The Pride month vibes are off, but there's still hope.
It's Been a Minute
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🗓️ 6 June 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Between targeted censorship, legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ health care, and a financial pullout from many corporations, queer people and their allies are celebrating with heavier hearts this year. But perhaps it's a moment to reconsider what "pride" is really for?
This week, Brittany is joined by culture journalist Tre'vell Anderson, and author and organizer Raquel Willis to parse through the contradictions of Pride 2025.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello. I'm Brittany Luce and you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR, a show about what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident. |
| 0:20.2 | This week, we're connecting the dots between Incells, Dave Chappelle, and Obergefell. |
| 0:27.3 | I know, I know. How are all these things connected? |
| 0:30.9 | Well, we're going to find out with culture journalist and co-hosts of the podcast Black Queer Canon, Trayvel Anderson, an author, movement organizer, and one of |
| 0:39.2 | Times 2025 women of the year, Raquel Willis. Thank you for happy guys. Welcome back to |
| 0:45.9 | It's Been a Minute. Back by Popular Demand. Okay. Okay. So it's officially Pride Month. Do you |
| 0:54.0 | have any advice for surviving one's first Pride Month? |
| 0:58.0 | Aside from Hydrate. |
| 0:59.3 | Hydrate is a good one. |
| 1:00.3 | That was the first one. |
| 1:04.2 | Hydrate, sunscreen, honey. |
| 1:07.3 | You don't have to go to everything. |
| 1:10.1 | It's okay. |
| 1:11.0 | If you're wearing glitter makeup, watch out, honey, for them eyes. |
| 1:14.7 | Protect those eyes. |
| 1:16.5 | You will find it in places you did not put it. |
| 1:20.0 | Weeks and weeks and weeks later. |
| 1:26.2 | All right. |
| 1:26.5 | Well, Pride Month is upon us yet again. |
| 1:31.0 | And this one marks 10 years since the Supreme Court made its ruling on Obergefell v. Hodges, |
| 1:37.3 | legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide. |
| 1:39.5 | But the fight for marriage equality often overshadowed other very real concerns of the queer community, |
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