Editor’s Note: A Fearful Pride Month Ends
For many LGBTQ+ people, Pride Month 2023 was difficult. It highlights the need for journalists to rededicate themselves to people-focused reporting.
For many LGBTQ+ people, Pride Month 2023 was difficult. It highlights the need for journalists to rededicate themselves to people-focused reporting.
Anti-LGBTQ legislation is being proposed and passed at an alarming rate in southern states like Mississippi, where De’Bronski Jefferson lives, an out gay Black man who courageously shared his tumultuous journey to self-acceptance on season three, episode two, of the hit MAX series “We’re Here.” Through mentorship and the art of drag, Jefferson found his voice.
The Pride display at the Bryan Public Library in West Point, Miss., shared part of the existing collection in June 2022.
ACLU staff attorney McKenna Raney-Gray looked into other organizations’ LGBTQ-based programs to find what niches ACLU Mississsippi’s LGBTQ Justice Project could fill.
Capital City Pride will hold a “Coming Home With Pride” celebration in October 2022 that welcomes LGBTQ+ Mississippians who had previously left the state.
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