adams queers. Complete assimilation saw those crushes in domestic resents a true post-gay world is on the table for those who Looking for Mr. Right terms—just romantic ones. more than the obliteration of want it. It isn’t necessary to Andrew: I always wonder labels and our past. participate in gay culture, yet WHAT HATH 50 years of administrative assistant to a I was gay invited me down to whether anything has changed A Possible “Post-Gay” Future “I DON’T THINK ANYONE I still find myself gravitating Andrew: Wow. That’s surpris- Pride wrought? To answer small-town mayor, and writes a gay bar, and that night I got in gay men’s basic sex drive Andrew: I’d say you are the COULD HAVE FORESEEN THE toward it. It’s human nature ing to me. Even as a gay man, I that, I introduced two men— about politics. drunk and went home with my since I was out on the scene. Is New Gay Man! You have a POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF to seek out people whose guess I may have been taking one in his 70s and one in his Two gay men. Two very first uomo, a downcast Ger- promiscuity—the concept of so partner, most of your friends OUR FIGHT FOR EQUALITY— experiences and language are the importance of his run for 20s—and asked their views on different generations. But how man violinist. From then on, many men, so little time—still are straight, you don’t need THAT THE DEEP AND RICH compatible with your own. granted a bit. a variety of topics important to much really stands between I was enthralled with gay life. so prevalent, or has that gone a gay ghetto, bar, or bath Assimilation is a wonderful the queer community. Andrew them—and, perhaps by CULTURE WE HAD BUILT But it all started in a bar—a gay away? With my generation, house—and you don’t repre- Bernie: In the end, I don’t thing, and I’m grateful to those Holleran is an acclaimed default, our community as a COULD SLOWLY START bar—the oldest platform of all being newly “liberated” was sent anything but yourself. think any of this makes us who laid the legal and cultural writer whose 1973 dazzling whole? Let’s find out... TO BE ERASED AS WE on which to drop one’s beads. undone in part by a feeding truly “post-gay.” Gay culture groundwork for it—but it’s also Bernie: Looking back, would first novel, Dancer From the ASSIMILATED INTO THE frenzy of suddenly being able hasn’t disappeared. We’ve just Bernie: When I came out, I wonderful that there are still you have encouraged people to Dance, is beloved by gen- Coming Out POPULATION AS A WHOLE.” to live a gay life in a city with broken into the mainstream. was in high school, and my big- places and spaces where LGBT do anything differently if you erations of gay men. Bernie Andrew: When I came out in infinite partners: the bars, the Instead, I think we’re “peak gest fear was really becoming people can connect. knew where things were going? Dennler is a recent Hofstra the late ’60s, I was in the Army baths, the trucks, Fire Island... gay”—and it’s fabulous. even more of a social outcast. I graduate who lives with his in Germany, far from home. Andrew: It always struck Andrew: I don’t think anyone was already a nerd. By coming Bernie: I hate to disappoint, Andrew: Well said! [Laughs] partner of seven years, is the An older queen who saw that me that even though we were was thinking in broad strategic out, I worried I would become but my experience is not JAYNE WEXLER ---- THIS CREDIT IS NOT CONFIRMED WEXLER ---- THIS CREDIT IS NOT CONFIRMED WEXLER ---- THIS CREDIT IS NOT JAYNE JAYNE

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He’s won a Tony for Best Actor in a Musical (for his role as Lola in ). The cast recording of Porter that musical helped him also nab For actor Billy Porter, stepping out a Grammy. He was nominated for a of his closet—in a gown!—wasn’t Golden Globe for his role as Pray Tell just a fashion choice. It was a way to in FX’s hit series Pose. He’s released reinforce his activist roots. four solo and appeared in numerous TV shows and movies. But despite a career full of highs, Billy Porter has also suffered his share of life-changing lows. Born in Pitts- burgh in 1969, Porter was violently abused as a child by a family that didn’t believe in or support him— because of his sexuality. (He detailed the whole ordeal in a searing essay posted online last fall.) Yet despite those challenges—or perhaps because of them—he arrived on the other side stronger, smarter, and with a definite purpose: to impart lasting change and acceptance in a world that isn’t always ready for his message. PrideLife caught up with the actor/ singer/director recently to talk all things queer, including Pose Season 2, that infamous Oscar ball gown, and, of course, his hopes for a more

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046_049_Pride19.indd 46 6/8/19 3:38 PM 046_049_Pride19.indd 47 6/8/19 3:38 PM Let’s start off by talking about Pose— Changing gears a bit—you’ve been tolerance. What I require and demand moment. So then I thought: “I gotta it’s such a great series! What can you quoted in the past as saying you is respect. That’s the only thing that do something. I gotta do something tell us about Season 2? didn’t ever see yourself getting will fly. That’s the only thing that will that will stick.” It’s all top secret at this point, baby. married. Now that you’re two years fly. Period. The end. [Laughs] The only thing I can tell in, how’s married life? Why do you think you in a dress— you is what the boss man has already It takes my breath away. I’ve never had Well said. or any man in a dress—is still that announced—we jump forward in a person who I’ve loved deeper. I’ve When we start treating ourselves with shocking to so many people? time, and the season starts on the never had a person in my life who has that kind of respect, other people have It’s complicated. The good news for day Madonna released “” in loved me as deeply as this man does. no choice but to follow suit. There’s me is that a man in a dress still causes March 1990. Besides that, everything A man who is present for me through just no place for racism and bigotry that much controversy. You know? just gets deeper. You know, the series all my stuff. It’s not easy, you know. and sexism in the world today. You The uncomfortable and challenging started magnificently, and this sea- It’s hard work. It takes effort. Both know, I’m pissed about how a lot of part is...a man in a dress still causes son, it just goes deeper. That’s all I can parties have to be willing to go deep things are going right now. But the that much controversy. It’s like, say right now. It just gets deeper! and be uncomfortable. But it’s a gift I reality is, the pendulum shifts. The “Really?” Like, I thought it was gonna wouldn’t trade for anything. pendulum swings all the time. Right be big. I didn’t think it was gonna One of the main topics Pose covered now, we’re on the other side of the break the . I didn’t think I

in its first season is finding your We’re approaching a pretty historic pendulum. But it’s gonna swing on Need more was gonna be held up and vilified as chosen family when your birth fam- milestone for our community—the back. And when it swings on back, Billy Porter? someone attacking masculinity. ily isn’t available. Why is the idea of 50th anniversary of the Stonewall our side actually knows what to do. His slate of upcoming a chosen family so important for so riots. What do you think Stonewall’s Until then, I just keep trying. I’m just projects Right. many within the LGBT community? lasting legacy truly is? trying to find a little grace as I do my includes a And I got it from all sides, really—not You have to find your tribe! You have For me, the riots were really all about activist thing. [Laughs] play called just white people but black people, The Purists, to find your family—the real family the claiming of our space. Every which he’s too. I wasn’t surprised about the black that loves you unconditionally. I think minority group—every oppressed Your activist thing—like sporting directing. people, by the way, because we are we’ve been led to believe that there’s a community—has to claim their space that Oscar gown we’re all still It debuts one of the most homophobic cultures at Boston’s difference between the two, but com- in the world. Stonewall was about us thinking about six months later? Huntington on the planet. And then white people pared to the family you are born in to, claiming our space in the city and [Laughs] Exactly! Theatre said I’m an attack on masculinity. You chosen family is actually more impor- ultimately in the world as a whole. Company know, I didn’t really know I had that and runs tant for people in many ways. We have Were you surprised by just how big it from Aug. much power. But now that I do know, to change the narrative that says we’re Compare that moment to what’s became in pop culture? 30 through you can rest assured I will be wielding nothing without our parents; we’re going on in the country today. What I knew it was gonna be big. I Sept. 29. it every fucking chance I get. [Laughs] nothing without our parents’ love or do you think is our biggest issue remember watching family’s love—because very often, right now, or what would you most mispronounce Idina Menzel’s name they are that are rejecting us. like to see change today? a few years back and everything that

They are the ones that are not coming It’s time I would really like for people to came from that. And I remember to the table with unconditional love. similar sorts of experiences as the to dance! the world who we are and tell every- understand—really, truly under- thinking: “Wow, this is the biggest If you have that in your life, leave! characters are going through—how “I’m gonna one that we’re not going anywhere, stand—what the meaning of equality night around the world for the arts.” release a Get out! It’s hard to do. I did it, and I does that change your approach to single this and we’re not going back. is and what the words in our Con- And everyone is watching—not just didn’t even realize I did it until, you the role when the camera is running? summer for stitution actually mean. It says that America. Idina became a household know, here I am at 50 and looking I think the greatest tool that you can World­ You’re part of such an incredible all men are created equal. Period. name because somebody mispro- Pride,” says back. I left my house at 17. I left all of have as an actor is to have lived some- Porter. “I cast. What’s it like behind the scenes It doesn’t matter what you think of nounced her name on the biggest those people behind to save myself. thing. I understand the search for want to when you’re not working? their lifestyle, doesn’t matter what you platform on the planet. I need to get I had to. I wouldn’t be standing here chosen family and finding where you send some [Laughs] It’s a show about ball think of their religion, or the color of on the biggest platform on the planet. positive “I DON’T NEED talking to you with the success that truly belong. I also lost a lot of friends energy and culture, honey. All we do is laugh and their skin, or their sexuality, or what- I’ve had and the luck that I’ve had if I during the AIDS crisis, so the whole some hope . We have a blast. I wouldn’t want ever it is. It does not matter. What Really? [Laughs] ACCEPTANCE. had stayed in the cesspool of that hate. thing is really just such a humbling, out into the to be on any other kind of set. It’s a we have to work on is understanding I literally was like, “I need to get on I DON’T NEED world.” exquisite honor for me to be part of— special group of people who really that our differences are what make us the Oscars and sing a song and have TOLERANCE. WHAT I After leaving your home in Pennsyl- telling these stories about good people understand how to have fun and how strong. We can all exist together, and somebody mispronounce my name.” REQUIRE AND vania, you ended up in New York, that walked the earth and made a dif- to choose joy—because we’ve all cho- we can all be different. It’s not about Literally that’s what I said. So when DEMAND IS as many LGBT teens do. Having ference and helped to usher in change. sen joy. We’re committing to choosing acceptance. It’s no longer about toler- I got the call from ABC to do the RESPECT.” lived in New York at the time Pose It’s great to be able to shine a spotlight joy every day, and that’s what the ance or acceptance for me. Fuck that. red carpet hosting gig ahead of the

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down $3 ($1 on weekdays), for which you got two tick- ets that could be exchanged for two drinks. You then signed your name in a book kept to prove, should the question arise in court, that Stonewall was indeed a private “bottle club.” People rarely signed their real names. “Judy Garland,” “Donald Duck,” and “Eliza- beth Taylor” were among the popular favorites. On weekends, a scantily clad go-go boy with a pin spot focused on him would dance in a gilded cage on top of the bar. Behind him, beyond the bar, was a spacious dancing area, at one point in the bar’s history lit only with black lights. Should the police or a sus- pected plainclothes officer unexpectedly arrive, white bulbs instantly came on in the dance area, signaling everyone to stop dancing or touching. Raids at the Stonewall were common, happening on average once a month—and the raid itself was usu- PEOPLE JOINED ally staged early enough in the evening to produce IN THE SHOUTING minimal commotion and allow for a quick reopen- —FINALLY FED UP ing. Indeed, sometimes the “raid” consisted of little WITH THE more than the police striding arrogantly through the CONSTANT To many in 1969, the Stonewall Inn, bar and harassing the gay patrons. If the raid went HARASSMENT located at 53 Christopher St., epitomized according to the usual pattern, the only people who AND everything that was wrong with the New would be would be those without IDs or THEY’D BEEN York City bar scene. There was illicit activity in those dressed in the clothes of the opposite gender. ENDURING. abundance; drinks were watered down and served Everyone else would be let go with a few shoves and in glasses that were never washed, just rinsed in a a few contemptuous words. vat of water beneath the bar. Worse still, the bar was But the raid that took place in the bar on Friday, completely owned and operated by the mafia, who June 28, 1969, was different. It was carried out by eight therefore controlled the only public space most gays detectives from the First Division (only one of them in the city could claim as their own. Technically a pri- in uniform), and it occurred at 1:20 a.m.—the height vate “bottle club,” the Stonewall had no liquor license; of nightly merriment. At first, the mood outside the bottles would be labeled with fictitious names, and bar as the raid took place was fairly light. Bargoers the bar would then sell drinks on a cash-only basis. began to emerge one by one while it progressed. Only a few bottles were kept in the club, and the rest Many took the opportunity to strike instant poses, of the liquor was stored in a nearby car. When the starlet-style, in front of the unexpected crowd that bartender’s reserves were about to run dry, someone was gathering. But when a paddy wagon pulled up, THE NIGHT A MOVEMENT would go around the corner to a parked car, put a few the mood turned more somber. And it turned down- WAS BORN bottles under his arm, and return to the club. right sullen when the police officers started to emerge The mobster who “controlled” the district in which from Stonewall with prisoners in tow, moving them Stonewall was located was automatically entitled to toward the waiting van. Many sensed something a cut of all profits turned at the bar. The Stonewall unusual in the air—a heightened and newly intense Originally released in 1993 and back in print in a new edition this summer, Martin owners also had to regularly pay off the notoriously sense of expectancy. Duberman’s book Stonewall offers a rare first-person glimpse at not just the riot itself but also corrupt Sixth Precinct police force. A patrolman the events leading up to it—and everything that followed. Told through the eyes of people who would stop by Stonewall once a week to pick up the The police were oblivious to it initially. Everything up were there that night, and pulled from hundreds of hours of interviews, it’s one of the most envelopes filled with cash—including those for the to that point had gone so routinely that they expected vivid accounts of the Stonewall riots ever published. PrideLife is happy to offer this exclusive captains and desk sergeants, who never collected their to see the crowd quickly disperse. Instead, a few peo- payoffs in person. ple started to boo; others pressed against the waiting excerpt of the book, looking at the night the historic Stonewall riots took place. As a private club, patrons who wanted to enter van, while the cops standing near it yelled angrily for had to pass muster at the door. That usually meant the crowd to move back. You could feel the electric- inspection through a peephole. If you got the OK, you ity going through people. You could actually feel it.

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his handcuff keys, freed herself, and passed the keys able crowd had simply re-formed to their rear, they and chorus lines repeatedly belted out refrains of “We to another queen behind her. flailed out angrily at anyone who came within strik- are the girls from Stonewall.” ing distance. But the protesters would not be cowed. But the cops, including Tactical Patrol Force units, By now, the crowd had swelled to a mob, and people The pattern repeated itself several times: The TPF were also out in force and were not amused at the antics. were picking up and throwing whatever loose objects would disperse the jeering mob only to have it re- They also seemed grim-facedly determined not to have came to hand—coins, bottles, cans, even bricks from form behind them, yelling taunts, tossing bottles and a repeat of Friday night’s humiliation, ferociously push- a nearby construction site. bricks, setting fires in trash cans. When the police ing their nightsticks into the ribs of anyone who didn’t Stunned and frightened by the crowd’s unexpected whirled around to reverse direction at one point, jump immediately out of their path. fury, the police, at the order of the deputy inspec- they found themselves face-to-face with their worst But the crowd had grown too large to be easily cowed tor, retreated inside the bar. The inspector had been nightmare: a chorus line of mocking queens, their or controlled. Thousands of people were by now spill- accustomed to two or three cops being able to handle arms clasped around each other, kicking their heels ing over the sidewalks, including an indeterminate but with ease any number of cowering gays, but here the in the air Rockettes-style and singing at the tops of sizable number of curious straights and a sprinkling of crowd wasn’t retreating; it had routed eight cops and their sardonic voices. street people gleefully poised to join any kind of devel- made them run for cover. With the cops holed up oping rampage. When the TPF tried to sweep people inside Stonewall, the crowd was now in control of the It was a deliciously witty, contemptuous counterpoint away from the front of the Stonewall, the crowd simply street, and it bellowed in triumph and pent-up rage. to the TPF’s brute force, a tactic that transformed the repeated the previous night’s strategy of temporarily Outside, the main bouncer who had been work- otherwise traditionally macho eye-for-an-eye combat retreating down a side street and then doubling back ing at the bar uprooted a loose parking meter and and that provided at least the glimpse of a different on the police. A guy in a dark red T-shirt danced in and out of the offered it for use as a battering ram against the Stone- and revelatory kind of consciousness. Bouts of violence broke out that Saturday as well— crowd, shouting, “Nobody’s gonna fuck with me!” wall’s door. At nearly the same moment somebody At 3:35 a.m., the emergency call for help was can- the crowd took over parts of , and “Ain’t gonna take this shit!” started squirting lighter fluid through the shattered celed and an uneasy calm settled over the area. It was surrounding cars that tried to pass through and As the cops started loading their prisoners into the glass window on the bar’s facade, tossing in matches not to last. rocking them violently; police car windshields were van, more people joined in the shouting—finally fed after it. The danger was very real, and the police were Word of the confrontation spread through the gay shattered, and a barrage of bottles and bricks—seem- up with the constant harassment and abuse they’d badly frightened. Three of the cops ran out the front grapevine all day Saturday. Moreover, all three of the ingly hundreds of them—showered down on police at been enduring for years. And then suddenly, a series door, which had crashed in from the battering, and daily New York City newspapers wrote about the riot, points throughout the day. And the police fought back, of simultaneous events began to occur, setting off a started screaming threats at the crowd. In response, and local television and radio reported on it as well. twice breaking ranks and charging into the crowd, flash of group mass anger. a rain of coins and bottles came down upon them. The extensive coverage brought out the crowds. All flailing wildly with their nightsticks. At least two men A woman dressed in men’s clothing who had been Another officer found a fire hose, wedged it into a day Saturday, curious knots of people gathered outside were clubbed to the ground. visiting a male employee inside the bar started to act crack in the door, and directed the spray out at the the bar to gape at the damage and warily celebrate the The streets on Sunday stayed comparatively quiet, up as the cops moved her toward the paddy wagon. crowd, thinking they would certainly scatter. But the implausible fact that, for once, gays—not cops—had dominated by what one observer called a “tense watch- When the police moved her into it, she climbed to stream was weak and the crowd howled derisively. won the fight. fulness.” Knots of the curious continued to congregate. the other side and started to rock the vehicle. In By now the Stonewall’s front door was hanging wide The police had left the Stonewall a shambles. Juke- Poet and philosopher Allen Ginsberg strolled by, response, one of the cops slapped her in the head with open, the plywood brace behind the windows was boxes, mirrors, and cigarette machines lay smashed; flashed the peace sign, and, after seeing “Gay Power!” his nightstick. Seeing the cops hit her, people stand- splintered, and it seemed only a matter of minutes phones were ripped out; toilets were plugged up and scratched on the front of the Stonewall, expressed ing immediately outside the door started throwing before the howling mob would break in and wreak overflowing; and shards of glass and debris littered satisfaction to a Village Voice reporter: “We’re one objects at the police. its vengeance. the floors. On the boarded-up front window that of the largest minorities in the country—10 percent, An 18-year-old in attendance saw a At 2:35, officers from the Tactical Patrol Force faced the street, protesters had scrawled you know. It’s about time we did something to assert leg in nylons and sporting a high heel shoot out of arrived as backup support. The TPF was a highly signs and slogans—“They invaded our rights. There ourselves.” the back of the paddy wagon into the chest of a cop, trained, crack riot-control unit that had been set up [are only] college boys and girls in here. Legalize gay By Sunday evening, some of the wreckage inside the throwing him backward. Another queen then opened to respond to the proliferation of protests against the bars. Support gay power.” And newly emboldened bar had been cleaned up, and employees had been sta- THE CROWD the door on the side of the wagon and jumped out. Vietnam War. Wearing helmets with visors, carrying same-gender couples were seen holding hands as tioned out on the street to coax patrons back in. That HAD SWELLED The cops chased after her. assorted weapons, including billy clubs and tear gas, they anxiously conferred about the meaning of these proved the last of the Stonewall riots. The fight was TO A MOB, AND From this point, the melee broke out in several its two dozen members all seemed massively propor- uncommon new assertions. over. But the battle for gay rights and LGBT equality PEOPLE WERE directions and swiftly mounted in intensity. The tioned. They were a formidable sight as, linked arm had just begun. PICKING crowd, now in full cry, started screaming epithets in arm, they came up Christopher Street in a wedge Something like a carnival, an outsized block party, UP AND at the police—“Pigs!” “Faggot cops!” and then “Gay formation that resembled a Roman legion. In their had begun by early evening that night in front of the power!” One young gay went fearlessly up to a police- path, the rioters slowly retreated but—contrary to Stonewall. While older, conservative chinos-and- Adapted from Stonewall: The Definitive Story THROWING of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising That Changed man and yelled in his face, “What you got against police expectations—did not break and run. sweater gays watched warily, and some disapprovingly, WHATEVER America by Martin Duberman, published by Plume, faggots? We don’t do you nuthin’!” Another teenager Hundreds of protestors scattered to avoid the from the sidelines, “stars” from the previous night’s LOOSE an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division started kicking at a cop, frequently missing as the billy clubs but then raced around the block, doubled confrontation reappeared to pose campily for photo- of Penguin , LLC. Copyright © 1993, OBJECTS CAME cop held him at arm’s length. One queen mashed an back behind the troopers, and began pelting them graphs; hand holding and kissing became endemic; 2019 by Martin Duberman.

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The Stonewall rebellion of 1969 was the catalyst for change within the LGBTQ community, Debi Mazar as well as the evolution Ally and actor on TV Land’s Younger of how the world—and We celebrate Stonewall’s society at large—viewed 50-year anniversary of Pride, us. No longer would of being able to love who we be silent or cowered Gus Kenworthy we want to love. To be who by fear of homophobia we want to be. To all who Freestyle skier, Olympian, and actor in FX’s upcoming sacrificed so much to get and discrimination. We American Horror Story: 1984 here, thank you! Shout out would now proactively to Marcia. I knew her, RIP! set up speakers’ bureaus; I saw a pin that read, “The first Please go to the New York organize commemorative Pride was a riot!” I love it because Public Library for an amazing Kamala Pride marches and rallies; it really was. The Stonewall Inn exhibit that celebrates and hold loud demonstra- Stonewall! We have fought so hard and lost so many people Harris tions and sit-ins. Waves is so much more than a bar; it’s to AIDS/HIV and murder and California senator and Democratic candidate of mile markers similar a moment in time, a movement for president of the United States violence. Stonewall marked to Stonewall dot the land- in history, and a monument to a moment in NYC history Over two summer nights in 1969, scape of our history. the brave rioters who fought, lit- that changed the world. The LGBTQ New Yorkers—who for too I was blessed to be struggle is real, and it started a movement that makes long faced harassment and discrimina- present when, in 2004, erally, for the rights that we enjoy the world a better place. tion—galvanized a movement to affirm Mayor today. We wouldn’t be anywhere Thank you again to all who the equal dignity of every American, no of San Francisco took without them. were brave and set a path of matter who they love or how they iden- the bold step of opening resilience. I love you all. tify. To this day, the legacy of Stonewall marriages to same-sex gives strength to the LGBTQ civil rights couples, determining Stephen Peters movement in America and reminds us that the state constitution Spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign of the work that still remains to ensure would support it, and equal rights for all. then again in 2014 when Fifty years ago, the Stonewall As San Francisco district attorney, I riots in New York City helped Senator Mark Leno’s bill, spark a global movement established an LGBTQ hate crimes unit SB 1306, passed over- in the fight for LGBTQ and led efforts to ban LGBTQ “panic whelmingly and erased equality. As we celebrate the defenses” in criminal trials, and as gender-specific language progress we have made since attorney general of California, I refused defining marriage, thus Stonewall, it is more important to defend the state’s same-sex marriage than ever that we recognize legalizing same-sex unions the work we still have to ban, Prop 8. Today, in the United States in California. Singer-songwriter, author, and performance artist do to achieve full equality. Senate, I am fighting to ban conversion It is these acts of Here in the United States, Change doesn’t happen without action. It , stop the rise in hate crimes, and bravery, conducted by it’s absolutely crucial that just doesn’t. It comes from the sacrifice and prohibit discrimination on the basis of our community—hand Congress finally passes the Madonna the bravery to show up and hurl loud truth bipartisan Equality Act and sexual orientation and gender identity. in hand with our allies— Singer, actor, and iconic Queen of Pop to power, even when that twisted power is ensures LGBTQ people are Fifty years after Stonewall, we that has changed and is protected from discrimination pushing back against you—pushing you back must continue to speak the truth that continuing to change the across the country. No Let us never forget the Stonewall riots and those who bravely stood against the wall. We are seeing it all around us, homophobia and transphobia are real face of LGBTQ acceptance one should live in fear of up and said, “Enough.” We come together to celebrate 50 years of now. When we shout and shout and keep on discrimination or harassment and that we must not relent in our fight throughout the world. revolution—50 years of freedom fighting. We all bleed the same to achieve true justice and equality in shouting our truths, we can chip away at the because of who they are.

our nation. walls that are separating all of us. COURTESY OF GUS COURTESY OF GUS KENWORTHY, COURTESY OF KAMALA HARRIS; GUS KENWORTHY, COURTESY OF KAMALA HARRIS; GUS KAMALA HARRIS, KAMALA HARRIS, KAHN AND SELESNICK KAHN AND SELESNICK PALMER, AMANDA PALMER, AMANDA KENWORTHY; KENWORTHY; TV LAND TV LAND UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP; DEBI MAZAR, UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP; DEBI MAZAR, MADONNA, MADONNA, color, and we all need to love and be loved.

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056_067_Pride19.indd 56 6/9/19 2:17 PM 056_067_Pride19.indd 57 6/9/19 2:17 PM Mark Frederick Timothy Seelig Our Lady J Chapman Artistic director of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Classical pianist, singer-songwriter, and television Activist and former InterPride and Chorus (the SFGMC presents Queens, a celebration writer for Amazon’s Transparent and FX’s Pose EPOA (European Pride Organisers of Stonewall’s 50th anniversary, this June) When I attended my first , Association) president The Stonewall riots pushed a proverbial I thought I was merely going to a fabulous Three events that occurred snowball down the mountain—and it turned and extravagant party. It turned out, I was in the year 1969 had a lasting into an avalanche. San Francisco took up the meeting my new family. The LGBTQIA impact on my life: I attended mantle in many ways, including the creation community gave me the love and esteem Chely Wright my first year of school; Neil of the country’s first openly gay band, chorus, I needed in order to face the difficulties Armstrong made his first our rainbow flag, and the Sisters of Perpetual the world had in store for me as a trans Country music singer and activist historic step on the moon; and Indulgence, to name just a few. With this woman. Pride is much more than a Fifty years ago in Greenwich the resistance of a community year’s 50th anniversary celebration of that celebration of who we are—it’s the time of Village, a series of spon- Singer-songwriter and television personality was born in New York. The historic moment, we are commemorating year when we renew our commitment to taneous demonstrations latter I only learned about not just the past and present but also loving, protecting, and caring for each and erupted in response to a There comes a time with every marginalized many years later, but it was the incredible future of the LGBTQ rights every LGBTQIA individual. We are the best police raid at the inn. It group when enough is enough and the strength the seed for my activism in movement as a whole. fucking family on earth! was not an isolated event. we have as a group proves our greatness. It’s the LGBTIQ+ equal rights It ignited the organization important to acknowledge the greats who campaign—and of the Pride of a movement. Gay Zachary Drucker movement to this day. That rights organizations and Multimedia artist, activist, actor, and producer of Amazon’s paved the way and continue to inspire youth to seed sown 50 years ago publications were formed in television series Transparent not be afraid of being free. Marsha P. Johnson has grown into thousands of New York and spread across should always be one of those angels that we blooming Pride events around the country—and world. Gay We come from an inexhaustible can never write over. Stonewall was a place to the world (some of which Pride events were created bloom and love freely. still need a lot more care). I and institutionalized. Legal lineage of resilient people; people couldn’t be more proud of strategies were developed, who made up words when lan- how far we have come. and over time legal battles were won. guage fell short, created space It is time now to celebrate, in the darkness, and found each honor, reflect...and resolve to fight on. other against all odds. Our legacy I am proud to live in New York of resistance and survival is what City, a community that has binds us. The Stonewall riots Pinky Shear learned and accepted and Activist and executive director of Freedom codified into law acceptance encapsulate not only our tenac- Jonathan D. Katz Overground of diversity. I can celebrate ity in the face of brutality but our Activist, historian, and director of the doctoral When I think about the Stonewall riots, with my wife and young sons program in visual culture studies at State University it’s difficult for me to reflect on our the progress that has been ability to transcend the limits Amit Paley of New York at Buffalo advancement toward LGBTQ+ equality. made in our society and for of what is possible. The path we Allen Ginsberg, when asked about the Freedom Overground’s mission is to support LGBTQ rights since Stonewall. Activist and CEO/executive director of impact of Stonewall shortly after the riots, the incarcerated LGBTQ+ community, We can honor those who are on today was blazed by our The world has made incredible progress noted that it was “beautiful—they’ve lost so every day I see the injustices that 50 years ago courageously predecessors, and it’s essential stood up against the for LGBTQ equality over the past 50 years. that wounded look that fags all had 10 years this community continues to face at the ago.” What Ginsberg was suggesting was hands of law enforcement. Every day, centuries of discrimination that we continue their work and Reflecting on those milestones—as well as all Sherry Cola that Stonewall wasn’t about the production we receive letters from women who are and homophobia, as well as pay it forward for upcoming the work that remains to be done—motivates Comedian and actor on of measurable social change—for that, in no different than Marsha P. Johnson or the dedicated activists who us at the Trevor Project as we continue our Freeform’s Good Trouble fact, would take decades, court battles, Stormé DeLarverie. While we have made have fought for our rights generations. The future is often work to support LGBTQ young people and We deserve to live freely and legislative lobbying galore. What tremendous advancements in gaining laws since then. And we can both better and worse than we reflect on our society today their mental health over the next 50 years. As and to be taken seriously. Stonewall was about was a shift in attitude, to protect us from discrimination, there is There’s so much more work to a widespread recognition that we queers still no accountability for those who ignore and acknowledge that social anticipate, but at the end of one’s we mark WorldPride as a community, together be done—but as long as we were not sick—rather it was our society that our country’s laws and work to destroy us. progress can be fragile and life, feeling like you were working we’re sending a message to LGBTQ youth across keep our community strong, needed to cure itself. In short, Stonewall was This community doesn’t just need allies, we that we must all resolve to the globe that they are loved, respected, and no one can stop us in this fight the precondition for our liberation, not the need warriors...and we need to be warriors continue to always fight for on the side of justice beats feeling for equality. liberation itself. for each other. equality for all. never alone. PHOTOGRAPHY: PHOTOGRAPHY: COURTESY OF MARK FREDERICK CHAPMAN; SHERRY COLA, COURTESY OF MARK FREDERICK CHAPMAN; SHERRY COLA, MARK FREDERICK CHAPMAN, MARK FREDERICK CHAPMAN, COURTESY OF AMIT PALEY; COURTESY OF AMIT PALEY; COURTESY OR ADORE DELANO; AMIT PALEY, COURTESY OR ADORE DELANO; AMIT PALEY, ADORE DELANO, ADORE DELANO, KATZ KATZ D. D. COURTESY OF JONATHAN COURTESY OF JONATHAN KATZ, KATZ, D. D. NICK LEON; JONATHAN NICK LEON; JONATHAN SEELIG, LEE; TIMOTHY SEELIG, LEE; TIMOTHY MAKEUP: TIFFANY MAKEUP: TIFFANY WADA, : PRESTON WADA, HAIR: PRESTON SHANNA FISHER, SHANNA FISHER, WRIGHT, WRIGHT, COURTESY OF PINKY SHEAR; CHELY COURTESY OF PINKY SHEAR; CHELY PINKY SHEAR, PINKY SHEAR, CANDICE LAMBERT; CANDICE LAMBERT; STYLIST: STYLIST: BREUCHAUD, MAKEUP: ADAM BREUCHAUD, MAKEUP: ADAM HAIR: JOHNNY STUNTZ, HAIR: JOHNNY STUNTZ, HUDSON TAYLOR, HUDSON TAYLOR, PHOTOGRAPHY: PHOTOGRAPHY: J, OUR LADY J, OUR LADY PHOTOGRAPHY BERND OTT PHOTOGRAPHY BERND OTT DRUCKER, ZACHARY DRUCKER, ZACHARY WRIGHT; WRIGHT; COURTESY OF CHELY COURTESY OF CHELY like you didn’t do enough.

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056_067_Pride19.indd 58 6/9/19 2:17 PM 056_067_Pride19.indd 59 6/9/19 2:17 PM Kurt Kelly Co-owner of the historic Stonewall Inn Pete Buttigieg George Takei Christian Siriano Seth Maxwell Jeffrey Marsh Mayor of South Bend, IN, and democratic candidate Actor and Stonewall ambassador Fashion designer and former winner and CEO of Thirst Project,the Author, actor, activist, and social The Stonewall for president of the United States for Pride Live! (a YouTube current mentor on Bravo’s Project Runway world’s largest youth-led water media personality livestream designed to elevate activism organization As a nonbinary trans person, Inn is where Pride Fifty years ago, courageous gay and transgen- awareness of the Stonewall riots anniversary) I feel very honored to In 1969, when police I get accused of being began—and where der people stood up at Stonewall for the right raided the Stonewall Inn in some kind of new trend. To celebrate this historic year be a part of the LGBTQ to be recognized as equal Americans. Now it’s Greenwich Village, they had Nonbinary and gender-fluid Pride lives. It is the for our community, I have community and am no idea about the riots that identities are often seen as time to finally implement a federal Equality committed myself and my gay church where would ensue. At the time, some “new thing only the Act that extends civil rights protections to all platform to help amplify the proud to be gay. It’s the Stonewall Inn was one youths are into.” Celebrating the community Americans, regardless of their gender identity message of the movement. beautiful to see how far of the few places in New Stonewall is special for me For too many years of my comes together and sexual orientation. It’s commonsense, York City where LGBTQ as I acknowledge my non - youth and even well into my we’ve all come since the bipartisan, and will ensure that LGBTQ+ people could feel safe to be binary trans ancestors — to celebrate victo- later years, I hid parts of Stonewall riots—it was themselves. After years of “transcestors,” as some Americans in the 30 states like Indiana where myself from my fans and the ries and to mourn criminalizing homosexuality people say. discrimination is effectively legal will have world. In 2005, I came out truly a pivotal moment and brutally unfair policing, our losses. publicly, vowing to no longer The Stonewall Riot was Bright Light Bright Light the same rights and protections as the rest of in time. There’s still bar patrons finally revolted stay silent against injustice led by trans and gender- Singer-songwriter and DJ America. In this country, you should not be in an altercation that would toward our LGBT community. nonconforming activists, a lot of work to be serve as a symbol for queer discriminated against because of who you are including and Everything about the freedom we have as This year is not only a time to resistance and become a or who you love. done, but it’s amazing Marsha P. Johnson, and LGBTQIA+ people today is owed to those past reflect on both the struggles mobilizing force for queer the heartwarming thing is and accomplishments of the how this community political activism. Many generations who fought for our rights. Without that kids today—the LGBTQ past 50 years but also an forget that pride didn’t start the Stonewall riots, we wouldn’t have openly can come together to youth I interact with online— opportunity to set a course for as a party but as a revolution, out actors, marriage equality, an out presiden- acknowledge and honor the next 50 years of advocacy remember and com- and today we recognize the Sylvia and Marsha as part tial candidate, or even the right to be served and resilience. In particular, bravery of the queer people memorate this key of the start of our modern at a bar. I’m lucky that living in NYC, I have we have much more work to who rebelled, fought, and movement. I see in every do in ensuring that the trans moment in history for organized so people like you Christopher Street as a visual reminder of past gender-expansive youth’s members of our community and I could be free to be our strength and resistance. But growing up in the LGBTQ people. eyes the self-respect and enjoy their full rights under the truest selves. In my lifetime, coal-mining valleys in Wales—recently given self-kindness that comes law and in society. I have a wonderful the moment in LGBTQ history from knowing people like their own LGBTQIA+ spotlight in the film that meant the most to me Stonewall’s 50th anniversary relationship with the them have been here from Pride—my knowledge of the queer timeline without question was the is an important milestone to the beginning. These kids feel Stonewall Initiative passage of marriage equality. was very cloudy. I hope that this monumental be cherished and honored, part of the present and future even as we acknowledge and am proud to work There is no question that 50-year mark inspires younger generations to Rapper-songwriter of our equality. marriage equality could not Radio DJ and author of Where Do that there remains a long understand the gravity of what was achieved The Stonewall riots started the first wave of LGBT alongside them as an We honor Sylvia and Marsha I Begin? Stories From a Life Lived road ahead to walk before we have happened without the thanks to the enormous spirit of people all and all of our LGBTQ forebears Out Loud (available fall 2019) empowerment that over the past 50 years has turned achieve real equality for all ambassador. I’m lucky monumental events that took into a tsunami, crashing over homophobic and by marching and dancing those years ago. Listen to the stories from the members of our community. place at Stonewall and the transphobic policies. to witness firsthand the and going on TV and writing men and women who have bravery of those who paved books and being famous been courageously paving the The 50-year anniversary of Stonewall matters so amazing work that they the way for the world we live on the internet. We build way for all of us. We should much because it reminds us that when you continue in today. do for this community, families and proudly claim our never take their sacrifice and to fight and don’t give up, you will eventually win. spot in the accepting Larger determination for granted. and I’m so excited to Now we must continue to fight not only to change Rainbow Family with pride. And, in their honor, we must policies that affect gay rights but also to show we celebrate our 50-year We also honor each other keep marching and fighting have the backs of our trans brothers and sisters, with capital-P Pride: Let’s for our next generation of anniversary and treating their fight for equality with the same sense of celebrate! LGBTQ citizens. urgency that we did gay marriage. 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056_067_Pride19.indd 60 6/9/19 2:17 PM 056_067_Pride19.indd 61 6/9/19 2:17 PM Jarrett Lucas Executive director of the Stonewall Community Foundation Nearly every element of the — from the bar itself to the riots—was a rebellion against rules, against the expected. As a movement, we must remember and embrace that. We honor Stonewall by continuing to value Kate Pierson Tammy direct action; by boldly challenging the isolation, criminalization, and muting of LGBTQ identity; Singer and founding member of the B-52’s Baldwin and by following the lead of people pushed to Wisconsin senator Why are we different from other people? the margins. Who says so? Who says we have no Stonewall is a story of those Julian Sanjivan who came before us and let rights? Who tells you who you can love NYC Pride March director their voices be heard. Those and who you can’t love and how you can who bravely stood up and Fifty years ago this year, trans and make love? Love is the wordless way we spoke out so that others queer people threw a riot that came to know that we are all the same no matter wouldn’t feel compelled to Actor and performance artist be known as the Stonewall uprising. how many letters we add to LGBTQIA. live in silence. When we look back at the Stonewall riots They had no way of knowing what the As a young trans woman, I But “love don’t come easy.” It had to be and the activism that grew next 50 years would bring—whether won! And Stonewall was a beginning out of that moment, even the grew up hearing about my it would change the way queer people for everyone in the LGBTQIA most basic progress seemed trans sisters starting the riot like it would take a revolution were treated. All they knew was that community—and for all humanity. and have always held that they were humiliated, sick of being dis- to achieve. So we had one. And that’s how we’ve made criminated against, and, yes, downright with a sense of pride. But the such enormous progress over angry at being forced to the fringes of the past 50 years. Today, we most important moment for society and reminded time and time should remain inspired by the our community was the pass- courage of this story—the again that they did not belong. They had ing of the gay marriage bill. no way to know that they were starting a story of Stonewall. global movement for LGBTQ+ equality. It was the moment that we A movement that would change the solidified our place in the law hearts and minds of people everywhere. of the land. With time, I think They had no way to know we would be back celebrating WorldPride here we as a community will have Carson Kressley today, so close to where they rioted, and full equality and laws that for the first time in the United States! Emmy-winning TV personality, celebrity stylist, author, and designer Raymond Braun have been enacted to protect I am proud to be part of an amazing Activist and executive producer and host of State of us completely. Pride is the perfect way to honor and celebrate the beauty, team that is working hard to welcome Pride (a new documentary by acclaimed filmmakers the world to our shores as we remind Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein exploring strength, and diversity of our community. The Stonewall how people across the country celebrate Pride, LGBTQ+ folks everywhere that we movement was ignited by gay people, trans people, people premiering May 29 on YouTube) have to keep fighting more than ever as Pride provides us with an amazing of color, and their allies fighting in the streets for the we face increased discrimination and connection to our past and future as LGBTQ rights that we have today. oppression today. people. I believe one of the most important Rufus Wainwright elements of Pride is to acknowledge, Acclaimed singer, songwriter, honor, and thank the LGBTQ trailblazers and composer who were on the front lines, marching and Asia Kate Dillon organizing when it wasn’t safe and paving The Stonewall riots the way for us to have so many opportunities Activist and actor on Netflix’s and Showtime’s Billions were an incredibly to celebrate Pride today. Everyone in the important moment in As I reflect on the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, I am drawn into remembrance LGBTQ community has an opinion about Pride—its value, purpose, and relevance, the history of LGBTQ of those that came before: Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, all the trans women who feels included and excluded, and what rights, but only just and femmes of color who started the queer revolution, long before I was born. it means to honor the spirit of Pride. On the what the name could 50th anniversary of Stonewall, it’s especially The legacy of Stonewall demands that we center the most marginalized, the most important for us to reflect on these questions allude to: a stone taken disenfranchised among us, because the future is intersectional. and engage in these important, intersectional from a wall. We still conversations. CARSON KRESSLEY, MATT MONATH; JULIAN SANJIVAN, COURTESY OF JULIAN SANJIVAN; ASIA KATE DILLON, SHIRIN TINATI SHIRIN TINATI DILLON, DILLON, ASIA KATE COURTESY OF JULIAN SANJIVAN; ASIA KATE COURTESY OF JULIAN SANJIVAN; JULIAN SANJIVAN, JULIAN SANJIVAN, MONATH; MONATH; MATT MATT CARSON KRESSLEY, CARSON KRESSLEY, BALDWIN; BALDWIN; COURTESY OF TAMMY COURTESY OF TAMMY BALDWIN, BALDWIN, TAMMY TAMMY SOPALABAMA; SOPALABAMA; BRAUN, BRAUN, RAYMOND RAYMOND HATTEM; VAN HATTEM; VAN PIETER M. PIERSON, PIETER M. PIERSON, KATE KATE KOUROSH SOTOODEH KOUROSH SOTOODEH GREG GORMAN; CANDIS CAYNE, GREG GORMAN; CANDIS CAYNE, RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, have lots of work to do.

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056_067_Pride19.indd 62 6/9/19 2:17 PM 056_067_Pride19.indd 63 6/9/19 2:17 PM Dance music legend, fashion designer, and personality Amy Ray Singer-songwriter, producer, Daemon Records founder, Gay gifted and beautifully and member of the folk-rock group Indigo Girls black, I know that there are others out there that may not I have endless gratitude for the pioneers of the see it as a blessing the way queer equality movement, both before and after the I do—but that does not give Stonewall riots. Sometimes I get mired in my own Wilson Cruz Jennifer Finney Boylan them a right to tell me that I internalized homophobia, but then I remember to hold my head up and walk tall for all the punk-ass Actor and activist Activist and author of She’s Not There: can’t love who I want to love A Life in Two and be who I want to be...and to folks that paved the way for the coming of the day Stonewall was a riot—a riot in which live free! It is my human right to when the world understands writ large that being the most marginalized among us, Stonewall began with the fury, be treated as a human. gay, lesbian, queer, and/or trans is as magnificent people of color, drag queens, trans the courage, and the love of and beautiful—and cool—as anything in this world. people, all of the above—had finally The 50th anniversary of had enough and taught the rest of this transgender people. In an era Stonewall—we’ve come a in which trans folks are more Nico Tortorella Emily Saliers community how to develop and use very long way, and we have what I‘m sure some self-help book threatened than ever, it is right to make sure that we are not Actor, poet, and author of Space Between: Singer-songwriter, author, restaurateur, and member out there calls “a strong no!” And complacent. You know we Explorations of Love, Sex, and Fluidity of the folk-rock group Indigo Girls to remember that this movement because this was the crucible of the was sparked by us, and that our sit on the shoulders of great The Stonewall riots were a huge landmark When I think of Stonewall, I think of courage. modern LGBTQ rights era, the tone queer folks that came before event in our queer history. We stood up Movements begin infinitesimally slowly until they was set: Enrage us at your peril— struggle continues. To para- us. And, trust me, these and claimed space, claimed LGBTQ rights, burst forth in communal protest and resistance we’re coming for our rights. It was phrase historian Barbara Fields, Gayngels—they watch over us. claimed human rights. We are at the based on years and years of oppression. Human in this spirit that we fought our way “If we’re all citizens, then we So we have a responsibility to precipice of big changes toward love and rights movements are groundswells of resistance and through an epidemic, fought our way have a task to do to make sure make sure everything that we inclusivity in major ways—we have come a action for betterment of a community—a demand for into pop culture, fought for marriage that this is not a joke. If some achieved—all the goals that we long way. But by no means are we at a tipping fairness, equality, and respect for all human dignity. equality, and in which we continue to have accomplished—we must citizens live in houses and oth- point. 2018 was the deadliest year for trans It is important to remember Stonewall as the fight for actual equality! The legacy make sure that none of it is women in this country to date. There is so beginning of the movement for LGBTQ rights. And of Stonewall is its grassroots-from- ers live on the street, Stonewall Bethany Meyers subtracted. much more work to be done—I can’t stress because we are queer, we celebrate! We dance and the-bottom-up, we’ve-had-enough is still going on. It’s still to be Activist, NYC-based master fitness instructor, and founder of the this enough—there is so much more work sing in the streets all across the world, proud to be spirit that continues to serve us fought, and regrettably, it can body-positive be.come project fitness app to be done. out and colorful and show our commitment to the well, especially today, under this still be lost.” All of it is you. continued movement for our rights and the love of administration. On the day same-sex marriage was legalized in 2015—June 27—I was still coming into my own as a Be every human. Love every human. See our gorgeous diversity. every human. Respect every human. My We have come a long, long way, and it is good and queer human. At that time, I was nervous to hold my call to action is this: As much as we are right to celebrate. I think of all the queers who died Ryan Jamaal Swain girlfriend’s hand in public and had only recently come or were beaten or lost their jobs or got kicked out of aware of the victim in all of us, we must also Activist and actor on FX’s Pose out to my family in a true shock-and-awe moment. I acknowledge the ways we are complicit. Just their families and churches and places of worship may have been in my mid-20s, but I felt like a teenager because you are being strangled doesn’t or who were ostracized for the courage to be openly It is incredible the leaps and going through puberty—awkward, unsure, and still mean your hands aren’t wrapped around who they were and are. I thank them. They made it bounds we as a community have someone else’s neck. If you see something, an easier road for me and millions of other LGBTQ finding my footing. I remember meeting my best accomplished since the incep- say something. If you have a body that is people. I hope through our continued effort to friend in the Village, close to Stonewall—the place deemed more socially acceptable than mobilize, work for queer rights, vote, gather our tion of our fight to live and love where it all began. She’s a lesbian, had been out for others, stand up for the ones in need. If you allies, and other efforts that we can alleviate future freely. Just as many unsung and years, and I looked up to the way she lived her life are white, scream against systemic racism. suffering for queers who have it a lot worse than sung heroes before, I implore so authentically. The streets were filled with people, If you are an American citizen, stand up for we do. We care for each other. Until the last person us to spend the next 50 years undocumented people. Stand up for the has suffered or died under the yoke of anti-queer rainbow flags, music, sparkles, and a hell of a lot of to create figurative and literal indigenous, the poor, the black, the trans, the oppression, we will not stop our efforts . love. Possibly the most love I’ve ever felt in a public space and action for the “folks you, the me, the us. As a nation we have come a long way in terms of space. I stood outside on Christopher Street, looked in the margins.” To live in the We were all born here. Equal spirits divided legislation to protect LGBTQ people. This is a result up at the sky, and became overwhelmed with pride. I into unequal bodies. of the tireless efforts of activists fighting for our center of what it means to be a hadn’t felt that before in my new queer self. I had felt rights, just as the gays at Stonewall took to the Include all. community and, by doing that, guilt, shame, fear, uncertainty…but for the first time, I streets to yell loud and clear, enough is enough. So demand the respect we deserve Love all. Because all of it is worth celebrating. let’s celebrate Pride like the queers we are, and let’s felt proud. I was surrounded by strangers, but it didn’t on all fronts. The time is Because all of it. motivate and activate like the queers we are until we feel that way. In that moment, I had found my family, now, y’all! Is you. are all free to be. my community, and most important, myself. KEVIN AVIANCE, COURTESY OF KEVIN AVIANCE; NICO TORTORELLA: MARIUS BUGGE; AMY RAY AND EMILY SALIERS: KEN SWOON SALIERS: KEN SWOON AND EMILY AND EMILY AMY RAY MARIUS BUGGE; AMY RAY MARIUS BUGGE; NICO TORTORELLA: COURTESY OF KEVIN AVIANCE; NICO TORTORELLA: COURTESY OF KEVIN AVIANCE; KEVIN AVIANCE, KEVIN AVIANCE, JAMES BOWDOIN; MILLER; JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN: JAMES BOWDOIN; MILLER; JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN: DAVID WILSON CRUZ: DAVID WILSON CRUZ: JAMAAL SWAIN JAMAAL SWAIN COURTESY OF RYAN COURTESY OF RYAN JAMAAL SWAIN, JAMAAL SWAIN, RYAN RYAN BETHANY MEYERS: HALEY VARACALL; BETHANY MEYERS: HALEY VARACALL;

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056_067_Pride19.indd 64 6/9/19 2:17 PM 056_067_Pride19.indd 65 6/9/19 2:17 PM Daya Singer-songwriter and activist The Stonewall riots were key to the LGBTQ rights movement because it was the first time our community attained mainstream visibility. They also sparked a larger conversation about our assimilation into society that still exists today. I’m grateful for all the people before me who fought for the rights that I exercise in my Jesse Tyler life as a bisexual woman, but I recognize that there’s still a lot of Ferguson work to be done for those within the community who are still Activist and actor on ABC’s Bex Taylor-Klaus experiencing societal and legal oppression. We are all responsible When I first moved to New Actor in Netflix’s Dumplin’ and the for getting them there. York in 1994, marriage upcoming Blackbird, co-starring equality was not a thing that Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, and was even close to being Rainn Wilson possible. And now we have Fifty years ago the word nationwide marriage equality. “queer” was an insult. Today, But we can’t pat ourselves a wide variety of LGBTQIA+ on the back for long because individuals use it as a proud our rights are still being and encompassing identifier. challenged. I can drive across As queer people, we have the country from Los Angeles moved mountains in the to Washington, D.C., and past 50 years, and Stonewall every time I cross a state line, was our biggest catalyst. I my rights change. We still live cannot wait to be part of the in a country where you can be next 50 years of growth and Jamar Roberts married on a Friday and lose movement. your job on a Monday, just for Dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater marrying the person you love. (upcoming performances take place in NYC in June and in London in September) But we can continue to fight those problems. The 50th Stonewall remains an important moment anniversary of the Stonewall in our history and a symbol of taking a riots is a perfect time to acknowledge and reflect on all stand against injustice. Alvin Ailey was also the great work we’ve done— Margaret Cho courageous in taking a stand for equality and at the same time, refocus on Comedian, actor, author, and activist shining a spotlight on social justice, using his and reprioritize all the work artistry to break down walls and open hearts still left to accomplish. Stonewall was the most impor- and minds. He showed people around the tant event in my life that I wasn’t world that we are more alike than different there for—so I try to attend to an while creating a safe space for other artists of Professional tennis legend and all backgrounds to share their stories. Thanks founder of the Billie Jean King aspect of it every day. It’s where to the movement that started decades ago, Leadership Initiative modern gay rights began its there has been great progress, and we can now When the news of the openly live our lives with pride. Stonewall uprising broke, progression forward, and we con- Tu With rights that have been won recently, I was in England playing at tinue to fight for these rights as Co-host of WNYC Studios’ Wimbledon—and being we push for representation in the Nancy podcast I’ve experienced the joy of seeing some of my geographically removed The fact that the LGBT colleagues get married. But there continue to from the news was a factor. world of media, politics, sports, equality movement is the be challenges around the world with anti-gay I remember feeling just like fastest-growing civil rights laws, and people in our community experience the famous line in the movie entertainment—everywhere. At movement is, to me, a violence at alarming rates. Network—I’m mad as hell Stonewall, we began to see our- product of the intersectional We are grateful to the people of Stonewall for and I’m not going to take it selves as equal and truly live in work done by those who anymore. Standing up for our continue to advance the fight. the inspiration as we continue to move forward community and advocating that spirit, and I am in awe that it As we march forward, and as on this journey, reminding ourselves not to be for ourselves was powerful we seek progress, I think it’s weary of the continuing struggle. As a dancer then and is powerful now. The happened and that people honor important that we remember and choreographer, I can use the shining Stonewall riots gave so many it to this day. Here’s to the bright- we cannot leave anyone example of Alvin Ailey to bring my universal the courage to finally be our est, gayest future—and many behind. Safety and comfort authentic selves. doesn’t come to anyone until truth to the stage through my artistry—always thanks to our brilliant past. it comes to all. with faith and hope. DAYA, INTERSCOPE; JESSE TYLER FERGUSON, ABC INTERSCOPE; ABC JESSE TYLER FERGUSON, INTERSCOPE; JESSE TYLER FERGUSON, DAYA, DAYA, ASGHARNIA; ASGHARNIA; SHAYAN SHAYAN ALBERT SANCHEZ; BEX TAYLOR-KLAUS, ALBERT SANCHEZ; BEX TAYLOR-KLAUS, MARGARET CHO, MARGARET CHO, ANDREW ECCLES ANDREW ECCLES TUCKER; JAMAR ROBERTS, MINDY TUCKER; JAMAR ROBERTS, MINDY TU, TU, KATHY KATHY

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056_067_Pride19.indd 66 6/9/19 2:17 PM 056_067_Pride19.indd 67 6/9/19 2:17 PM Donald Trump Bernie Sanders Joe Biden Kamala Harris Since the start of his presidency, Throughout his political career, the During his time as a Delaware Senator Kamala Harris of California the Trump administration Vermont senator has supported senator, Biden voted in favor co-sponsored the Equality Act. THE has rolled back a number of a number of initiatives aimed of expanding the definition of In 2015, she refused to support protections aimed to benefit the toward preventing LGBTQ hate crimes to include sexual a controversial “Kill the Gays” LGBTQ community. While not an discrimination. This includes orientation and openly opposed initiative proposed in California, exhaustive list, during his term, voting against “Don’t Ask, Don’t “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” More which would have permitted a the administration has wiped all Tell” and co-sponsoring the recently, Biden launched an death penalty for homosexual acts, mention of LGBTQ people from Equality Act, guaranteeing basic LGBTQ family-acceptance and referred to it as a “product CONTENDERS the White House’s, Department of benefits and nondiscrimination campaign and has publicly of bigotry.” During her tenure Labor’s, and Department of State’s protections for LGBTQ people. condemned anti-LGBTQ acts in as California attorney general, The pool of candidates running for POTUS has never been federal websites, killed a plan to He also endorsed the Every Child Chechnya, Russia, and Brunei. Harris declined to defend Prop stronger—or more diverse. But who is the best overall supporter collect critical data on LGBTQ Deserves a Family Act, which Biden originally voted in favor of 8, a California ballot initiative individuals for the U.S. Census would prohibit a child welfare the and that excluded same-sex couples of the LGBTQ community? Find out in our 2020 election primer. Bureau, and tightened regulations agency that receives federal was a supporter of civil unions. In in marriage. “It is one thing to By Josh Ocampo on food stamps that affect one in assistance from discriminating 2012, the former vice president read the polls, which show that four LGBTQ individuals who apply against any potential foster or publicly supported marriage a majority of Americans are in for them. In October 2017, Trump adoptive parent based on sexual equality, predating Obama’s favor of same-sex marriage, but instituted the ban on transgender orientation or gender identity. support of same-sex marriage it is more important to read the military service members and As early as 1996, Sanders voted during his administration. “I am Constitution,” she wrote. “And disallowed funding of their against the Defense of Marriage absolutely comfortable with the the Constitution of the United We’re well into 2019—which means you’re more than likely gender-reassignment surgery. And Act. He does not support Trump’s fact that men marrying men, States dictates that marriage is already bracing for another tense election year. And with a let’s not forget Trump’s staunch transgender military ban. He also women marrying women, and a fundamental right.” And Harris diverse group of candidates that includes a former Obama aide, anti-LGBTQ administration, either, voted in favor of FOSTA-SESTA, a heterosexual men and women supports the reversal of Trump’s a nonprofit tech exec, and a best-selling author, it seems that with the appointments of Vice pair of laws that were intended to marrying one another are entitled ban on transgender military political experience is becoming less and less of a prerequisite President Mike Pence, Secretary of curb online sex trafficking. Experts to the same exact rights...and civil service members. “Transgender when it comes to the presidency. Education Betsy DeVos, and U.S. argue that both endanger the lives liberties,” he said. And on at least military members have the This coming November, the Democratic candidates for pres- Secretary of Health and Human of sex workers, many of whom are two different occasions, Biden courage to serve our country and ident of the United States will participate in a forum addressing Services Tom Price, among many, disproportionately transgender referred to transgender equality as deserve to do so. We have to fight many others. the “issue of our time.” LGBTQ issues, which begs one important question: Just how and turn offline for work. back to reverse this,” she tweeted. do our candidates, as well as President Trump, compare on the issues of marriage or the ban on transgender military service members? Well, as it turns out, though largely pro-LGBTQ, KEY POLICIES KEY POLICIES KEY POLICIES KEY POLICIES not all candidates are created equal. 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Elizabeth Warren Kirsten Gillibrand Pete Buttigieg Beto O’Rourke Amy Klobuchar Cory Booker Julián Castro Tulsi Gabbard Massachusetts senator New York senator Kirsten The first openly gay Democratic O’Rourke endorses the Equality Senator of Minnesota Amy Senator of New Jersey Cory Booker Serving as secretary of Housing Hawaiian congresswoman Elizabeth Warren is a vehement Gillibrand supported the candidate in a presidential Act and granting same-sex Klobuchar supports both the is strongly against conversion and Urban Development under Gabbard is likely the most supporter of acts intended to Employment Non-Discrimination race, Mayor Buttigieg publicly couples benefits given to Student Non-Discrimination Act therapy and introduced the President Obama, Castro tackled controversial of Democratic prevent discrimination against Act and pushed to repeal “Don’t came out in 2015 in an op-ed heterosexual couples. “I don’t and the Equality Act. (She was one Therapeutic Fraud Prevention the issue of homelessness candidates—if based solely on the LBGTQ community. This Ask, Don’t Tell.” Gillibrand also for his hometown paper, South think you can be too gay to buy of 46 senators to introduce the act Act, which would ban conversion among LGBTQ youth and housing her history of anti-LGBT rhetoric. includes the Employment co-sponsored the Student Non- Bend Tribune. “I was well into a cake,” he tweeted in 2018. “I in May 2017.) She was also one of therapy across the U.S. “So- discrimination. He also pushed During her run for the state Non-Discrimination Act, the Discrimination Act—this act adulthood before I was prepared to don’t think you can be too gay 19 senators to call on President called ‘conversion therapy’ for data gathering on the LGBTQ legislature in 2002, Gabbard Equality Act’s predecessor, which sought to prevent discrimination acknowledge the simple fact that to open your caring family to Trump to stop the censorship of isn’t therapy at all,” he said in community for the U.S. census in openly touted her work with her protected LGBTQ employees in in public schools based on gender I am gay,” he wrote. “It took years one of TX’s 30,000 kids in the LGBT health information on federal a statement. “It’s a tortuous, an effort to provide every individual father’s organization, a group the workplace. Warren has actively identity or sexual orientation. of struggle and growth for me to foster care system. Let’s end websites. Originally a supporter fraudulent practice that has been with equal access to housing. that opposed pro-gay lawmakers. sought to classify conversion Gillibrand called upon President recognize that it’s just a fact of life, this discrimination.” During his of civil unions, Klobuchar has repeatedly condemned by medical Castro first vocalized his support Currently, however, she supports therapy as fraud. In 2016, she Trump to stop the censorship of like having brown hair, and part of time in Congress, O’Rourke since become a supporter of professionals and has no place in of same-sex marriage during his both the Equality Act and the urged the FDA to put an end to the LGBT health information on federal who I am.” Buttigieg is an especially supported initiatives that sought same-sex marriage and co- our country.” Booker called upon term as mayor of San Antonio. Employment Non-Discrimination blood donation ban discriminating websites. Originally a supporter of vocal supporter of the Equality Act, to protect LGBTQ immigrants and sponsored a bill repealing DOMA. Trump to stop the censorship In 2012, he signed a “Mayors for Act. In 2004, during a hearing against men who have sex with same-sex civil unions, Gillibrand given that his state of Indiana still individuals in the workplace facing Klobuchar is against Trump’s of LGBT health information on the Freedom to Marry” petition regarding civil unions, Gabbard men. She was one of 19 senators was New York’s first senator to lacks basic protections for LGBTQ discrimination. He also voted in ban on transgender individuals federally run websites. Since advocating for marriage equality. expressed disapproval over same- to call on President Trump to stop publicly support marriage equality. individuals facing discrimination. support of a House amendment in the military. “I’ve said it before 2012, Booker has vocalized his He extended domestic partnership sex marriage. “To try to act as if the censorship of LGBT health Gillibrand wants to reverse Trump’s A veteran himself, Buttigieg also that prohibited discrimination and I’ll say it again: transgender support for same-sex marriage, benefits for city employees. Castro there is a difference between ‘civil information on federal websites. ban on transgender military supports the reversal of Trump’s based on sexual orientation or men and women who serve our and he even officiated New opposes Trump’s transgender unions’ and same-sex marriage is Warren has long vocalized her service members. “Transgender ban. “Obviously the attack on trans gender identity in government country should be thanked for Jersey’s first same-sex wedding. military ban. “I’m deeply dishonest, cowardly, and extremely support of same-sex marriage service members have been rights and the trans military ban contracting. More recently, their service, not attacked,” she Booker referred to Trump’s ban on disappointed that the Supreme disrespectful to the people of since her original senate campaign serving in our military with honor is extremely disturbing,” he said. O’Rourke expressed disapproval wrote on . On the flip side, transgender service members as Court has allowed the president’s Hawaii,” Gabbard said during the in 2012. She even expressed a and distinction. They are willing “When I was in the military, the over Trump’s nomination of Kyle she was also a late supporter of “un-American” during a campaign proposed transgender military hearing. She has since become desire for then-president Obama to to die for this country, they make people I served with could not have Duncan to the U.S. Court of the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t stop in New Jersey. “When I am ban to go into effect,” he said in a a vocal supporter of same-sex publicly support marriage equality. extraordinary sacrifices for our cared less whether I was going Appeals in Texas. “He has a long Tell” and declined to sign on to a president of the United States, statement. “This policy proposal is marriage and supported the repeal (He did, months later.) Warren freedom, and they are unafraid to home to a girlfriend or boyfriend. record of undermining LGBTQ resolution censuring Uganda’s right away I will end this ridiculous, discrimination at the highest levels of DOMA and apologized for her has also publicly condemned fight for our most sacred values as They just wanted to know that I was rights and...has no place passing notorious Anti-Homosexuality Act, insulting, un-American ban on against an already marginalized statements regarding same-sex Trump for his military ban on the Americans,” she said in a recent going to be someone they could judgment on anyone in any which mandated life in prison for transgender Americans serving in community, and will inevitably marriage, telling CNN, “I regret the transgender community. press statement. trust with their lives.” courtroom in this country.” same-sex intercourse. the military,” he told the crowd. undermine U.S. national security.” positions I took in the past.”

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068_071_Pride19.indd 70 6/9/19 7:06 AM 068_071_Pride19.indd 71 6/9/19 7:06 AM To create the amazing new book American Boys (published by Daylight Books), photographer Soraya Zaman traveled across the U.S. for more than three years, taking photos of young transmasculine individuals and interviewing them about their lives.

“We asked the Australian-born portrait and fashion photographer to explain the genesis of the project and what it means to be out, proud, and trans in America in 2019.

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072_079_Pride19.indd 72 6/9/19 7:25 AM 072_079_Pride19.indd 73 6/9/19 7:25 AM INITIALLY THIS WORK “THE TITLE, AMERICAN BOYS, IS A DIRECT CHALLENGE TO THE started as a personal project for UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT MEANS TODAY TO BE A BOY AND TO me. I was looking to explore BE AMERICAN—AND WHAT THAT CONJURES UP IN YOUR MIND.” expressions of transmasculinity—an important subject for me since I am non binary masculine leaning. So I took to social media and started exploring hashtags and trans sharing platforms. I was looking for individuals who were advocating for themselves and sharing their journeys—both positive and nega- tive. With each person I met, it became apparent that honoring and sharing their stories, validating and centering everyone in an affirmative way, was really impor- tant—especially in our current climate. That’s how American Boys was born. In the summer of 2016, I started taking photos. I traveled to each person’s home, and we’d sit and talk, and I would just listen to their story—where they’re from and how they got to where they are. Some- times these conversations would go on for hours. Then we’d head out to take the pictures. I’d ask them to wear their own clothes, and we’d shoot in places that were important to them. I’d rent a car, and we’d drive around until sunset, just chatting and looking for places that might make an interesting photo. It was all very organic. With every person I met, the project took on this bigger and bigger importance and emphasis on creating visibility, and creating affirmative images that expanded upon the story and our understanding of what gender identity is, outside of the binary, in a real and an authentic way. Pulling all the photographs together is my way of marking a moment in time and history. There’s something meaningful about owning a physical book and seeing that you’re represented in the world, and being a part of the conversation and help- CHELLA, 18 ing to increase visibility. Even over the Brooklyn, NY course of doing this project, the landscape of people being able to express their gender fully and advocating for trans equality has changed dramatically. It’s nice to have made something that will BENSON, 22 kind of live on and help keep these stories Springfield, OR alive, while hopefully inspiring future generations as well.

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“THE INDIVIDUALS I MET DURING THIS PROJECT ARE LIVING THEIR LIVES, MAKING THESE POWERFUL DECISIONS AND ADVOCATING FOR YOUNGER GENERATIONS BY PAVING A PATH. I’M JUST IN AWE OF THEM ALL.”

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American Boys is available in stores and online now. For more information, go to daylightbooks.org.

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072_079_Pride19.indd 78 6/9/19 7:25 AM 072_079_Pride19.indd 79 6/9/19 7:25 AM S plications. An independent autopsy of immigrants coming through New found signs of dehydration and malnu- Mexico, they haven’t made their own trition but also contusions on her body. news except around RoxSana’s death,” The lawsuit charges she may have been she said in a late March interview. physically abused, while immigra- “Within the last three months, there tions officials deny that. For their part, was another caravan, and they say the May 20, 2019, marked the Charlotte and other trans chicas have detention center [Cibola] is full, so we one-year anniversary of publicly spoken out about the violence don’t see the new arrivals.” She knows the tragic death of RoxSana they fled at home and the mistreatment some are being directed to Pearsall, Hernández in an Albuquerque, NM, transgender women face upon arrival because ICE officials are keeping the hospital. It’s a case that continues to at the border and in detention. number of trans detainees at Cibola serve as a cautionary tale as well as a Hernández was the sixth asylum lower, possibly in response to the harsh call to arms for transgender migrants seeker to die in ICE custody last year; media glare after Hernández’s death. who are fleeing homophobic and gang others have died since, prompting a violence in Central America in record demand to the end of the detention sys- As of February, ICE confirmed 45 numbers. Rarely a day goes by that tem as well as ICE. What’s less known transgender women were being held Charlotte* doesn’t think about Roxy, as is the situation facing newer arrivals, in a segregated unit inside the South she calls RoxSana. They were among some now held in Cibola, but others in Texas Detention Complex in Pearsall 14 trans chicas who made the perilous male prisons–cum–ICE detention cen- that’s run by the private Florida cor- 1,500-mile journey up from Honduras ters like Pearsall in Texas. The flow of poration GEO group contracted with to the Tijuana border as part of the migrants at the border has escalated, in ICE. It can hold up to 1,904 detainees, 2018 migrant caravan organized by spite of Trump administration efforts male and female, but no special provi- Pueblo Sin Fronteras. to close the border. Caravans of all sizes sions were set up for trans detainees, Charlotte, 31, has begun a new life in are arriving all the time, dropping off apart from segregation. All are treated the Bay Area after surviving both the exhausted, hungry, and traumatized as quasi-prisoners. caravan and eight months of deten- individuals at the border. How many It’s no secret that the Trump admin- tion in the Cibola County Correctional are transgender is unknown. How istration’s policy toward both Central Center, an overcrowded, privately run many have made it across the border American asylum seekers and trans- federal prison for men in Milan, NM. and how many remain in Mexico are gender individuals has been to try to Cibola has the only dedicated transgen- other open questions. But even after criminalize them. Trump has moved der pod in the U.S., and until recently, Hernández’s tragic death, the numbers to indefinitely detain asylum seekers transgender asylum seekers were rou- are on the rise, say advocates. with only minor infractions on their tinely sent there to don orange prison records in detention centers and upped jumpsuits, despite not having criminal As of March, 111 “self-identified” trans- an ongoing effort to deport them. records. The prison is run by a private gender individuals were known to be A new Trump law also mandates plac- corporation as a detention center via in ICE custody, according to advocates ing individuals in detention based on a contract with the U.S. Immigration at Asociación Lambda, a Guatemala- the biological sex listed on their birth and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. based LGBTQ group helping queer certificates—a clear reversal of gains Hernández was held in Cibola for migrants. But the number is estimated in transgender rights. At Pearsall, said only a day, so sick upon arrival she to be higher. Some may be registered as Wolf, prison officials have segregated was immediately transported by air male based on their identity documents the trans chicas to protect them from ambulance to an intensive care unit. and sent to male prisons. “We don’t assault, but there’s a downside: They Media stories have detailed her initial know where everyone is being sent,” get only an hour or so of outdoor activ- Nearly detention in a notorious border hielera, said Rebekah Wolf, a pro bono attorney 90 percent ity. The courts there also don’t always or icebox holding pen, where eyewit- at the New Mexico Immigration Law of LGBTQ respect transgender identity. It’s been nesses said an ailing Hernández, who Center (NMILC) who’s been helping refugees almost impossible for a pro bono law- report had HIV, was denied food, water, and many of the Cibola trans detainees for suffering yer like herself to communicate with medicine and developed pneumonia. the past two years. sexual and clients by phone. It’s no wonder some Today, a wrongful death lawsuit has “It is overwhelming,” added Wolf, gender- trans detainees have given up, return- As more transgender asylum seekers arrive at the border, based a nascent binational LGBTQ movement steps forward to help. been filed by Hernández’s family, chal- of the present migrant wave. “To be violence in ing home to a possible death sentence. lenging an official autopsy report that honest, the trans women are such a their home Over the years, human rights reports y nnechristine ddesky with chy eas declared she died of HIV-related com- tiny percentage of the overall number countries. have detailed the poor and dangerous

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detention conditions for transgender Allegra Love is the director of the places where we know there are favor- individuals. The bulk of reports also Santa Fe Dreamers Project, another able circuits,” explained Love. That’s focus only on trans women; trans main group that’s been helping trans also where activists are most organized. men are left entirely out of the picture, chicas at Cibola, both with legal aid In New Mexico, Wolf and the despite several being in recent caravans. and help finding sponsors to post bond NMILC tend to help the more com- After the Caravan: In interviews, Wolf and others said they and get the women out while they AS OF MARCH, plicated trans detention cases, not all knew little of the situation with trans await asylum hearings. Love has been 111 “SELF-IDENTIFIED” caravanistas. Some are past victims of A New Life Unfolds men, apart from ICE policy of placing beyond busy with the client demand trafficking or may be U.S. citizens but them with women. “It’s something we and, as a community organizer, works TRANSGENDER got flagged by ICE for something, such For 31-year-old Charlotte,* a lithe trans in Mexico, but members of the trans should know about, but they’re not on with a growing network of legal, trans, INDIVIDUALS WERE KNOWN as drug charges. “The trafficking may woman who could body double for Bianca community were getting killed in Mexico.” our radar,” admitted Wolf. LGBTQ, and immigration rights TO BE IN ICE CUSTODY. have happened at any age, but what I see Jagger, joining a migrant caravan last year But the U.S. didn’t exactly put out a Past statistics show transgender groups. “After RoxSana died, we said is women who are trafficked when they to leave her native Honduras and seek welcome mat, either. asylum in the U.S. was a no-brainer. women make up only one out of every to ICE, ‘Look, this is dangerous,’ ” Love are younger and end up in a cycle of “Initially, they put all 14 of us in the same 500 detained immigrants but represent said, explaining how her group and law- criminal convictions,” said Wolf. Those “The situation for LGBTQ in Central room,” she said. “We had to sleep on the one in five confirmed cases of sexual yers have pushed to fast-track parole for are the women who are at greatest risk America is horrible,” she explained in floor. The food was ghastly. We lacked her native Spanish. “It’s not a matter of assault in ICE facilities. The reports detainees and pushed for group parole The binational solidarity effort is pay- for long detention and deportation. access to health care.” ‘discrimination’ but of life and death. I document a litany of negative treat- for caravan groups. “We ended up get- ing off. In Washington, Ruby Colorado, The women were transferred several times have no doubt that if my asylum case before they were interned at Cibola County ment experienced by trans detainees, ting 20 of 21 women paroled, and they founder of the Casa Ruby trans safe Despite the odds, lawyers are succeed- isn’t approved and I’m forced to return Correctional Center, a U.S. Immigration including transphobic abuse from are all over the United States.” Rox- house, recently secured group parole ing in getting trans women released. In to Honduras, what awaits me there is and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for-profit guards; denial of HIV medicine, hor- Sana Hernández’s experience was not for a group of trans asylum seekers and early May, another 10 trans migrants death.” In the past decade, Honduras has detention center in Milan, NM. mones, and mental health counseling; unique, she added. “Every single trans was housing eight trans chicas recently. were released from Pearsall in Texas frequently recorded the highest homicide being forced to shower with men; woman we accompanied went through Similarly, Casa Vides Annunciation with help from RAICES, which found rates in the world. “The experience is designed to be traumatizing,” she said. “You only have sexual violence from guards and other the hieleras,” she said. House in El Paso secured group parole them pro bono lawyers and sponsors. On her own since she left home at 11—“If an hour a day outside. You spend all your detained immigrants; and solitary con- for trans chicas held at the Juarez bor- Many have a strong chance of passing your family doesn’t accept you, you have time trying to get a little light, trying to stay finement. Wolf said all these conditions Today, Love’s Dreamers group works der. In New Mexico, a number of people the “credible fear” test for approval of absolutely no protection,” she said—she’d calm.” Still, she considers herself lucky: continue today. Solitary confinement with the Refugee and Immigrant Cen- have also responded to the Dreamers asylum petitions, given the high risk been forced into drug trafficking and into While at least one of her companions on relationships with violent gang members, is especially brutal for individuals who ter for Education and Legal Services, Project’s call for sponsors for trans they’ll be killed if they’re deported back the caravan, RoxSana Hernández, died raped and beaten regularly for as long as suffered attacks, torture, kidnapping, or RAICES, the largest immigration asylum seekers; after vetting, however, home. Advocates point to the tragic in ICE custody, and others continue to she could remember. or rape and are living with post-trauma. services provider in Texas, and the only 10 percent have been selected. death this past February of Camila struggle to get out of detention, she was PTSD is a hallmark of the trans asylee National Immigration Justice Center, “This is a huge commitment,” Love Diaz Cordova, who fled gang violence On paper, Honduras is a mess of released along with more than a dozen experience, say advocates. to name just two vital agencies helping explained. “It’s not for everyone. It in El Salvador. She was deported back contradictions: Legally bound to the others and has settled in Richmond, CA, At Cibola, Wolf said there’s been to form an ever-growing LGBTQ asy- could be six months; a lot won’t have from the U.S. and later kidnapped and January 2018 Inter-American Court of with a sponsoring family. Her asylum Human Rights ruling, which held that a recent change in the treatment of lum network. Citizen activists on both work authorization. Every case is dif- beaten. She died in a hospital. petition is slowly winding its way through same-sex marriage is a human right, it trans women, possibly as a backlash sides of the border have also stepped up ferent, but we need to make sure they Charlotte also worries about depor- the legal system. also explicitly bans same-sex marriage in Without a work permit, Charlotte can’t to the Hernández case. “They have to help organize rallies and protests at have the emotional support they need.” tation, even as she steps into her new its constitution. And while its penal code get a job, but she spends her days gotten a directive from somewhere on the border and at ICE centers, and they It’s also hard to come up with 30 or life in San Francisco. She and the other prohibits discrimination against LGBTQ, productively: learning English, exploring high to crack down on women, to not have brought in assistance of all kinds: so sponsors overnight, such as when a caravanistas have made it this far to the same penal code includes the Law on San Francisco, giving talks, testifying in give them special treatment,” added funds, food, and donations of blankets, new caravan arrives or ICE suddenly safety and starting a new life. They Police and Social Affairs, which gives law local churches, and helping the groups Wolf, who said women report being clothing, tents, and medicine. Some are releases a group. The legal groups have can’t go back. One way to prevent that enforcement broad powers “to prevent that have helped her to recruit more given more disciplinary infractions even going so far as to volunteer their to scramble, and Love thinks that’s not is by raising awareness and speaking and eliminate disturbances to tranquility, sponsors for detained women in Cibola. for things like contraband makeup or services as doctors, lawyers, counselors, by accident. Love reports that bonds out about their experiences and needs. public morality, and public conduct.” “It’s been about eight months since I got getting into fights. And while the trans translators, and more. are going up to $5,000, and sponsor- “We’re getting women paroled, and “Which means they can get away with here,” she said. “I know things won’t be unit there is touted as a model for trans Several have recently opened up ship is harder for transgender clients we’re winning cases,” Love summed murder,” said Charlotte, “and they do.” settled for a year, maybe longer. I just try services, none of the federal prisons– LGBTQ safe house shelters inside the who may not have family in the U.S. or up. “But honestly, we need a lot more Charlotte, who has identified as trans for to stay calm, to spend my days at home cum–detention centers are set up to Mexican border. Housing remains may not be accepted by relatives. media attention to what is happening as long as she can remember, traveled a being at peace, finding small ways of being provide medical care to people with crucial. Although Mexican law forbids But legal aid advocates are also here as well as in the detention centers, month and a half with her caravan through useful. When this is over, my sponsors complex conditions or to offer pallia- discrimination on the basis of sexual being smart, directing clients to spon- and we need more resources and even Mexico to the U.S. border, where she then will still be my family. I’ll still help in every tive care. “We have women going blind orientation, violence against trans- sors and cities where there are trans more people mobilized. We don’t want turned herself in to authorities as an asylum way I can to recruit more sponsors, to get from syphilis because they aren’t being gender women is rife there, too. There communities and supportive judges. to see a repeat of what happened with seeker, along with 13 other trans chicas. LGBTQ people out of detention, to settle treated,” explained Wolf, who added have been 120 transphobic murders in “We have had to think about where RoxSana Hernández.” “The dangers in Mexico for trans people here, to be free. But then I’ll also have my that lack of HIV care and access to drugs Mexico since 2008, the very year the the jurisdiction is. So New York, Los —With additional research assistance aren’t much different than in Honduras,” life. My life. The life I’ve been waiting for.” she said. “I considered trying to stay —Achy Obejas is a noted problem at some facilities. country approved same-sex marriage. Angeles, , Denver—these are PETITION IS IN PROCESS AS HER ASYLUM PETITION IS IN PROCESS AS HER ASYLUM LAST NAME HAS BEEN WITHHELD, *CHARLOTTE’S LAST NAME HAS BEEN WITHHELD, *CHARLOTTE’S from Jessica Gillespie

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Millions of Moments of Pride CO-PRESIDENTS Linda DeMarco J. Andrew Baker On behalf of the board of InterPride, we are bers span six continents, with a combined reach of pleased to present the 2019 issue of PrideLife more than 20 million people. Many of our found- VICE PRESIDENTS OF OPERATIONS magazine—the official magazine of InterPride. ing members are based in the United States. Frank Van Dalen Marsha H. Levine Chrissy Taylor Emmanuel Temores Over the past year, there have been many Our membership has grown substantially in advances for LGBTI people around the world. other parts of the globe, including , Latin This April, the first marriages occurred in Tai- America, and Europe. We work closely with our VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBER SERVICES wan. decriminalized the way we love. But international Pride partners—CAPI (the Con- James Hermansen-Parker in many places there have also been steps in solidated Association of Pride Inc.), EPOA (the SECRETARY TREASURER the wrong direction. Brunei has implemented European Pride Organisers Association), and FCP Michele Irimia Dave Wait anti-LGBTI laws, including death by stoning for (Fierté Canada Pride). These relationships allow consensual acts between men. We have accom- us to expand our reach to LGBTQ+ communi- plished so much over the past 50 years, but we ties around the world, enabling InterPride to be have much more to do to ensure LGBTI people a global Pride organization. New Pride platforms around the world are protected and accepted. are forming around the globe, including regional InterPride will continue to advocate for equality networks in Africa and Latin America. throughout the world and support our members InterPride relies primarily on membership fees in the ongoing quest for safety, acceptance, and and donations to fund vital programs and activities REGIONAL DIRECTORS inclusion. for the Pride movement, supporting Pride organi- Jorge Solorio Marcy Carr Lars Henriksen Valerio Colomasi Battaglia This June, the world will come together to cel- zations around the globe. First, the Solidarity Fund, Larhonda Slaughter Tiffany Lyn Royster Stein Ostigaard Goran Miletic ebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots which assists emerging Pride projects operating Fernando Lopez at the joint Stonewall 50 and WorldPride 2019 in in hostile environments; and second, the Scholar- Sarah Elizabeth Ivens Britta Davidsohn Lilly Dragoeva New York City. So much has happened since that ship Fund, which provides financial assistance for Lo Roberts night in June 1969. This year marks the 50th anni- members from around the globe to help attend our Davy Sabourin Uwe Hörner Anthanasios Vlachogiannis Richard Brethour-Bell versary of the decriminalization of homosexuality Annual General Meeting and World Conference. Jaron Turnbow Francois Laberge David Staeglich Welton Trindade in Canada. Forty years ago, Sweden became the Whether the event is small or large, new or first country in the world to declare homosexual- established, Prides help build and enrich commu- Dot Belstler Ruslana Panukhny Patrick Orth Deepak Kashyap ity is not an illness. In 1989, Denmark became the nities and increase visibility and acceptance for first country to legally recognize same-sex rela- LGBTQ+ people in large cities, towns, and rural Jonathan Balash Tomasz Baczkows Patrick van der Pas Paul Savage tionships. Zürich Pride celebrates its 25th year. It places. We applaud the board, members, and vol- Jason Gilmore Andy Train Lucien Spee is also the 20th anniversary of the first Trans Day unteers of all Prides, who work tirelessly to make of Remembrance. Pride organizations around the Pride happen. Thank you for your work and your Luke Blankenship Debbie Brixey Juan Carlos Alonso Reguero world are celebrating their 40th, 30th, 20th, and contribution to the global Pride movement. 10th anniversaries as well. We invite you to join and make us stronger, Alan Reiff JayJay E Potter-Peachey Clayton Mercieca In the spirit of these anniversaries and in part- adding your valuable energy and ideas to the nership with PrideLife, we are happy to officially global Pride movement. Visit our website at announce the launch of the InterPrideLife Seal .org to find a Pride near you, to attend of Approval. The seal is an award to be given to an event or help plan one, to find out how your NON-BOARD-SERVING CO-CHAIRS those who truly deserve the trust and business Pride organization can join InterPride, or to make Bianca Rey Hadi Damien Mark Monk Ron deHarte of the community while also understanding that a donation to support our work. Carlos Idibouo Jen LaBarbera Matthew Van As Sherri Rase Pride is more than just an event or season. We hope you’re able to join us in Athens, InterPride, the International Association of Greece, for the 2019 InterPride Annual General Dana Marsh Kevin Beaulieu Miik Martorell Sue Doster Pride Organizers, strives to promote lesbian, gay, Meeting and World Conference in October. Darcie Baumann Krystal Nieckar Perin Hurewitz bisexual, and transgender visibility internationally through advocacy, capacity building, conferences, Yours in Pride, education, research, and Pride events. Our mem- Linda DeMarco & J. Andrew Baker CO-PRESIDENTS, INTERPRIDE

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One—our applications, for a total of HAMILTON CHINA COCHIN LUXEMBOURG TBILISI QUEERALA PRIDE TIMMINS HONG KONG LUXEMBOURG Scholarship Fund—is internal 177 applications, the highest FIERTÉ TIMMINS PRIDE TBILISI PRIDE August 10 June 15 HONG KONG PRIDE GAYMAT and helps support member number since the program June 3 June 18 KINGSTON November 11 GANDHINAGAR July 14 organizations in need. Our began. In comparison, there ORENDA KINGSTON LUXEMBOURG PRIDE April 20 other stream of funding—the were 38 applications in 2017. June 15 PRIDE AT WORK CANADA GERMANY July 6 April 29 COSTA RICA Solidarity Fund—is external GOA Eleven grants were issued to KITCHENER/WATERLOO/ BERLIN and provides much-needed CAMBRIDGE PRIDE TORONTO SAN JOSE GOA RAINBOW TRUST countries including Armenia, TRI-PRIDE June 1 LOS YOSES MARCHA DE LA July 20 October 16 MACEDONIA funds to assist Pride events in Tunisia, Romania, the DIVERSIDAD May 3 SKOPJE hostile environments. June 23 BRAUNSCHWEIG Philippines, Pakistan, Guyana, Prince Edward Island SKOPJE PRIDE LONDON SOMMERLOCHFESTIVAL HYDERABAD QUEER The purview of the Solidarity Fiji, China, Bosnia and CHARLOTTETOWN SWABHIMANA YATRA PRIDE LONDON FESTIVAL October 8 Fund is very specific and Herzegovina, and Barbados. July 18 PRIDE PEI CÔTE D’IVOIRE March 10 July 20 DÜSSELDORF MALTA unique. Countries such as The Solidarity Fund is also MINDEN ABIDJAN DÜSSELDORF PRIDE VALLETTA the U.S., United Kingdom, MINDEN PRIDE ABIDJAN PRIDE June 1 KOLKATA RAINBOW PRIDE WALK assisted by an International Québec June 28 MALTA PRIDE August 19 and Australia are not eligible. Advisory Board that helps MONTRÉAL HAMBURG September 15 The funds go to only regions MUSKOKA FIERTÉ MONTRÉAL MAHARASHTRA review applications and KASHISH ARTS FESTIVAL MUSKOKA PRIDE August 8 CZECH REPUBLIC July 27 experiencing legislative and/ provide guidance regarding July 19 MONTRÉAL INSEL REICHENAU NEW DELHI or societal challenges to applicant eligibility. PRAGUE DELHI QUEER PRIDE MEXICO OTTAWA MONTRÉAL PRIDE PRAGUE PRIDE INSEL REICHENAU PRIDE equality. The work is carried November 1 BAJA CALIFORNIA This is vital work for InterPride CAPITAL PRIDE/LA FIERTÉ DANS August 5 out by a dedicated group of LA CAPITALE QUEBEC CITY MAGDEBURG TIJUANA GLBTI PRIDE MEXICO and seriously changes the ALLIANCE ARC-EN-CIEL DE MAGDEBURG PRIDE June 29 volunteers, both from within August 18 lives of those groups receiving QUÉBEC August 9 ITALY InterPride and from outside OTTAWA PRIDE DENMARK JALISCO GUADALAJARA said funds. Events funded MANNHEIM CASERTA SHERBROOKE GUADALAJARA the organization. POSITIVE SPACE IQALUIT FIÈRE LA FÊTE/FIERTÉ RHEIN NECKAR PRIDE CASERTA PRIDE include everything from Pride AARHUS PRIDE June 1 SHERBROOKE PRIDE August 1 June 1 In 2018, the Solidarity Fund OXFORD COUNTY June 1 marches and parades to film August 20 OXFORD COUNTY PRIDE MÖNCHENGLADBACH MILAN created four working groups to festivals and community COPENHAGEN June 1 MÖNCHENGLADBACH PRIDE MOLDOVA divide up this work: Outreach, COPENHAGEN PRIDE outreach programs. July 21 June 21 August 13 CHISINAU Fundraising, Application MOLDOVA PRIDE Although the Solidarity Fund OLDENBURG ROME Review, and Evaluation. NORDWEST PRIDE LAZIO PRIDE receives very generous The Outreach working EL SALVADOR July 15 June 1 MONTENEGRO donations from member SAN SALVADOR group has focused on organizations at the ROSTOCK ROMA PRIDE PODGORICA PRIDE EL SALVADOR ROSTOCK PRIDE communication in the June 8 MONTENEGRO PRIDE General Meeting and World July 20 following areas: TORINO Conference of InterPride; FRANCE TORINO PRIDE • Asia and Indo-Pacific works closely with the Fund June 15 NETHERLANDS organizations. GRENOBLE GREECE Development Committee of ROTTERDAM GRENOBLE PRIDE FESTIVAL VARESE • Past applicants who have InterPride to explore various ATHENS ROTTERDAM PRIDE May 18 ATHENS PRIDE ARCIGAY VARESE/VARESE PRIDE not received a grant. September 29 options around the globe; June 1 June 15 • Overarching LGBTI MARSEILLES and will be the recipient MARSEILLES PRIDE ROZE ZATERDAG organizations that have THESSALONIKI of a portion of all future THESSALONIKI PRIDE June 29 multinational reach. MONTPELLIER KENYABILBAO June 19 WorldPride licensee fees, FIERTÉ MONTPELLIER TIGNES KISUMU Due to the wide net cast more help is needed. PRIDE WESTERN KENYA PRIDE NORWAY July 20 September 14 for applications and the If you or someone you know HAITI BERGEN PARIS ensuing geographical DELMAS NORWAY BERGEN PRIDE has the ability to support the MARCHE DES FIERTÉS LGBT DE KOURAJ POU PWOTEJE DWA June 1 diversity of applications, the InterPride Solidarity Fund, PARIS LATVIA MOUN June 1 OSLO Solidarity Fund application is please use the donate button RIGA produced in French, Spanish, BALTIC PRIDE OSLO PRIDE on the front page of our June 14 June 8 Portuguese, and English. website at interpride.org. IBAI ARMENTIA IBAI ARMENTIA IBAI

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What Pride Means to Me... By Kalen Allen, actor, comedian, and pop culture phenom

Growing up, there weren’t that many people that I could identify with or look up to. As I got older, I had trouble accepting and loving myself. I struggled, holding myself back, trying hard not to appear too gay. Coming out really helped me to start not caring and be who I wanted to be at all times. Socially that’s so important, especially today. Pride events are supposed to be fun. But you also need to remember why Pride was created and what it really stands for. We live in a time where so many people are oppressed in some way. As soon as we’re given a taste of justice or freedom, we can forget where we came from. But we need to remember all the sacrifices that other LGBT individuals have made so that we can have the freedoms that we have today. Pride means we can’t get comfortable. Just because we can hold hands in West Hollywood does not mean that we should stop fighting to be able to hold hands safely and feel secure no matter where we go. | STYLING: J ORDAN BOOTHE | GROOMING: ANDREA PEZZILLO JSQUARED PHOTOGRAPHY:

Watch for Allen on YouTube, as a regular on The Ellen Show, or in Seth Rogen’s Untitled Pickle Comedy. 96 PRIDELIFE.COM | 2019 50 YEARS OF PRIDE PB

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They’re also at the very heart of who we’ve been as a company for the past 10 years.

ViiV Healthcare is proud to celebrate Pride Month with the LGBTQIA+ community at WorldPride NYC.

Solely focused on HIV.

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