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PHOTOS: Hagerstown Pride
Hagerstown Hopes held the Hagerstown Pride Festival outside Hub City Brewery on Saturday, May 30. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Hagerstown Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News.
Trump administration tightens political control of federal grants to stop "gender ideology"
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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Kicks Off Pride With “Trans Rights Are Human Rights” Campaign
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Texas AG Ken Paxton Jumpstarts Pride by Suing City Over Planned LGBTQ+ Swim Event
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Hungarian authorities lift Budapest Pride ban
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Episcopalians in the South just got their first out lesbian bishop
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Scott Wiener rages at Rome Pride for banning major LGBTQ+ Jewish org: "Straight up antisemitic"
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Ghanaian lawmakers approve anti-LGBTQ bill
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Nine Russian LGBTQ groups deemed 'extremist' banned
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Right-Wingers Are Losing It Over a Trans-Inclusive Period Pride Event in Boston
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