🏳️‍🌈✨ QCrew! Your Weekly Queer News Update: Happy Pride 🌈 Anna is Honored, We remember Darri Moore, Walmart stands behind their pride collection, and new campaign celebrates our trans siblings


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Anna talks about receiving the 2024 Equality Illinois Community Pride award and also gives a rundown of the top Queer News stories from the week. Anna was looking fly too! Check out the pics below.

Anna Receives the Equality Illinois Community Pride Award


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This week on the Queer News podcast Anna DeShawn talks about Pride and why it’s still so important. We remember Darri Moore, a Black trans woman found alongside the Mississippi River in Missouri. In Florida, a teen is denied entry to their prom because they wore a suit. Walmart is standing behind their pride collection. The Sports Bra is expanding and a new campaign called “Here We Are” celebrates our trans siblings. Let’s go!

2:24 - Why is Pride still so important today

4:02 - We remember Darri Moore, a Black trans woman found alongside the Mississippi River in Missouri.

6:18 - In Florida, a teen is denied entry to their prom because they wore a suit

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9:08 - Listen & follow the Second Sunday podcast, https://secondsundaypod.com

9:42 - Walmart is standing behind their pride collection

11:13 - The Sports Bra is expanding

13:09 - A new campaign called “Here We Are” celebrates our trans siblings

15:17 - Anna’s Got a Word


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Listen to Second Sunday

This podcast explores the stories of Black queer people navigating complex relationships with The Black Church. The Church is a nostalgic pillar of the Black community but it’s also been the source of pain and ostracization for many.

It’s a second look at a topic that feels increasingly dismissed and minimized. It’s Second Sunday.


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