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A photo of four naked men standing with bikes as a young girl and boy walk past them is not from a Pride month event or anything specifically affiliated with LGBTQ+ issues.

Photo of Children Walking Past Naked Men Is from 2017 London Bike Event, Not Pride

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Jordan Liles
Jun 29, 2023 A picture showing a young boy and girl walking past at least four naked men standing next to bic ...
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Online reports said that some naked men on bikes were present at the Seattle Pride parade in 2023 and that children were present.

Did Videos Show Naked Men at 2023 Seattle Pride Parade, with Families and Children Present?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Jun 29, 2023 "Washington Dems silent on nude Pride cyclists exposing genitalia to crowd including kids, famil ...
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Participants at the 2023 NYC Drag March chanted we're here we're queer we're coming for your children.

Does Video Show NYC Drag Marchers Chanting, 'We're Coming for Your Children'?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Jun 26, 2023 The video went viral on Twitter in late June 2023.
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Did Starbucks Ban Pride Displays in 2023?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Jun 14, 2023 Despite video evidence, conflicting reports could be found.
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A fake photo of a man wearing a trans kids are sexy shirt or t-shirt or tshirt was going around on Twitter.

Photo of Man Wearing 'Trans Kids Are Sexy' T-shirt Is Fake

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Jun 8, 2023 While the picture was fake, the T-shirt appeared to be real. Online stores featuring it appeared ...
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Tweets claimed that a woke LGBTQ+ church had been struck by lightning and burned to the ground.

Did a Church that Embraces LGBTQ+ People Burn Down After a Lightning Strike?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Jun 7, 2023 First Congregational Church of Spencer in Massachusetts was indeed destroyed by lightning fire o ...
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Did Trump Wish DeSantis 'Happy Pride Month' in Post with Homophobic Slur?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Jun 5, 2023 The post allegedly came from the former president's social media platform Truth Social.
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An image that says Disney replacing the American flag with pride flags is labeled satire.

Is Disney World Replacing American Flag with Pride Flags in June 2023?

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
May 23, 2023 We've fact-checked satirical posts from Mouse Trap News before.
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Graphics, Art, Animal

Did Blue's Clues Pride Parade Feature a Beaver with 'Top Scars'?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jun 2, 2021 Perhaps Blue can give us some clues to solve this one.
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Pride Rainbow Flag

Was a Pride Flag Flown at US Embassy to the Vatican?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jun 4, 2021 The flag was displayed at the start of Pride Month in 2021.
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Text

Were Ukraine's Colors Added to Pride Flag?

Written by:
Dan Evon
May 31, 2022 Ukrainian is still not a sexuality.
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Person, Human, Crowd

'Sesame Street' Introduces Family with Two Dads

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Jun 22, 2021 It was a first in the show's more than half-century history of filming.
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Laurel Hubbard New Zealand weightlifter

New Zealand Weightlifter Set To Be First Openly Trans Olympic Athlete

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jun 21, 2021 Laurel Hubbard said she was "grateful and humbled by the kindness and support" shown to her as o ...
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Plaque, Wheel, Machine

Did Judy Garland’s Death Trigger the Stonewall Riots?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jun 11, 2021 The icon’s funeral was the day before a seminal event in the LGBTQ rights movement.
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Text, Electronics

Were LGBTQ Skittles Labelled 'White Pride'?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jun 3, 2021 An unfortunate old photograph re-emerged online in June 2021 — LGBTQ Pride Month in the U.S. and ...
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Tie, Accessories, Accessory

Did Trump Officially Recognize Pride Month During His Presidency?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jun 1, 2021 U.S. President Bill Clinton was the first president to recognize Pride Month, in 1999.
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Kit Kat celebrates Gay Month by releasing a new Kit Kat bar with no straight lines?

Did Kit Kat Make 'No Straight Lines' Bar for Pride Month?

Written by:
Dan Evon
May 23, 2021 A diagonal line is a straight line set on an angle.
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Toy, Person, Human

Is the Rainbow LGBTQ+ Lego Set Real?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
May 20, 2021 The sets were expected to go on sale at the start of Pride Month.
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Did Gay Men Take Over the #ProudBoys Hashtag on Social Media?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Oct 5, 2020 Photographs of LGBTQ love flooded Twitter in an attempt to drown out the white supremacist organ ...
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Did an Iowa Man Get 16 Years in Prison for Burning an LGBT Rainbow Flag?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Dec 20, 2019 In December 2019, several news reports failed to properly explain to readers the impact of "habi ...
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