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What people don’t understand about the Orlando SALES | EVENTS community was the sense of tender-loving humanity & BRAND that occurred in the city following the massacre. AMBASSADOR People smiled at each other more. People hugged Josh King and laughed a little bit more genuinely. People Josh@peachatl.com looked at one another and saw themselves and the community coursing through each other’s veins. The EDITORIAL pride flags that lines Thornton Ave. in Downtown Mikkel Hyldebrandt blew a bit more regally, and rainbows appeared year after year at the ceremonies to honor those departed. The Pulse 49 beat in the hearts of Brian Sawyer everyone in Orlando, but they beat in the hearts of Graphics every LGBTQ+ person across the world who just wants to dance a little bit longer, embrace a little bit Chris Gonzalez chris@peachatl.com tighter and live a little bit more truthfully.

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5 Fast Facts About Stonewall National Monument

by Mikey Rox

Five years ago this month, the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village, New York City, was established under President Obama, making it the first U.S. National Monument dedicated to LGBT rights and history.

The designated area includes Christopher Park and the block of Christopher Street bordering the park, which is directly across from the Stonewall Inn, the jumpoff of the June 28, 1969 Stonewall riots. Before you drop a pin on the destination during your summer gaycays, learn up with these fun facts.

1. It’s the birthplace of modern queer-rights movement

that were ready to take a stand against police harassment and violence.

2. Stonewall Inn was a mafiarun bar before the queers took over In 1966, the Stonewall Inn Restaurant – which had been located within the inn since the 1950s – closed for renovations due to a fire that devastated the space. The restaurant reopened as a tavern on March 18, 1967, under ownership of the Genovese crime family. The tavern was breaking rules on the sale of liquor, as it had no liquor license, but one officer of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) was reportedly accepting once-monthly bribes in exchange for allowing the tavern to go unlicensed.

Probably the most well-known event in the struggle for LGBTQ+ equality, the 1969 uprising at the Stonewall Inn in New York City brought the issue of queer rights into the spotlight. It helped build On June 27, 1969, the NYPD solidarity among queer groups conducted a raid on the inn, 10 | follow us @ peachatlmag

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a National Register of Historic Places (NHRP) report for Stonewall, which was officially sponsored by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP). When the listing was designated on June 29, 1999, it included the Stonewall Inn building, Christopher Park, and nearby streets. It became the nation’s first NRHP listing, out of more than 70,000 listings at the time, dedicated exclusively to LGBT accomplishments.

3. Its status as a monument has That same area was declared a National Historic Landmark on been decades in the making February 16, 2000.

In 1999, David Carter, Andrew Dolkart, Gale Harris, and Jay Shockley researched and wrote now operating as a gay bar, because the inn did not have a liquor license. Riots started in the ensuing days, where thousands of rioters protested against the NYPD’s raid. The riots solidified the Stonewall Inn’s status as a gay icon. The park also played a significant role in the riots – people had gathered at the park the morning after the first day of rioting, discussing the events of the previous day.

4. Its elevation to National prepare the property for transfer.

Monument was fast-tracked in The Trust for Public Land worked the 2010s with the NPS and NYC Parks to preserve the Stonewall Inn and On June 23, 2015, the Stonewall recast Christopher Park as the Inn became a New York City Stonewall National Monument.

Landmark, making it the first city landmark to commemorate 5. The rainbow flag flies loud an LGBT icon. The designation and proud at the site now and prompted Greenwich Village forever residents to lobby for the inn and the adjacent park to be In October 2017, a rainbow LGBT labeled a National Monument. flag was raised on the site, making Some members of Manhattan it the first officially maintained Community Board 2 wrote LGBTQ+ flag at a federal a letter to the National Park monument – but, hopefully, not Service (NPS), which administers the last one.

National Monuments, to request such a status for the Stonewall Mikey Rox is an award-winning journalist and LGBT lifestyle expert whose work site. The GVSHP also supported has been published in more than 100 a National Monument designation outlets across the world. Connect with for the site. In 2016, The Trust for Mikey on Instagram @mikeyroxtravels Public Land helped New York City 12 | follow us @ peachatlmag

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10 Black American LGBTQ activists and pioneers to remember this Juneteenth

By permission “First published in Bear World Magazine”

Juneteenth is the unofficial, and hopefully soon-to-be official, holiday in America that commemorates the announcement of the freeing of the last remaining slaves in Texas. Although the Emancipation Proclamation had formally freed slaves in America two years earlier in 1865, Texas was slow to move on the proclamation for various reasons, including a low presence of Union troops.

Today we celebrate this day, which also falls during LGBTQ Pride month, to remember some of the accomplishments of our Black queer pioneers. While debates about taking down statues and monuments of racist historical figures are taking place, let’s take a look at some Black American trailblazers who could take their place.

Photo Courtesy of Netflix Marsha P. Johnson (1945-1992) Marsha “Pay It No Mind” Johnson was a very vocal transgender rights activist.One of the central figures of the historic Stonewall uprisings of 1969, Johnson reportedly “threw the first brick” and is considered by many to be the mother of the modern day LGBTQ Rights movement.

punch”, is seen as the spark that ignited the crowd into action.

As a teenager, she joined the Ringling Brothers Circus where she rode jumping horses. From 1955 to 1969, DeLarverie toured the black theater circuit as the MC, and only drag king, of the Jewel Box Revue — the first racially integrated drag revue in North America. She worked as a bouncer for several lesbian bars in New York City in the ‘80s and ‘90s, and also held a number of leadership positions in the Stonewall Veterans Association.

She served the community as a volunteer street patrol worker, and as a result, was called the “guardian of lesbians in the Village.” Alongside her LGBTQ activism, DeLarverie also organized and performed at fundraisers for women who suffered from domestic violence and their children.

Along with fellow trans activist and close friend Sylvia Rivera, Johnson helped form Street Transgender Action Revolutionaries (STAR), an organization that provided housing and other forms of support to homeless queer youth and sex workers in Manhattan. She was also a well-known drag performer, performing in the drag troupe Hot Peaches from 1972 through the early 1990s, Photo by Warren K. Leffler; cropped by Beyond My and an AIDS activist with the AIDS Coalition to Un- Ken/Wikipedia Bayard Rustin (1912-1987) leash Power (ACT UP).

Bayard Rustin was an LGBTQ and civil rights activist, best known for being a key adviser to Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. As the organizer of one of the biggest Civil Rights marches in history, the 1963 March on Washington, Rustin was also posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation’s highest civilian honor — in 2013.

In 1953, Rustin was found having sex with two men in a parked car in Pasadena. Earlier this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom pardoned Rustin for his arrest, which resulted in Rustin serving 50 days in Los Angeles County jail and having to register as a sex offender. In pardoning Rustin, Newsom acknowledged how LGBTQ people were unjustly punished for their sexuality by U.S. law enforceStormé DeLarverie (1920-2014) Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, biracial, butch lesbian ment at the time of Rustin’s arrest.

Stormé DeLarverie was a performer from an early age.

Her scuffle with the police during the Stonewall uprising, in which many eyewitnesses say she “threw the first

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The Museum of North Texas History/Facebook Barbara C. Jordan (1936-1996) A civil rights leader and attorney, Barbara C. Jordan became the first black person elected to the Texas Senate in 1966. She was also the first woman and first black person to be elected to Congress from Texas in 1972.

In 1994, Jordan was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by former U.S. President Bill Clinton for her work as a political trailblazer. While Jordan never explicitly acknowledged her sexual orientation in public, she was very open about her life partner of almost 30 years, Nancy Earl.

Ernestine Eckstein, 1966. Credit: Photo by Kay Tobin Lahusen, courtesy of Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library/Wikipedia Ernestine Eckstein (1941-1992) Political activist Ernestine Eckstein was a leader in the New York chapter of Daughters of Bilitis, the first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the United States. A frequent attendee of the “Annual Reminder” picket protests, she was usually one of the only women — and the only black woman — present at early LGBTQ rights protests.

An early activist in the black feminist movement of the 1970s, Eckstein was involved with the organization Black Women Organized for Action. According to many historians, she viewed the fight for civil rights and LGBTQ rights as intrinsically linked.

Photo Courtesy of Encyclopedia Britanica Audre Lorde (1934-1992) Audre Lorde, a self-described “black, lesbian, feminist, mother, poet, warrior,” made significant and lasting contributions in the fields of feminist theory, race studies and queer theory through her pedagogy and writing.

By Allan Warren/Wikipedia Among her most notable works are Coal (1976), The James Baldwin (1924-1987) Black Unicorn (1978), The Cancer Journals (1980) and As a profound writer, civil rights activist and social crit- Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (1982). ic, Baldwin is perhaps best known for his 1955 collection of essays, Notes of a Native Son, and his groundbreaking Lorde once said: “I write for those women who do not 1956 novel, Giovanni’s Room. Depicting themes of ho- speak, for those who do not have a voice because they mosexuality and bisexuality, Giovanni’s Room stood out were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear among literary critics and scholars because it features all more than ourselves. We’ve been taught that silence white characters, unlike his other novels which center would save us, but it won’t.” the experiences of black people.

Baldwin spent the majority of his literary and activist career educating others about black and queer identity, as he did during his famous lecture “Race, Racism, and the Gay Community”, which was given at a meeting of the New York chapter of Black and White Men Together (now known as Men of All Colors Together) in 1982.

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Ailey American Dance Theater, one of the most prominent dance companies globally. His signature works include “Cry” and “Revelations,” which continue to be performed all over the world.

In 2014, Ailey was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his influential work in bringing dance to underserved communities.

Gladys Bentley (1907-1960) A gender-bending performer during the Harlem Renaissance, Gladys Bentley would frequently be seen donning a top hat and tuxedo. She would sing the blues in Harlem establishments like the Clam House and the Ubangi Club.

According to a delayed obituary published in 2019, The New York Times said Bentley, who died in 1960 at the age of 52, was considered “Harlem’s most famous lesbian” in the 1930s and “among the best-known black entertainers in the United States.”

Willi Ninja (1961-2006) Considered the “Grandfather of Vogue,” dancer and choreographer Willi Ninja helped introduce the dance style that he also helped propel to the national stage.

Characterized by angular body movements and exaggerated runway poses, Vogueing was introduced to the public in the award-winning 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning, which Ninja appeared in, and was popularized

by Madonna’s hit 1990 song “Vogue.”

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REMEMBERING PULSE BY: CHRIS GONZALEZ

I remember the morning of June 12th as if it was yesterday. The shock, fear, panic, and absolute terror that I experienced as a resident and bartender in the Orlando community not only shakes me to this day, but will forever be engrained in me. You don’t know the feeling until you experience it, but I pray that you don’t.

I felt a nudge from my boyfriend waking me up and heard our phones going off more and more on the morning of June 12th, 2016. I found out about Pulse the same way I found out about 9/11 when I was a child; waking up to the news that there had been a mass shooting and many were believed to be dead. I began watching the TV and noticed the background: “that’s the repair shop on the corner… that’s the Wendy’s down the street… that looks like my Dunkin Donuts…” Sure enough, as the scene began to unfold I saw the now infamous Pulse Nightclub sign lit in the early hours of the morning with blue and red lights flashing in the frame. Members of my community I recognized were running and carrying bodies from the scene of the shooting. I could have been there… I was supposed to be there…

I kissed my partner Will goodbye, and immediately head home. As I drove back into the city from his place in Lakeland, FL helicopters hovered over the Orlando skyline, police cars blocked the exits into downtown and I had to show ID to get to my apartment less than half a mile from the club. News stations were already lining Orange Ave., various individuals were recording the events as they unfolded blocks away. I received a text that friends are gathering at the hotel where families were directed to get information on their loved ones.

Many of our friends were at the club that night, and we had no information yet. Reroute to the hotel, and I arrived amidst chaos.

Now, I don’t know if you have ever witnessed a hispanic person mourn, but it is by far one of the most gut wrenching scenes to walk into. The sliding doors opened to a hotel lobby filled with nurses, family members, friends, and police officers who I only assume were there to control the crowd. Time goes by and I find my friends. A a doctor from Orlando Health steps up on a chair to address the crowd: “Now some of you… in fact many of you will not hear your loved one’s names on this list, but we are doing our best to gather information as quickly as possible.”

I remember reaching for my phone. 150 different text messages. Hundreds of missed calls. News had spread and it had spread fast. “Everyone get out of Pulse and keep running”; the tweet had made rounds. I had never used the “marked-safe” feature before on Facebook, but it was the fastest way to inform loved ones I was safe before deciding to head home and do whatever I could to help.

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Names got listed off one at a time. “You are to either gather at this door for Orlando Health, the far door for Florida Hospital, or another door for “more information”… everyone knew what that meant. As the list came to a close, people began to panic.

Days go by and the new daily routine continued.

Watch the news, hope to see someone you haven’t heard from interviewed on TV, so you know they are alive. Fellow bartenders were all on edge about returning to work at their respective bars; myself included. I worked at various bars in the area and for months after the massacre I put on my best running shoes… just in case. I carried my sister’s pocket knife she gave me to protect myself… just in case. I checked for the exit signs after walking into every establishment… just in case. I walked through metal detector after metal detector for months at clubs and bars for vigils and remembrance ceremonies… just to make sure. It was the most PTSD inducing year of my life. However…

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What people don’t understand about the Orlando community was the sense of tender-loving humanity that occurred in the city following the massacre.

People smiled at each other more. People hugged and laughed a little bit more genuinely. People looked at one another and saw themselves and the community coursing through each other’s veins. The pride flags that lines Thornton Ave. in Downtown blew a bit more regally, and rainbows appeared year after year at the ceremonies to honor those departed. The Pulse 49 beat in the hearts of everyone in Orlando, but they beat in the hearts of every LGBTQ+ person across the world who just wants to dance a little bit longer, embrace a little bit tighter and live a little bit more truthfully.

RIP to the Pulse 49, keep on dancing.

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DINING MIDTOWN 10TH & PIEDMONT 10thandpiedmont. com 991 Piedmont Ave NE EINSTEIN’S einsteinsatlanta. com 1077 Juniper St NE FROGS CANTINA frogsmidtown.com 931 Monroe Dr G’S gsmidtown.com 219 10th St NE HENRY’S henrysatl.com 132 10th St NE

RETAIL MIDTOWN BARKING LEATHER AFTER DARK barkingleather.com 1510 Piedmont Ave NE CHESHIRE SOUTHERN NIGHTS VIDEO 2205 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE ANSLEY BOY NEXT DOOR MENSWEAR boynextdoormenswear.com 1447 Piedmont Ave NE GCB & PLEASURES brushstrokesatlanta. com 1510-D Piedmont Ave. NE

JOE’S ON JUNIPER joesonjuniper.com 1049 Juniper St NE LA HACIENDA lahaciendamidtown. com 900 Monroe Dr NE CHESHIRE LAS MARGARITAS lasmargaritasmidtown.com 1842 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE

ROXX SWINGING RICHARDS 1824 Cheshire swingingrichards.

Bridge Rd NE com 1400 Northside Dr DEKALB NW LIPS ATLANTA atldragshow.com 3011 Buford Hwy NE

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weekly bar schedule

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BJ ROOSTERS

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BULLDOGS Hookah Night @ 8 PM

**NIGHTLY DANCERS**

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Hookah Night @ 8 PM

T Latino Night

Hookah Night @ 10 PM

Taco/Tequila Tuesday @ 8 PM

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Hookah Night @ 10 PM

Karaoke Night @ 8 PM

TR F S

FELIX'S

HERETIC

FRIENDS

S Featuring DJ KINZIE M

Stars of The Century @ 10:30 PM

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Karaoke Night @ 10 PM

W Featuring DJ AF

WarpedZone @ 6 PM

TR Featuring DJ K2

Country Night @ 8 PM

F Featuring DJ AF

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S Featuring DJ AF

Mix Tape Sunday Night w/ DJ Darlene

HIDEAWAY

LIPS

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MARY'S

S 80s/90 Videos @ 12:30 PM, Honey Pot @ 7 PM M Nick at Night (Industry) @ 8 PM T Trivia w/ DeWayne Morgan @ 8:30 PM W Sex & The ATL Martini Night @ 8 PM TR Game Night w/ DJ Darlene @ 9 PM F Fuck It Fridays w/ DJ Mister Richard @ 10 PM

**CALL FOR NIGHTLY SHOW RESERVATIONS** Hump Day @ Mary's | $5 Thicker, Longer, Fuller Thursdays | $5 Queer Bait | $5 Cover

S Love Saturdays w/ Tristan Hartman @ 10 PM

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drinking schedule THE PEACH TEA

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MOON

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Heifer Review @ 1:30 PM Other Side of the Moon @ 9 PM

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2-4-1 @ 7 PM (No Cover)

M Flavors of The Moon @ 9 PM T

$3 Tacos (ALL DAY) Latina Divas @ 10:30 PM

Sessions ATL @ 8:30 PM, $5

W Ruby Redd's Birdcage Bingo @ 9 PM

Karaoke Night @ 9 PM

TR Kit Katt Karaoke @ 9 PM F

R&B Night @ 10 PM

Mama Mya's Talent Show @ 9 PM Madams of the Moonlight @ 11:30 PM

Fem Fridays @ 8 PM

S Divas & The Divo @ 11:30 PM

Secret Saturday @ 11 PM

OSCAR'S

TRIPPS

THE T

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Live Music @ 5 PM

Free Lunch @ 3 PM

M Messy Monday Karaoke @ 10 PM T W Fireball, Trivia and Drag w/ Misti Shores @ 9 PM Karaoke @ 9:30 TR

DJ Lowe Ki @ 8 PM

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"Friday Night Skin"

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DJ Lowe Ki @ 10 PM

WOOFS

X ATLANTA

10TH & PIEDMONT/G'S

S M Poker Night @ 7:30, 1/2 Price Wine

Funk & Soul Martini Mondays @ 7 PM

T Retro Video Night w/Mister Richard @ 7 PM W Wing Wednesday (ALL DAY) TR$5 Burger Day (ALL DAY)

X After Dark| Show at 12 Midnight

F BBQ & Sangria Fridays S

Party on the Patio @ 4 PM

Karaoke @ 10 PM

June 16th - June 22nd Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus YAAAS Broadway Concert| June 18-19 (8 PM, both nights) Experience the AGMC as they bring musical theater magic to the comfort in your home with spectacular and nostalgic showtunes. As the AGMC approaches it’s third virtual show, what better theme than a Broadway concert? This show will bring you back to the days of witnessing live Broadway productions, with a witty, joyful AGMC spirit. This concert will feature songs from classic shows like Fiddler on the Roof, The Wiz, Hello Dolly, and so much more!

DILF Atlanta "Do Me Harder Daddy" @ Heretic | June 18th (10 PM) JOCK/UNDERWEAR/GEAR EVENT FEAT. MUSIC BY: DJ JEFF DORITY (LA) The HOTTEST & BIGGEST "JOCK PARTY" in the Country is coming back to ATLANTA and to the HERETIC! ENCOURAGED to WEAR: JOCK, HARNESS, GEAR, LEATHER Join us for a night of HOT MUSIC, HOT MEN, HOT FUN & DANCING in your JOCK! Clothes Check will be Available at this Event.

Life's A Drag. Lip Sync For The Crown @ Moon | June 19th (5 -9 PM) Are you tired of not knowing what to do on the weekends? Well, place this on your calendar as you don’t want to miss this. We have a great lineup of girls that are ready to compete for the crown. There will be all you can drink beer, Jell-O shots and great raffles. So bring you dollars and tip these ladies and let’s see who can come out on top of the Roulette style drag race. Can't attend but want to donate? $atlantachargers on cashapp!

Dance Floor Divas - A Pride Month Dance Party @ MARY'S | June 19th @ 7 PM Let's dance the night away with the BIGGEST Dance Floor Divas from throughout the ages.

Neon Horror will VJ this Pride Month celebration with our friends at Mary's! Let's dance like we did before Pandemi Moore cramped our style! Tickets at www.marysatlanta.com Daddy's Day Leather Luncheon @ Woofs ATL | June 20th (1-5 PM) Leather Luncheon on the 3rd Sunday of Every Month. 1-5 PM, but stay as long as you want!

Atlanta’s local leather community has temporarily lost their gathering place, and we are ready to host!

Join World Cub Chris Gonzalez as he hosts our monthly leather luncheon with shots, auctions and raffles all benefitting Rainbow Railroad this month. **Cigar/Pipe Social at 2:00 on the front patio.

Atlanta Pride Walk/Run 5K @ Piedmont Park | June 20th (8 AM) The 2021 Atlanta Pride Run and Walk will be in-person in Piedmont Park!

We will have awards/prizes for race placement, top individual fundraiser, and top team fundraiser! Join us for the 2021 Atlanta Pride Run, we look forward to reconnecting safely! Are you a Front Runner? All Atlanta Front Runner Members receive 50% off their registration for the 2021 Atlanta Pride Run, either in-person or virtual.

Atlanta Pride Walk/Run 5K @ Piedmont Park | June 20th (8 AM) Join Atlanta Freedom Bands as we gather Together Again! ALL of AFB's performing ensembles will unite for an in-person concert in historic Grant Park. Bring your blanket or chairs and a sunset picnic to the Gazebo lawn and enjoy the last evening of Spring with fun music and renewed friendship. The program spans the centuries from Fillmore marches to Disney and Pixar themes to rocking tunes by Queen and Lizzo!

Dear Peach,

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Well well well... this is an issue plaguing our community a lot right now. There tends to be a lack of knowledge by people under the age of 30 as to the history of PRIDE and the struggles that those older generations had to endure to make way for us.

That is not to say that the older generation can go around and tout their bravado because they come from that generation however... Let's make one thing perfectly clear: Just because you're older and have a different experience does not mean that you can or will discount the experience of those younger than you, or those who have had it "easier". Everyone has their own journey.

Which brings me back to the topic at hand. Just because they do not know the history of where PRIDE originated, does not mean that they dont know about the gay struggle. So it would be of good conscience to go ahead and educate those around you. Maybe in conversation you can mention the history that YOU KNOW, and then encourage them to do more research!

LETS. GET. GAY-er.

Here's your TOP TEN playlist for the week with songs that have longevity!

Each of these songs have lasted for years in the community, and generation after generation sing and dance alongside one another to these anthems.

Enjoy this week, and look forward to next week where we feature the new generation of queer artists!

-Chris G.

Available on Spotify | https://tinyurl.com/peachprideplaylist2

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Just some self-care

When I hear Shania Twain say ‘let’s go, girls,’ I’m ready to kick down my door

Adulting sign: Just used an entire tube of lip balm without losing it

ByWhy cutting thecome sleeves don’toffyou out? of all your t-shirts?

I’m just going to center about me You’re drunk in the tub, aren’t you?

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Asking for friend I Is big d**k energy and fat d**k spirit the same?

Asking for a friend II Is wrestling just softcore porn for straight men in denial?

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It seems as though conflict might arise for you this week, Gemini, but you have to remember that you are in control of how you handle the situation. Do not allow yourself to go off the rails because you overreacted. You are in control and you can focus on another task, some breathing exercises or meditation to help yourself along.

This is an incredibly intense week for you, Cancer. The solar eclipse in Gemini with Mercury in retrograde will make it seem as though it is a time for things to end, but do not cut ties until you feel ready. You are strong and knowledgable. Keep your eyes on the prize!

A dream is a wish your heart makes, Leo. You have wishes and desires that might come true this week if you focus on what those things are.

Allow yourself to set goals, aspirations and checkpoints in your work to give yourself a pat on the back. You will reap the benefits of your dedication.

You are going to need your friends this week, Virgo. You have a major project coming up, and you may not know it. You have worked so diligently lately and you are still feeling swamped. So, if you can try and take a day to relax and breathe in some fresh energy before the next few weeks of stress are upon you.

You are the forever student this week, Libra. You are looking for something new to invest yourself in, and we think it might be time to update your watch list of movies to documentaries. There are a lot of really great docs-films out there that you can learn from. Find one in your wheelhouse (or one that is so far out there) that you become interested immediately!

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The only way to get over one man, is get under another Scorpio. You have had it recently with the failed relationship(s) and you are more than ready to move on, but maybe it is just time for you to have fun without having to worry about commitment. Give yourself room. You need it. Give yourself good sex... you need it too. Love yourself for a while, then see what happens.

You might have a summer romance afoot, Sag! You need to keep your heart open to the idea that someone might come into your life and want to sweep you off your feet... at least for the time being. Do some yoga, and when your instructor asks what is needed, ask for some heart openers. You will be amazed at what happens when you open up your heart a bit more.

It is ideal to change some unhealthy habits this week, Capricorn. You might put down the cigarettes. You might slow down on the drinking. You might block that one number you keep going back to... Whatever the case may be, this is your week to focus in on yourself and make a change for the better. The time for new beginnings is now, and you got it covered.

Get to it.

This week is right up your alley, Aquarius! You have the chance this week to really explore your creative side and in doing so, you can express some repressed feelings you might be having. Rather than keeping things bottled up, find a way to make art or see art that is cathartic in nature to you! Release is good.

Time for peace, Pisces. This week is about relaxation for you, and you need to take a moment to settle down and reconnect with yourself as well as those closest to you. Might it be time to reconnect with old friends who you've been thinking about? OR, do you need to call your mother/father/sister/aunt/uncle for a quick check in? Do that. Connect with things familiar to you, if possible.

It's time to spice up your life, Aries. And we are not suggesting you just listen to Spice Girls; as amazing as that sounds. Try something or someone new this summer Aries. You have a few interests that you have yet to pursue and it might be time to take the leap. You never know what could happen!

Your finances are looking good this season, Taurus. The universe is going to bring you profit this season and this week you might have a bit extra somewhere that you can spend on some new digs or something you have wanted for a while. Dont go crazy now! But you can splurge a little bit!