Pride Month

For members of the LGBTQ community, it can feel like there’s no place for them in the world of faith and religion, especially within Christianity.

Multiple faith leaders – including an Episcopal minister whose LGBTQ identity was central to her faith journey – say religious institutions should be more accepting of LGBTQ people.

In the United States, the struggle for LGBTQ rights has often revolved around employers and business owners discriminating against LGBTQ people.

The event was held to benefit a nonprofit group that supports LGBTQ youth. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

President Joe Biden commemorated Pride Month on Friday and designated the site of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting as a national memorial.

Police officers were uninvited in tune with the origin of pride as a riot at the Stonewall Inn and in solidarity with LGBTQ people of color. But fewer people are expected overall as the pandemic wanes, says NYC Pride media director Dan Dimant.

As Pride month comes to a close next week, here’s a look back at the rich history of the Gay Pride parade.

A look back at the origins of the Gay Pride parade.

The It Gets Better Project is hosting a digital Pride Month event with Laverne Cox, MJ Rodriguez and many more. We talked to one of the event’s hosts, Kalen Allen of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, about the event and what Pride Month means to him.

Carl Nassib, a defensive lineman for the Las Vegas Raiders, posted a coming-out video to his Instagram on Monday, making him the first openly gay, active football player in the NFL.

Brands signal support for the LGBTQ+ community during Pride month, but experts say that true support has to come from more than just social media posts. 

One man is dead and another man has been injured after a white pickup truck ran over a crowd just as the Stonewall Pride Parade and Festival was kicking off in South Florida’s Wilton Manors neighborhood Saturday night, police said. The truck, clad in a rainbow flag, was along the parade route on the southwest corner of NE 15th...

A Northern Virginia community is making sure love wins after several LGBTQ pride flags were damaged or stolen in recent days. Sheryl Frye and Kris Consaul, of Lovettsville, Virginia, live in what’s known as the “rainbow house” for its vibrant picket fence. “Our favorite is when the little kids come by and are like, ‘It’s the rainbow house!’” Frye...

Bob Plominski and Mike Ferrari say they are facing steep fines for displaying the flag in the front yard of their home. The Eastland Cove HOA issued a citation telling them to take it down or pay. “I got upset. We’ve done this before and it’s a simple showing of our pride to the community and it’s up for...

GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis gets personal with CNBC Make It about realizing she was gay, coming out at work and more.

Besides the rainbow flag there are also several other flags that represent people who identify as lesbian, asexual, pansexual, demisexual, intersex, gender-fluid, agender, aromantic, nonbinary and polyamorous.

School boards need to see evidence of a problem before committing to action. So GLSEN conducted a survey with results showing 59% of LGBTQ students feel unsafe or unwelcome at their schools. GLSEN National Student Council member Aiden Cloud says that’s a problem that needs to be addressed with better protections, particularly after several states passed laws that affect LGBTQ...

Barbara Poma is the owner of the now-closed Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL where a gunman killed 49 people and injured 53 others on June 12, 2016. After five years, the tragedy still feels recent. “June 1st starts Pride Month, and we start seeing Pride flags everywhere. And you want to celebrate Pride because you’ve done that before, but really...

“Healing physically from a shattered femur was a lot easier than dealing with the emotional turmoil,” says Patience Murray, a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooting on June 12, 2016, which killed 49 people and injured 53. As part of her healing process, she ultimately forgave the shooter to stop fixating on him and focus on living with love.