13 Powerful Stories To Kick Off International Pride Month – A Not Always Right Story Roundup!
Dear readers,
PRIDE MONTH officially begins tomorrow, but we figured, heck, why wait to start the party? Pride Month celebrates love and gender expression with parades, drag shows, brunches, and a delightful explosion of vibrant color. We here at Not Always Right are joining in on the fun with 13 of our favorite LGBTQ+ stories from the last year in our archives that we hope will warm the hearts and lift the spirits of all of the amazing LGBTQ+ readers out there. (And the rest of you!)
While we may not have managed to represent every kind of love, sexuality, or gender amongst the sillies, the comeuppances, and the warm fuzzies in this roundup, we have a whole bunch of other great LGBTQ+ roundups for you to check out below!
Happy Pride Month from Not Always Right!
Life Outside The Binary Can Be A Mx-ed Bag – Pro-tip: most people pronounce “Mx.” like “mix” or “mux”.
Not Gonna Lie, We Want To See This Cake – Hits from the comments: “Repeat after me: You don’t have to understand it. You only have to respect it.” (Credit: Ben Willems)
The Marvellous Ms. Bagel – Hits from the comments: “Why have I never thought of dyeing bread dough? BRB, making gay loaf!” (Credit: Pisk_A_Dausen)
When All Else Fails, Try Books – Dear author, we’re so proud of you – and your customer!
Wait… Just… What?! – Ignorance doesn’t always have to mean intolerance!
We Hope Business Booms For This Boomer – Hits from the comments: “That boss and equality? Nailed it!” (Credit: Stephen – And scroll to the bottom of the comments on this story for an epic pun-fest!)
Force A Bigot To Make It Make Sense – Hits from the comments: “Well, whatever he does with that USB stick, we can be sure of one thing: it won’t happen on the first try.” (Credit: N0rthcountrYman)
Girls ARE Pretty Great – You see, Grandmother, there’re “girlfriends” and then there’re “girlfriends“.
Inclusive… And Then Some! – Hits from The Golden Girls: “Not Lebanese, Blanche, lesbian!”
When They Are In Receipt Of Practising What They Have Preached – If you can dish it out, you gotta be prepared to take the same!
Once In A While, Bigotry Has A Happy Ending – It turns out that some people can unlearn their bigotry!
An Epic Dragging — Emphasis On “Drag” – Hits from the comments: “So, we have a case of dressing up to deliver a dressing down. Love it.” (Credit: Robert Haynie)
They Can’t Mask How Much They Love You – And now there are tears in me/my eyes!
We hope you enjoyed this Pride-themed roundup! Want to send in your own story? Submit your story here!
Some other roundups to check out if you liked this one:
14 Stories That Prove Why We Need Pride – For International Pride Month!
13 Reasons Why You Need To Better Understand Asexuality
12 Stories That Prove That Yes… Bisexuals Do Exist
17 Stories That Will Have You Bursting With Love And Pride – For International Pride Month!
17 Crazy Stories That Show What Transgender People Still Have To Put Up With
23 Stories To Show We Have A Long Way To Go For LGBTQ Equality
11 Stories For Bisexual Awareness Week!
