🎤🌈 Jason Mraz has provided more details about his process of coming out, shedding light on why he chose to delay sharing his sexuality with the public. 📝❤️ Back in 2018, the musician penned a heartfelt message to the LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month, with the phrase “I am bi your side, always,” causing fans (and the media) to speculate that he was coming out as bisexual. 📅💬 Mraz disclosed that he had engaged in romantic encounters with men while he was married to his ex-wife, Christina Carano. ⤵ Read the complete story below: #JasonMraz #ComingOut #LGBTQ #Bisexual #PrideMonth #Authenticity #SelfAcceptance #MusicCommunity
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Tuesday Thoughts. (or Tuesday Trigger?) Pronouns. In the past month, I was on several zoom calls where everyone in the meeting had their pronouns next to their display names. Except for me. I thought about whether I should add mine in. I was self-conscious about it. Even though I'm LGBTQ, most everyone who knows me, and those who were in the meetings, knows I'm cisgender and use he/him. I understand that the more of us who share our pronouns, we begin to normalize their use. To create a welcome and accepting environment for trans, non-binary, and those who use neo pronouns. I'm completely supportive of using each of our preferred pronouns. I'll ask if I'm unsure or don't remember, and I'll stand corrected when I might make a mistake. Even in my writing, I removed gender where it's not required and use they/them/their. Formerly, we'd note the CEO as he or she, but now almost always use they (despite the ire of the outdated grammar checking software.) There are many ways to participate in creating spaces that are inclusive and accepting. I know putting pronouns in a zoom name, or an email signature, is such a small effort. Still, I've never used Mr., nor do I use any degrees or credentials acronyms in my name or title. Many times, I don't even use my last name. I'm just "Mike." Please don't judge those who may not have made the change. It doesn't mean we're not supportive. It doesn't mean we won't use your preferred pronouns or wouldn't protect your right to choose how you're addressed. We might be working hard in other ways to create safer, better and more inclusive environments. Battles are fought on many fronts. And changes come from all directions. #pronouns #lgbtq #inclusivity #dei #judgment
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I seriously TRIP OUT at how storytelling can change the world and how representation matters... On this day, 25 years ago, the sitcom “Will & Grace” premiered on NBC. No authority or real data can prove it – but it seems pretty clear that the show changed the conversation and acceptance of LGBT people in our society. “Will & Grace” was pretty formulaic as a sitcom. It used all the conventions you’d see in other shows about urban professionals – stories of dating, friendships, professional challenges – but the male lead character just happened to be gay. It was the show's mundane template that actually helped move the needle of acceptance of homosexuality. The broadcast exposure to gay characters created an “ordinary-ness” such that being gay was just another trait for Americans to accept in neighbors, coworkers and their own families. 📢 Cut to June of 2009 and Vice President Dick Cheney states publicly that “freedom means freedom for everyone” and that “people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish” referring to gay marriage. 📢 In May, 2012: President Barack Obama declared in an ABC interview that he’d ‘evolved’ on the issue and that: “I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.” No doubt there’s more ‘evolving’ to be done, but attitudes and LGBT rights have changed DRASTICALLY from 1998 – and stories told on “Will & Grace” were undoubtedly a HUGE part of the change. #storytelling #representationmatters #diversityandinclusion
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This year's Target Pride month merchandise is a perfect example of performative allyship. The Peach Fuzz was created by Elizabeth Hudy and currently operates out of San Francisco, California. They partnered with Target for Pride month and one of the designs was originally "Support Your Sisters, Not Just Your Cis-Ters" but the actual merchandise Target is selling just says "Support Your Sisters." From their Instagram post (@thepeachfuzz.co): "It is such a tremendous privilege to have even been considered for this project, but boy it sure does feel like a sick joke when you put everything you’ve got into over 20 designs only to have the final product be two watered down and brandless items. I went to my car and cried after I got my stuff. I know I should be proud of myself, and I’m sure I will be eventually, but I don’t think I let all of the disappointment hit me until now. The lgbtqia community deserves so much more than vague love merch shoved at the back of the clothing section. And LGBTQ artists deserve to be highlighted with actual PRIDE!" When you give in to pushback, you are pushing us back in the closet. When you erase trans identities from your merchandise, the message you are sending is that we are not palatable. True allyship is UNCOMFORTABLE. Why? Because by speaking up and being an ally, you expose yourself to the discrimination and hate we experience everyday. It's meant to give you perspective on what it's like to be an LGBTQ+ person in this world, and let me tell you, at times it is incredibly difficult to exist. Performative allyship centers you and your comfort. Be about it. Do better. First slide has the original design, the second has the Target version. #allyship #performativeallyship #lgbtq #pridemonth #target
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Good morning! 🙂On Monday, we discussed inclusion of transgender people. Today, let's explore this Forbes article by a pansexual non-binary author who shares their personal journey of self-identification and the lack of understanding non-binary people face at work. ➡️ What can we do to be better allies? Using people's pronouns can be a form of suicide prevention for many non-binary and/or trans people. Employers must discourage prejudice and encourage pronoun usage in email signatures and meetings. Gender-neutral restrooms are another step toward inclusivity. ♥️ Remember: Respect for LGBTQ+ people shouldn't be limited to Pride Month. Let's educate ourselves and become better allies, not just in the workplace, but everywhere! 🌈 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 #Diversity #Inclusion #Pride #Allyship #NonBinaryPeople
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Happy Pride 🏳️🌈⚧️ Pride month, is a time of great joy and a tad of sorrow… but, I’ll try and keep it positive, but let’s be real for a second. Reflecting on the past a little, amongst our own community history, same sex marriage was legalised in the UK 🇬🇧 March 2014… It’s only been 10 years, that this “legal right” was extended to the lgbtq+ community after years of existence. I couldn’t call it a “human right” since that would mean that everyone should of had this right from the beginning of time and that wasn’t the case. The fight up to that point (in the UK alone) was a politically backed history of discrimination, fueling violence and isolation, deteriorating mental health, broken families and high levels of suicide rates. I know I’m generalizing, but it’s the truth. After years of putting our hands up to say, “the law needs include and support us too…. We aren’t going away”. It happened. A not so funny thing is, history has a thing for repeating itself. A foolish thing is… History seems to have taught our leaders very little, despite all the history books and all the digital information thanks to the internet, documenting similar “exercises” 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️ Trans rights are worryingly diminishing, from proposed laws in discussion around the use of public bathrooms based on biological sex as well as denying transgender health care. The same exercise of Trans people putting their hands up to say “please include us with the same rights and support in our legal system, we’re not going anywhere”, governments are choosing to block rather than to look at what can be done to make our society more inclusive. Why? Whilst how some individuals chose to react is disappointing, looking at the history again, where the marches for black rights, women’s rights, gay & lesbian rights… they all got humanity closer to where we need to be, eventually. I’m sure Trans rights will also get there too. Eventually. Happy pride 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #pride #transrights #humansrights #lgbtq+
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Pride Month Stuckness It's Pride Month in June. Today's the 13th day. This is the first thing I'm writing on any social media about Pride month. Even the leaders and organisations who treat gender identity as a grammar debate have put out the right kind of noises, stories etc because they have to come across as inclusive to their stakeholders in order to sell. I couldn't. Because I cannot celebrate it. In the last few years, I've lost so many of my people, my community. I miss them. Some of them I even wasn't on good terms with. But I still miss them. And as I think of their names and go through the social media posts they made, I can only think of how much of their life and human potential was taken away from them by other people, just because they were vulnerable. I know it'd be politically correct to say "Well, celebrate their life!" But, I'd have loved to do that WITH them, ALIVE, this pride month. Also, how do I grieve the loss of queer folks from the war torn countries? I know how I grieve for the people I knew. But to hold grief when it's for whole populations without any single face and name? I didn't know how to, still don't know how to, but doing it. Never forget - Pride was about resistance. Pride started with a throw of a stone. Pride started with black transgender sex workers, and not with a privileged section of the community. Pride started with anger, grief, and resistance. #PrideMonth #QueerLivesMatter #LGBTQUIA+ #HumanRights #QueerLiving #grief
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New Post: UMI’s Love Letter to the LGBTQ+ Community - https://lnkd.in/g-ntqby9 - This Pride Month, Billboard asked artists to write a series of love letters to their LGBTQ fans, highlighting what the community means to them as people and as artists. Below, R&B sensation UMI shares her coming out story, and thanks the community for “being my family.” My first interactions with the LGBTQ+ community were with friends I made in high school. It wasn’t a conscious recognition of our identities; they were simply my friends. Through them, I learned a lot about freedom of expression. Related Love Letters to the LGBTQ Community: Read the Notes From MUNA, Joy Oladokun & More 06/01/2024 I’ve since been more connected with becoming a role model. My biggest intention is to create art that people of all identities can relate to and feel seen through. I make art for the soul, for our universal feelings. We all love, we all have desire, we all have heart break. I’ve always had a strong desire to provide a safe space through my music and shows for people to be whoever they want to be. I attract a crowd of people who love each other with such deep openness – even with strangers. I love that my shows are full of representation … I think it’s a reflection of the love within me. In the face of increasing political attacks, approaching life through a bird’s eye view reminds me of our ongoing evolution. Just a few years ago, the legalization of gay marriage marked a significant milestone — I was in high school when it happened and I wrote my friend a letter about it. We are still at the beginning of our story. It’s easy to get sad or anxious about the world when approaching things in a finite way. I try my best to see every problem we face not through fear but as an area of growth and expansion happening before me. The problem is proof that the solution must exist and will come. That is the creative process, that is evolution. To my queer and trans family, friends, and fans, I LOVE YOU! You are loved and accepted always. Your unique presence in this world is appreciated — and my music is always a place to come as you are. Please don’t dim your light. You are here for a reason and are expanding people’s minds and hearts into its true size. So keep being you — your presence is making the world a better, more beautiful place. I feel it 🙂 Love,UMI - #news #business #world -------------------------------------------------- Download: Stupid Simple CMS - https://lnkd.in/g4y9XFgR -------------------------------------------------- or download at SourceForge - https://lnkd.in/dkmjBxiR
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🌈 Let the pride month companies Marketing campaigns start! 🌈 - which I don't mind at all, don't get me wrong! There's a lot of controversy regarding the pride month marketing campaigns, like switching the company's logo into a rainbow version, or stating their support to the LGBTQ+ community on a short LinkedIn post. Some people think it's hypocrite, like it's just another cold way of making money by taking advantage of an oppressed group's fight, while the reality in the company doesn't match with what they're stating. But, while I can understand that way of thinking, I still think this is better than nothing. At least, this controversy is creating debate and is forcing people to talk about the Queer cause! Pride month, to me, is the time of the year where the queer cause is present in (almost) everybody's daily life, and that generates reflection in them. Even if your company only changes the logo, or if they go beyond and brings up the discussion and uses this time to rethink what could they do better in order to support the Queer community, it all has an impact. Therefore, do share Queer content, do share your opinions, do share your stories, and do think about how can you become even more respectful and inclusive with Queer people. 👉 And, let's not forget: Pride month is not just about sexual orientation, but also about identity and expression! So, it's not just about "love is love", but also about "being". #pride #queer #lgbtq #pridemonth
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Worried about your Image? Last night I had a teen girl write to me 'I hate my life. Why was I created to be a women?' Everyone wants to be something that they aren't created to be. It started in the Garden of Eden and has grown till now. With LGBTQ+ on the rise in the West and creeping into the East, it is spreading like wildfire. The world is getting crazier.. They couldn't accept who they are, but expects others to accept who they choose to be. Every young girl in India wants to be like a Heroine they admire and so does every boy about a Hero. But have you read the news? Heorines do a lot of plastic surgery to transform themselves into something they aren't by creation. Even they aren't happy with who they are and how they look. Then why do we go crazy about their looks? It's fabricated beauty and isn't real. You and I are created in the image of God. Weigh between the two. Which is worth more? The Image of God? or the fabricated beauty of someone who isn't happy with their own image? God calls you Precious, Beautiful, Unique and one of a kind. Why be someone else when you are worth much more? Think about it... The Cosmetic and Fashion industry florishes taking advantage of our lack of self-identity and self-worth. #Identity #Personality #Leadership #Cosmetics #Fashion #LGBTQ
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Queerbaiting is not only annoying for us queers, but also it can be a real danger. I am a shipper and a fanfiction writer myself, but I never put my imagination on real people. Shared some thoughts on this phenomenon with Pride.com as a Taimi: LGBTQ+ Dating App Gender and Sexuality expert.
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