Category: LGBTQ Community
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Queer-Owned Brands – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Every gift we give can have a resounding impact well beyond the reaction of the receiver so it’s important to be mindful of where our money goes. Supporting the LGBTQ+ community is always necessary—every day, all year round. (And whether friend or family, be sure to check in on the LGBTQ+ people in your […]
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Love Breaks Binaries Sweatshorts – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] CHNGE $25 These 100% GOTS-certified cotton shorts celebrate trans love and power while donating proceeds to GLITS (Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society), an organization that supports the LGBTQ+ community globally. Available in XXS to 4XL, these shorts are designed by Grayson Izekiel—a Brooklyn-based Black, trans and non-binary artist and tattooer—and feature […]
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Detroit’s New Affordable Housing and Health Center for LGBTQ+ People – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] The Ruth Ellis Center is a Detroit non-profit dedicated to supporting LGBTQ+ youth. In October, they opened a permanent affordable housing and health facility for young queer people. The 46,000-square-foot building was carefully designed by Chicago architecture firm LBBA to cater to the unique needs of the community, from offering health and wellness services […]
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San Francisco Program Will Provide Guaranteed Income for Trans People – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] San Francisco Mayor London Breed recently announced the Guaranteed Income for Transgender People (GIFT) program, a no-strings-attached monthly stipend that will be delivered for 18 months to low-income people who are transgender, nonbinary or gender diverse. GIFT will distribute $1,200 per month to 55 recipients who must be over the age of 18, live […]
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Link About It: This Week’s Picks
[ad_1] Climate reparations, repatriated artifacts, a decommissioned hydroelectric power plant and more Elevated Access Provides Private Planes for People Seeking Abortions Founded before the fall of Roe v Wade, Elevated Access is a non-profit network of pilots who donate their time, resources, planes and skills to transport people seeking abortions or gender-affirming care to states […]
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Documentary “1946” Alleges The Word Homosexual Is in the Bible by Mistake – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture, a new journalistic documentary by director Sharon “Rocky” Roggio, premieres this week at the DOC NYC festival. Within the film, a series of experts explain that the first inclusion of the word “homosexual” in the Bible—which happened in a 1946 update—was actually a mistranslation and the committee of […]
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Link About It: This Week’s Picks
[ad_1] “Gay Christmas,” illuminated drones finishing monuments, a portable record player and more this week NYC to Require Salary Ranges Be Included in Job Postings Starting in November, a new NYC law will go into effect that requires companies with at least four employees to include the lowest and highest salaries for any job it […]
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Caroline Kingsbury’s Pride 2022 Playlist for COOL HUNTING – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] For our Pride playlist this year, LA-based queer indie-pop recording artist Caroline Kingsbury looked to a recent personal experience to inspire an energized, expressive and empowering track list around the self-selected theme “Chaotic Pride Breakup.” Kingsbury—who recently released a five-track EP, Remixes from Heaven, following her boldly textured and genre-spanning 2021 debut album, Heaven’s Just A Flight—chose […]
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MetaPride Land Kicks Off Pride With Celebration and Support – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] The metaverse continues to provide countless ways for people to engage with likeminded (and differently minded) individuals all over the globe, but it’s not always positive. Inequities exist in the digital world just like anywhere else. After encountering this personally, Matt Stevenson (who has worked at TIME and Wired) and Jake Resnicow (who has […]
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Full of Pride Mugs – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Our Place $50 Minimal on the outside and colorful on the inside, Our Place’s Full of Pride Mugs pay tribute to chosen families. They designed by Viviana Matsuda, a queer Japanese-Mexican ceramicist, and they will lend financial support to the community, donating 20% of its profits to the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Food Pantry—which […]
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Nike’s Be True Collection Aims to Support The LGBTQ+ Community – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Plenty of brands wave their rainbow flags during Pride, leading many to valid cynicism surrounding pinkwashing for profit. Though Nike has released their annual Be True collection for 2022—featuring an Air Max 90, a Cortez, an Oneanta sandal and a bunch of apparel—the athletic brand actively supports the LGBTQ+ community behind the scenes, as […]
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Link About It: This Week’s Picks
[ad_1] NYC’s new triennial, condoms for gender-free genitals, a portable wind turbine and more Artsy’s Guide to New York Art Week From 5 to 12 May, over 20 international galleries, museums and art organizations will come together to present contemporary art programming across the city for the inaugural New York Art Week. With over 350 […]
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Link About It: This Week’s Picks
[ad_1] 9,200 unknown tree species, a watery grave for the ISS, the UK’s first queer museum and more from around the web A Studio Residency For Formerly Incarcerated Artists at the World Trade Center This Spring, Silver Art Projects—a non-profit organization that supports overlooked artists—will open applications for its third round of year-long residencies, offering […]
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UK’s First LGBTQ+ Museum Will Open This Spring – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] After four years of planning and countless delays due to the pandemic, the UK’s first queer museum, called Queer Britain, is slated to open this spring. Occupying a historic space in King’s Cross owned by fundraising charity Art Fund, the museum will feature four galleries to showcase past, present and future queer stories as […]
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An Expansive Online Directory of Queer Creatives – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] The Queer Creatives Community Directory is a new centralized spreadsheet database of LGBTQ+ people working in all kinds of fields—from DJs and tattoo artists to florists, contractors, tarot readers, ASL interpreters and more. Created by drag artist and graphic designer Untitled Queen, this free, online directory is one of the most expansive of its […]