Pride 2022 Resources

Written By Imagine LA Intern

Happy Pride! In a world where being part of the LGBT+ community still isn’t fully accepted, it’s important to show and express pride in the face of adversity and discrimination. After fighting for so long for equality and equity, despite all the progress that has been made, the work is not done.

LGBTQ+ youth are more than twice as likely to experience homelessness than the general population. LGBTQ+ youth make up 7% of the young population, but 40% of unhoused youth. Black LGBT+ youth, particularly young men, experience the highest rates of homelessness.

We can always do better as people and as a community. Below are resources for everyone to help further along education and discussion. May this Month be full of love, joy, and pride.

READ

LISTEN

  • Still Processing - how different cultural artifacts, past and present, affect how we relate to the world around us

  • The Read - about pop culture and the complicated lives of the people who create it

  • Outward - monthly salon in which hosts and guests deepen the audience’s understanding of queer culture and politics

  • Bad Gays - profile queer people from the past whose lives have been overlooked by queer people on the search for historical icons

WATCH

  • The Necessity Of Normalising Queer Love , TedxDublin

  • Be True, TedxUMASSAMHERST

  • Paris is Burning (1991) - Chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay, and transgender communities involved in it.

  • We Were Here (2011) - The first documentary to take a deep and reflective look back at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco.

  • Moonlight (2016) - A look at three defining chapters in the life of Chiron, a young black man growing up in Miami.

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