It’s Pride Month; the time of 12 months the place we not solely commemorate the historical past and achievements of the LGBTQIA+ group in celebration, but in addition take time to mirror on hardships, present points, and make area to hear and share their tales, uplift their voices and assist them.
We invite you to have a good time and assist LGBTQIA+ people with us; whether or not it’s studying tales by the queer group and its allies, studying about how Pride is greater than only a rainbow flag (have you learnt its historical past?), or donating to an impactful charity altering and saving the lives of LGBT+ youth (see beneath); it is all extremely essential.
What’s extra, we’re excited to showcase a number of Pride-related options you may like to learn from IGN, Humble and different Ziff Davis sister websites, with extra to return all through June.
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Read Queer Stories: LGBTQIA+ Reading List
IGN is worked up to share studying lists and sources to assist LGBTQIA+ voices within the trade and past. Here’s a shortlist to get you began. Our new piece is up, so have a look now:
8 Queer Comics to Read:
Check again all through the month as we share extra lists and unique content material for Pride every week!
Support LGBTQIA+ by Donating to The Trevor Project
This 12 months, we’re becoming a member of sister website, Humble Bundle to assist The Trevor Project.
2 Ways You Can Support The Trevor Project:
1. You can donate instantly right here.
2. You can buy a Humble Choice Membership or Bundle:
Humble chosen The Trevor Project as their featured charity, the place 5% of each June Humble Choice membership (out there beginning June 6) will go to assist The Trevor Project till the top of the month. This month’s Humble Choice video games embrace Ghostwire: Tokyo, Remnant: From the Ashes – Complete Edition, and 6 extra.
Humble can be providing plenty of bundles all through the month that assist The Trevor Project. Their Blender Animation & Games by Packt is offered proper now—so you’ll want to maintain an eye fixed out for extra bundles supporting The Trevor Project within the days and weeks forward.
“Last 12 months, your assist of The Trevor Project by means of Humble purchases helped them enhance their base of volunteers by 315—that’s 315 skilled and certified individuals fielding an estimated complete of 31,500 disaster contacts over the course of their first 12 months. We’re proud to crew up with them once more this 12 months and proceed supporting their mission to assist LGBTQ+ youth by means of instances of disaster.” – Humble Bundle Team
Show Your Pride
You can now store over 20 enjoyable franchise Pride shirts, together with IGN’s personal designs made by our wonderful designers:
History of Pride Month
Every 12 months, Pride is acknowledged throughout the United States throughout the month of June. This is essentially because of the Stonewall Uprising that befell in New York City in 1969. The Stonewall Uprising helped gasoline the momentum of the homosexual rights motion, and following the occasion, activists started to arrange Pride marches and parades all through June. That custom continues right this moment, although there are numerous cities that maintain their occasions at totally different instances of the 12 months.
Read extra: 7 Facts About the Stonewall Riots and the Fight for LGBTQ Rights
More LGBTQIA+ Resources:
What Does LGBTQIA+ Stand For?
LGBTQIA+ stands for lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual, and the + image holds area for the varied gender and sexual identities that proceed to be explored and understood.
You might have seen a “2” included at instances, which could be roughly widespread primarily based on area. For instance, as acknowledged on Princeton’s Gender and Sexuality Resource Center web page; “throughout the Canadian Government, they use the acronym LGBTQ2, with “2” standing for Two-spirit; a time period utilized by some indigenous communities to symbolize gender and sexual variety, usually regarded all through the tribal historical past as totally different figures throughout the group”.
We use LGBTQIA+ to be inclusive whereas recognizing and understanding it might not embrace all identities as an acronym and continues to be expanded upon.
For allies:
For mother and father:
If you’re somebody who identifies as LGBTQIA+ and are considering of harming your self, get speedy assist right here from The Trevor Project, and know there’s assist out there with out judgment. You may textual content ‘START’ to 678-678 or name 1-866-488-7386 to speak to somebody now.
Lindsey (she/her) is the Senior Audience Development Manager for IGN since 2021. Find her on Twitter at @LindseySalzer.
