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Pride & Pixels: How Queer Culture Took Over Your Explore Page

Social media is a bizarre place, and one that has taken over our daily lives. Before Instagram and X, before Facebook – even before Myspace – the notion of living digital lives online would’ve seemed odd.

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Queer Coded Cartoons: The Hidden Gays of Your Childhood

In season eight of the popular (and some would say, iconic) sitcom Will & Grace, the titular Will at one point talks about a friend of his who has just come out of the closet and the learning curve he has ahead of him: “This is a guy who, just 24 hours ago, thought Batman and Robin only fought crime

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Coming Out in the Digital Age: TikTok, Twitter, and Truth

There are few moments, or personal choices, as special and pivotal as coming out.

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Queer Eye on Fashion: How LGBTQIA+ Culture Shaped What We Wear

The LGBTQIA+ community has influences throughout our daily culture, and this is especially clear in fashion and how we dress. For LGBTQIA+ people, fashion isn’t just about the clothes we wear, but about expression, self-identity and pride.

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The Best Pride Events around the World

This year, we’re delighted to be headline sponsors for Pride in London – the biggest pride celebrations in the UK. Every year this attracts thousands upon thousands of LGBTQIA+ people, and allies alike, flock to the streets of London to celebrate everything about the community.

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LGBTQIA+: The myths and misconceptions

There are few communities in society that suffer from more rampant misconceptions than LGBTQIA+. Whether harmlessly naive, or inspired by fear and hatred, these threaten to hold back inclusivity and keep LGBTQIA+ on the margins of society. It’s important to understand these myths and misconceptions,

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Pridepay unveils headline Pride in London sponsorship

London, England: Pridepay, the LGBTQIA+ first app from payments firm Cardaq, is delighted to announce it will be headline sponsor for this year’s Pride in London celebrations.

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The History of Pride In London - From Protest to Celebration

Every year, London hosts one of Europe’s biggest and most established pride celebrations with people from all parts of the LGBTQIA+ community celebrating who they are. At Cardaq, we’re excited to be headline sponsors for this year’s Pride in London celebrations and to do more for the LGBTQIA+ commun

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Taking LGBTQIA+ representation in video games to the next level

There was a time when it was easy to dismiss video games as a plaything that belonged in a kid’s room, something that would never trouble the zeitgeist. However that reality is long gone, and video games are now an unmissable part of our culture. Video games are now immense business with games like

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How Laws Have Changed for LGBTQIA+ Rights Around the World

At Pridepay, we love what we do – supporting the LGBTQIA+ community with their unique payment processing needs. In doing this, and with our blogs and philanthropy, we like to celebrate everything about this community! However, we never lose sight of the fact that oppression against LGBTQIA+ people i

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The role of international organisations in LGBTQIA+ advocacy

Though significant progress has been made in recent years, the LGBTQIA+ community still faces serious challenges around the world. This takes many forms, from financial inequality to outright illegality and violence. For these reasons, allies are as important as ever and the LGBTQIA+ community needs

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Beyond Rainbow Washing - How to Tell If a Brand Really Supports the LGBTQIA+ Community

In the middle of the year, summertime means a lot of change in the UK. The days are shorter, the weather is hotter, and rainbow flags suddenly festoon all manner of corporate brands.

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