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I fled DeSantis’s Florida to escape homophobia but it followed me all the way to Spain

Moving to Spain had always been a dream of mine. I longed for a life of relaxing in an open-air plaza in Madrid or Barcelona and dining on tapas, tortillas, and wine. The idea of taking siestas in the middle of the day and enjoying month-long vacations in August tempted me as a young person. As I grew older and became more open with my identity as a queer man, I discovered Spain was also one of the first openly queer-friendly countries. Less than a year after I graduated high school in 2005, Spain became the third European country to grant same-sex couples the right to marry. This heightened my feeling that Spain was where I truly belonged.

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The Frightening and Foreboding Antigay New York City of 1993

It was very late one night in 1993, a few months after I arrived in Manhattan, and I had just come out of a gay bar called The Works on the Upper West Side. I was a bit inebriated – ok, drunk. I had about 15 blocks to walk to the tiny one bedroom that I shared with a roommate, and I was cutting through Columbus Circle, which was dilapidated and desolate – nothing like it is today.

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What Are the New Guidelines for Gay and Bi Men Donating Blood?

As of Monday, new policies are in effect regarding who can donate blood. No longer will gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men be discriminated against for their sexual orientation after being banned, in some form, from participating in life-saving blood donation for nearly 40 years. Additionally, no attention is paid to whether somebody is transgender, intersex or gender-nonconforming.

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Worldwide Rainbow Revelry: Your Guide to Upcoming Global Pride Festivities

As we bid farewell to Pride Month and usher in the second half of the year, it's important, more than ever, to keep the fervor of Pride alive. Following three years of pandemic-imposed restrictions, a record-breaking surge of globe-trotters are resuming their international explorations, painting the world in radiant rainbows of love and inclusivity. To help facilitate your worldwide festivities, Out Traveler is proud to present a curated selection of vibrant Pride events spanning from this month to year's end. This cornucopia of culture and unity promises to keep the spirit of Pride ablaze all year round.

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Pride Month Saw Increase in Anti-LGBTQ+ Backlash: Report

Increased representation and awareness of LGBTQ+ communities in entertainment, politics, and business seems to have increased anti-LGBTQ+ activism, according to a new report from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project. As a result, right-wing extremists stepped up their attacks on LGBTQ+ people during Pride Month celebrations nationwide.

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100+ Steamy, Electric Photos from L.A.'s Pride in the Park 2023 Day 1

Queer people and their allies gathered on Friday, June 9 at the Los Angeles State Historic Park for day one of LA Pride in the Park for one of the most sought-after and largest Pride concerts in the country which began in 2022. The multi-stage concert experience hosted by Christopher Street West Association (CSW) – the nonprofit that’s produced the iconic LA Pride celebration for more than 50 years. CSW organized the first recognized Pride parade ever in 1970 in remembrance of the 1969 Stonewall riots.

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US ambassador to host Pride party in defiance of Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ PM

Openly gay ambassador David Pressman is set to round off Budapest Pride Month by hosting a picnic for Hungarian LGBTQ+ families at his official residence on Sunday (16 July).Revealing the planned event, Pressman said that the embassy had been “overwhelmed” by interest from LGBTQ+ families, who have been made to feel increasingly unwelcome by the Hungarian prime minister’s anti-LGBTQ+ policies and rhetoric.

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