Happy “Nuclear Family Month!” How Some States Are Hijacking Pride
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🗓️ 28 June 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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We’re recording this episode as we get ready to celebrate the annual Pride March here in New York City, a huge parade steeped in history, going back to the 1969 police raid on the Stonewall on this very date, June 28th. But did you know that Pride Month isn’t recognized nationally this year, nor any year where a Republican is president, going back to 1999 when Pride month was first established by President Clinton. In fact, several states have even chosen counter programming for the month, labeling June as Nuclear Family Month, Strong Families Month, or even Fidelity Month.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:07.1 | It is Sunday, June 28th, and happy Pride. |
| 0:12.5 | Yes, we're in the midst of Pride Month, but today is a big day all over the country with pride celebrations. |
| 0:19.2 | But don't tell that to the governors of Indiana, Tennessee, Alabama, Utah, or Arkansas. And also don't tell that to the president of the United States. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. We're in the middle of New York. So pride, we're inundated with pride in a way here that I think, certainly growing up, I wasn't in a lot of people around |
| 0:38.9 | the country aren't. But this is a huge day here in New York. Yes, and our kids are growing up |
| 0:44.0 | in and all around it, and we love it. In fact, we're going to be heading out to take in a bit |
| 0:50.0 | at the parade later today with all of our kids in tow. In fact, we're having a little pre-party |
| 0:54.7 | here at the apartment before everyone heads out because it is a day of celebrating love, whatever |
| 1:00.4 | that looks like to you. You know what? People would take issue with that, but that's right. That's the |
| 1:04.8 | basis of the holiday. It goes back in history. We'll get into a little bit here, but but robed, |
| 1:10.1 | it never leads with that. When people talk about what Pride Month is, it is a celebration of love, but you never hear that. It's so sad because... Never hear it first, I should say. You know, we actually just got the opportunity to sit down for I-Du part two, another podcast that we host. And it's all about love the second time around and we got to talk to captain sandy from |
| 1:29.0 | uh below deck and her wife but they were talking about that people get so focused on the sex |
| 1:34.9 | part of it and they don't focus on the love part of it and if everybody could just take the sex |
| 1:41.7 | out of it fine you don't understand it fine it grosses you out fine it's fine, you don't understand it. Fine, it grosses you out. Fine. It's |
| 1:46.0 | not what you're into. That's all okay. But if you can just focus on the love part of it, |
| 1:51.7 | it might change the way you view this month and maybe view the parades and the excitement and the joy. |
| 1:58.5 | And there's a lot of joy that you see expressed during this month and during this parade here in New York City. |
| 2:05.1 | Usually more than I can deal with. |
| 2:07.4 | It's a lot. |
| 2:08.2 | And you're surrounded by women and other, I would say, gay men. |
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