So, A-Camp officially kicked off yesterday in Ojai and before your FOMO kicks in, I’ve got plenty of links to distract you and get you even more excited about the start to the Women’s World Cup.

Queer as in F*ck You

For the ‘Stonewall Generation,’ turning to others for care could make them uniquely vulnerable

6 celebrity LGBTQ trailblazers on growing up, coming out, and living proud in Hollywood

Asia Kate Dillon on Finding the Way to ‘They’

Pride Month Starts With Out Magazine on Shaky Ground

How to Celebrate Pride Outside (see also: Autostraddle’s Outsiders Issue for some inspiration)

The perfect accompaniment to Vanessa’s interview with the 420OldFatLesbians: LGBTQ Representation in Cannabis: How the Industry Can Change for the Better

“What Do You Remember From Your School’s Sex Ed?”


Saw This, Thought of You

🚨🚨 NEW MERCH ALERT: Go Ahead and Run Beyoncé Her Check 🚨🚨

Wonder Woman 1984 has to be gay, right? You can’t drop this poster during Pride and not make it gay:

Music as a Lifeline

Mindy Kaling in Full Bloom

End of the world as we know it: Climate change could wipe out human civilization by 2050, warns study

The border is in crisis. Here’s how it got this bad.

Straight people are not okay: It’s LGBT pride month, but three guys in Boston want a permit for a ‘Straight Pride’ parade

This seems safe: Russia tells Tinder to share messages and pictures with its spy agencies


⚽🏆 Saw This, Thought of You: Women’s World Cup Edition 🏆⚽

Women’s World Cup 2019: Tournament schedule and how to watch live without cable

US Playing to Win the World Cup, and a Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

2019 Women’s World Cup teams, ranked by how much fun they are to watch

Women’s World Cup Top 50 Players

Bob Marley’s daughter saves Jamaican women’s soccer team on World Cup path

Tierna Davidson remains unbothered

Done with soccer in ’14, Estelle Johnson living the dream for Cameroon

Mallory Pugh is Ready for her Magic Hour

Nike was like, “we’ll do the most inspirational ad starring Mallory Pugh,” (with the Viola Davis voiceover, no less!) and then Gatorade was like, “no, we’ll do the most inspirational ad starring Mallory Pugh.” And they did.


Political Snacks

Remember when we had a President who wished people a “Happy Pride!” and they actually meant it? Good times, good times.

Joe Biden Still Backs Hyde Amendment, Which Bans Federal Funds for Abortions

Biden was met with a powerful retort: Elizabeth Warren makes a forceful argument on how the Hyde Amendment worsens inequality

Also, from the 2020 campaign trail: Moulton proposes plan to restore benefits to vets discharged under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Nearly all TV news networks failed to cover the Trump-Pence administration’s recent attacks on the LGBTQ community

John Roberts Strikes a Blow Against Free Speech

The Cruelty is the Point: Trump administration cancels English classes, soccer, legal aid for unaccompanied child migrants in U.S. shelters