The Evolution of Pride

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🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Pride hasn't always been a parade of corporate sponsors. Desi Lydic, Dulcé Sloan, and Jaboukie Young-White take a look at how corporations have rejected and capitalized on Pride over the years, as well as the origins of the celebration and how Queer communities today are taking back Pride. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, it's Amisa and Devon here and we've got some news for you.
0:03.8	Get ready because MTV's official challenge podcast is heading back in time.
0:08.1	For the first time ever, we're diving into an iconic season from the past.
0:12.6	Free agents.
0:13.6	We'll go behind the scenes with legendary cast members from the season, plus here what
0:17.4	they've been up to since it ended.
0:19.1	Just because there's no challenge on TV right now doesn't mean we're going to leave
0:22.2	our podcast listeners hanging.
0:23.9	Listen to MTV's official challenge podcast starting June 15th on the iHeartRadio app, Apple
0:28.8	Podcast or wherever you get your podcast.
0:33.6	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:37.0	Happy Pride Month everyone or as it's called at Mike Pence's house, June.
0:41.9	Pride is a celebration of queerness, acceptance and club remixes you can actually dance to.
0:47.3	And today I'm here at RuPaul's Private Pool to tell you how Pride Month came to be because
0:52.6	just like all queer people, June has a coming out story of its own.
0:56.8	You could say Pride's roots go back to the 60s with Philly's Reminder Day pickets.
1:01.4	Reminder Day was like the precursor to what Pride is now and the same way that Madonna
1:05.2	was the precursor to Lady Gaga.
1:07.4	And if you don't get that reference, you should probably stop watching now because this
1:10.8	is a Pride segment and you're a terrible ally.
1:13.2	The 60s also saw protests all over America, like the Black Cat Tabernriot in LA and a protest
1:18.7	at the White House demanding equal employment opportunities for gay people.
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