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Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

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Black Woman wearing white proud shirt; kid buy in at target.

Pride Mom

‘Karen and Ken texted the team group chat and put themselves on blast hating on me’: Soccer mom mocked, called slur for wearing Pride gear at son’s game

Claire Goforth is a lawyer and investigative editor. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, and more. She regularly appears on radio and in podcasts. Email for booking info.

Claire Goforth

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EXCLUSIVE: Trans designer targeted by right-wing mob over ‘satanic’ Target-Pride collection says he’s getting death threats

young woman in store (l) man holding up TRUST in rainbow letters with Police badge as the U (c) young woman in disbelief (r)

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‘Copaganda at its finest’: Goodwill customers scoff police Pride T-shirt

From Club Penguin to Roblox, LGBTQ youth have always flocked to gaming websites

V. S. Wells is a freelance journalist based on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh land in Vancouver, B.C. Their work has previously appeared in Slate, VICE, TechRadar, Novara Media, and Autostraddle. Find them on Twitter: @vsmwells.

V.S. Wells

Two Sims women in a hot tub with their arms around one another

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How a Sims 2 fan forum became an unwitting safe space for queer creatives

Updated pride flag in sky (l) Woman in house man climbing balcony caption "Man just climbed onto my second story balcony to cut my pride flag off with a razor blade like what? When I asked what he was doing he just handed it to me." (r)

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‘I am a woman living alone’: Man allegedly climbs onto TikToker’s balcony with a razor blade to cut down her Pride flag

A man yells at people who have BLM and pride signs.

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‘This guy is on his way to a heart attack’: TikToker says male Karen had public meltdown over BLM and Pride signs

Samantha Grasso is a former IRL staff writer for the Daily Dot with a reporting emphasis on immigration. Her work has appeared on AJ+, Vox, Splinter, Los Angeles Magazine, and Austin Monthly.

Samantha Grasso

No cops at pride meme showing police versus Danny DeVito.

no cops at pride meme

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‘No cops at Pride’ is your favorite meme celebrating LGBTQ history, Danny DeVito

Monica Riese is the Daily Dot’s former director of production, and she previously served as the publication’s entertainment editor and assistant managing editor. She is Raleigh, North Carolina, and formerly contributed to the Austin Chronicle, where her breaking news work was recognized by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies.

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