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1 Jun, 10 tweets, 5 min read
It’s June 1, the official start of #Pride2021. USA TODAY has a month of coverage planned, but first we want to share some of the illuminating, thoughtful and educating pieces from recent coverage on the LGBTQ+ community.
Last month, Demi Lovato announced they were nonbinary and changed their pronouns to they/them. Reporter @doliver8 wrote up this informative explainer breaking down what it means to identify as nonbinary: usatoday.com/story/life/202…
A story about transgender, nonbinary and other gender-nonconforming people worldwide who have given birth from reporter @grace_hauck, who writes “at the heart of the question is real families living ordinary lives.”
usatoday.com/in-depth/news/…
Reporter Marc Ramirez @typewriterninja shed light on the transgender killings crisis in Puerto Rico, where the violence comes amid a shifting national debate on transgender rights and moves to deal with a long history of brutality against women.
usatoday.com/in-depth/news/…
Looking to the future, @doliver8 asks the question: What if every member of the LGBTQ+ community lived in a world where they didn’t have to come out?
usatoday.com/in-depth/life/…
For @usatodayopinion, The GenderCool Project founder Jennifer Grosshandler penned an op-ed on how transgender athletes are not a threat to women in sports.
usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
In an interview with @heyitsanika, Leyna Bloom of coming-of-age romance “Port Authority” fame spoke about being a trans woman of color and how she is celebrating Pride Month.
usatoday.com/story/entertai…
From @reviewed, here is a list of brands that are giving back for Pride Month this year:
usatoday.com/story/money/re…
We’ll have more Pride content for you throughout this month, so please follow along. In the meantime, here is a list of all the ways you can celebrate Pride this year:
usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
And to keep up with all of our Pride content this month, bookmark this page!
usatoday.com/pride/

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