National Coming Out Day 2024 — Welcome to the Family!
By Lawrence Pfeil, Jr. The first observed National Coming Out Day was on October 11, 1988, the anniversary of the
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How to Stop ‘Project 2025’
By Lawrence Pfeil, Jr. On September 15, 1935, the “Nuremberg Laws” were enacted by the Reichstag in NAZI Germany. These
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Will This Be Our Last Independence Day?
By Lawrence Pfeil, Jr. 1976 was the Bicentennial Year with celebrations and recognition of our nation’s birthday everywhere. From sixty
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Happy Pride 2024 from theOUTfront!
Today as we celebrate our love, our Community, and our achievements in civil rights and equality, we must realize that
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‘Pride Across America’ a Streaming Celebration Returns Sunday
The New Right seeks to reduce our lives, liberties, and pursuit of happiness by erasing our visibility. Republican statehouses are
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Gilbert Baker’s Gift of Pride — The Rainbow Flag
The rainbow flag has become the most widely recognized symbol of the LGBTQ+ Community around the world. Prior to 1978,
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Proud Out Loud! – PRIDE 2024
By Lawrence Pfeil, Jr. By definition, pride is “a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one’s own achievements,
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Gay Black Civil Rights Pioneer Biopic, ‘RUSTIN’ Opens Nov 3rd
Called the “lost prophet” of the Civil Rights Movement, Bayard Rustin was often pushed to the back or left in
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What, to the LGBTQ, Is the 4th of July?
Editorial By Lawrence Pfeil, Jr. Since last Friday’s “303 Creative” SCOTUS decision, which legitimized discrimination against LGBTQ people by allowing
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Where Is Our Army? A LGBTQ Call to Action
Editorial By Lawrence Pfeil, Jr. Twenty years ago while working for the New York Blade newspaper, I covered NYC Pride
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