Pride Month

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.

Chicago’s 2nd Story program, aimed at elevating people’s true stories, is celebrating Pride Month by shining a light on what it’s like to come out as trans. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter reports.

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

In activism, politics, entertainment, science and journalism, LGBTQ people are making a difference by being uniquely themselves. NBCLX storyteller Jalyn Henderson introduces us to the ABCs of LGBTQ trailblazers.

To celebrate Pride month, Andersonville House is decorated in rainbow colors. The message on the stairs read, “Don’t be afraid to show your true colors.”

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.

Vice President Kamala Harris joined a LGBTQ+ pride march in Washington, D.C.

The chain took a not-so-subtle jab at its competitor by saying “during #pride month (even on Sundays) your chicken sandwich craving can do good!”

After being told to take down their Pride flag, one Wisconsin couple found a clever alternative that caught that internet’s attention, the Milwaukee Journal Sentential reported.

Despite the wide attention it has received, “detransitioning” is rare – and it’s a nonspecific term that’s easily politicized. Transgender people face stigma and pushback as they try to affirm their gender, including laws that restrict access to gender-affirming care. Claims that someone would “regret” their transition help bolster support for those laws.

Kayla Gore is the co-founder and executive director of My Sistah’s House, a Memphis-based organization that serves trans and queer people of color.

There is more representation of LGBTQ people now compared to 40 years ago when professor Suzanna Danuta Walters came out. But the nation shouldn’t forget about legislation that presents a threat to many LGBTQ people, particularly trans kids. “To be seen is not the same thing as being known and it’s certainly not the same thing as being respected and...

A bakery in Lufkin is receiving an outpouring of support from the community after posting a photo of rainbow cookies in honor of Pride Month.

Pride flags will remain banned from U.S. military installations, even during Pride Month, the Pentagon says, upholding a policy former Defense Secretary Mark Esper established last July.

While other communities in the state have raised the Pride flag in honor of Pride Month festivities, officials in suburban Buffalo Grove have not, and some residents are calling on officials to change their stance on the issue. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez has the story.

You might recognize Jonathan Bennett from Mean Girls or Food Network series Halloween Wars. He and fiance Jaymes Vaughan, host of Celebrity Page, are the first gay couple to be on the cover of The Knot magazine. They talk about the original song Vaughan wrote for the proposal, which made Bennett “ugly cry.”

Mae Martin says the second season of “Feel Good” is loosely based on a period in their life about 10 years ago, exaggerated in the show for comedic effect. Lisa Kudrow plays Martin’s uncomfortably worried mom.

Cyclist Andrew Mortensen set off on the ride of a lifetime last year, riding from the U.S. to South America to raise awareness for youth suicide.