Science & Technology

#ShowUp Stories: Lily | Birmingham, AL

Meet Lily and her colorful community of teens who #ShowUp to Queer Prom in true family style.

Everyone has a reason to #ShowUp – in spirit and in person, at parades and marches, in cities big and small. This year we traveled to Prides all across America to talk to members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies about why they show up.

For more stories, visit pride.google.com

#ShowUp Stories: Patricia | Birmingham, AL

Meet Patricia, Alabama’s first and only openly-gay legislator who is representing the community, rainbow flag in hand.

Everyone has a reason to #ShowUp – in spirit and in person, at parades and marches, in cities big and small. This year we traveled to Prides all across America to talk to members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies about why they show up.

For more stories, visit pride.google.com

#ShowUp Stories: Wendylou & Desmond | New York, NY

Meet Wendylou & Desmond. A super mom and her 10-year-old son take to the streets hand in hand.

Everyone has a reason to #ShowUp – in spirit and in person, at parades and marches, in cities big and small. This year we traveled to Prides all across America to talk to members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies about why they show up.

For more stories, visit pride.google.com

#ShowUp Stories: Frances | New York, NY

Meet Frances, the “Mother of Pride” (and of two lesbian daughters) who hasn’t missed a parade since the very first one in 1970.

Everyone has a reason to #ShowUp – in spirit and in person, at parades and marches, in cities big and small. This year we traveled to Prides all across America to talk to members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies about why they show up.

For more stories, visit pride.google.com

#ShowUp Stories: Luis | New York, NY

Meet Luis, the activist who’s been on the front lines since the beginning of the AIDs crisis of the 1990s.

Everyone has a reason to #ShowUp – in spirit and in person, at parades and marches, in cities big and small. This year we traveled to Prides all across America to talk to members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies about why they show up.

For more stories, visit pride.google.com

#ShowUp Stories: Rev. Jackie | Wichita, KS

Meet Rev. Jackie, a pastor who fearlessly officiated Kansas’ first gay marriages days after it first became legal.

Everyone has a reason to #ShowUp – in spirit and in person, at parades and marches, in cities big and small. This year we traveled to Prides all across America to talk to members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies about why they show up.

For more stories, visit pride.google.com

#ShowUp Stories: Helen | San Francisco, CA

Meet Helen, co-founder of a lesbian-owned coffee shop in the bay that prides itself on being a deliciously diverse and inclusive small business.

Everyone has a reason to #ShowUp – in spirit and in person, at parades and marches, in cities big and small. This year we traveled to Prides all across America to talk to members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies about why they show up.

For more stories, visit pride.google.com

#ShowUp Stories: Sexual Chocolate | Wichita, KS

Meet Sexual Chocolate, a drag king who does things a little differently in Kansas.

Everyone has a reason to #ShowUp – in spirit and in person, at parades and marches, in cities big and small. This year we traveled to Prides all across America to talk to members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies about why they show up.

For more stories, visit pride.google.com

#ShowUp Stories: Ashley | Providence, RI

Meet Ashley. This Providence beauty wears the Miss Lesbian Rhode Island 2017 crown and isn’t afraid to let her true colors show.

Everyone has a reason to #ShowUp – in spirit and in person, at parades and marches, in cities big and small. This year we traveled to Prides all across America to talk to members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies about why they show up.

For more stories, visit pride.google.com