pride 2022

More than 30,000 people took part in the London Pride parade on Saturday, as the city marked the 50th anniversary of the UK’s first protest in 1972, uniting to celebrate those veterans who paved the way for the LGBTQ+ community, and…

I always said I was never going to come out to anyone because I found it such a foreign concept. I had so many straight friends in high school, and they were never expected to come out to their parents as straight. To me it felt almost more…

Growing Up, Coming Out is a series of personal reflections from queer American designers, released every day this month.Jack McCollough: The only time I heard the word gay growing up was in a negative connotation. We were going through…

Growing Up, Coming Out is a series of personal reflections from queer American designers, released every day this month.I'm sure someone has said this before, but it's like you're always coming out in a way. I'm 31 now, and I still have to…

Growing Up, Coming Out is a series of personal reflections from queer American designers, released every day this month.I grew up in a suburb outside of Toronto. There were no queer people at all. The first personal encounter in my memory…

Dips, duckwalks, and drops were on full display at this year’s Rainbow Ball in Manila, Philippines. Now in its second year running, the Pride Month event brought local and international ballroom performers alike to the Ayala Malls Circuit…

Growing Up, Coming Out is a series of personal reflections from queer American designers, released every day this month.I was out to my friends from when I was 16. And I knew from pretty early on. Seth and I were talking about this…

I was very, very lucky: Coming to terms with my sexuality was a smooth transition for me, and I owe that to the struggle that all of the gay men and women who came before me had to endure. I was living in New York and my friends were all…

On Sunday, the annual NYC Pride March returned after a two-year, COVID-induced hiatus with what at first appeared to be all the usual trappings: fluttering rainbow flags, explosions of kaleidoscopic confetti, theatrical carnival outfits,…

Growing Up, Coming Out is a series of personal reflections from queer American designers, released every day this month.At a very young age, around seven, I decided I wasn’t going to be gay because it was bad, and my surroundings reinforced…