Pride Month

Every June, LGBTQ+ people celebrate Pride with parades, marches, festivals, and more. And every June, misinformation follows. Snopes is here to investigate.

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Supreme Court Sides with Catholic Agency in LGBTQ+ Foster Care Dispute

17 June 2021

The justices came down unanimously against Philadelphia and for Catholic Social Services.

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Did Judy Garland’s Death Trigger the Stonewall Riots?

11 June 2021

The icon’s funeral was the day before a seminal event in the LGBTQ rights movement.

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

4 June 2021

The flag was displayed at the start of Pride Month in 2021.

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Were LGBTQ Skittles Labelled ‘White Pride’?

3 June 2021

An unfortunate old photograph re-emerged online in June 2021 — LGBTQ Pride Month in the...

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

2 June 2021

Perhaps Blue can give us some clues to solve this one.

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Did Trump Officially Recognize Pride Month During His Presidency?

1 June 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?

23 May 2021

A diagonal line is a straight line set on an angle.

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Is the Rainbow LGBTQ+ Lego Set Real?

20 May 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?

5 October 2020

Photographs of LBGTQ love flooded Twitter in an attempt to drown out the white supremacist...

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Did an Iowa Man Get 16 Years in Prison for Burning an LGBT Rainbow Flag?

20 December 2019

In December 2019, several news reports failed to properly explain to readers the impact of...

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Did a Pride Flag Replace a POW/MIA Flag at Veterans Memorial Plaza?

28 June 2019

Oddly, most of the outrage over this incident came after the problem had been fixed.

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Is This ‘Pedosexual’ Pride Sign Real?

21 June 2019

This is not the first bad-faith attempt to connect the LGBTQ community to pedophilia.

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