"Let's be frank: It's been a tough year. But LGBTQ Nation has worked hard to highlight positive stories each and every week to remind us all of the strength, creativity, resilience, and love that keep our community surviving and thriving. To keep our community's fire and passion burning bright into the new year, we've collected five of this year's most engaging good news stories. Each one demonstrates how a little solidarity can make a big difference and even give us hope for a better world."
"Angel Murphy Brown, the 18-year-old son of comedian Eddie Murphy and "Scary" Spice Girl Mel B, surprised and delighted us all by updating his Instagram bio to share he uses the pronoun, him. But it was even more heartwarming as both of Brown's famous parents showed how simple it is to love and support your child, even in the limelight."
"Police raided the Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ venue P Town Bar in the middle of a drag event. About 20 police officers in bulletproof vests showed up and kicked the patrons and performers out. But the patrons and performers refused to let the cops quash their spirit. Instead, they created their own public performance space. It was a great moment of resistance and queer solidarity,"
A compilation of five uplifting LGBTQ+ stories emphasizes resilience, creativity, solidarity, and love sustaining the community through a difficult year. An 18-year-old public figure updated his Instagram pronouns to him, while both parents openly demonstrated love and support despite one parent's past use of homophobic jokes and subsequent apologies. A police raid on a Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ bar during a drag event prompted patrons and performers to create an impromptu public performance space, demonstrating resistance and queer solidarity. The modern movement's roots in bar spaces and the enduring spirit of queers who resisted suppression are underscored.
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