People often consider themselves allies, but often don't know how to best show up when it is time to be an ally. Frequently for pride, allyship can end up being performative when it really must be followed by meaningful action. Are you ready to step up and making your allyship meaningful?

Thrive with Pride is an award-winning project of AgeOptions, providing resources for LGBT+ older adults looking for help, caregivers hoping to connect, and service providers working to make their agency more inclusive. AgeOptions' aim is to help connect individuals to affirming providers and to make sure benefits are leveraged to the fullest.

Right To Be began as a simple idea – a blog to collect stories of street harassment – and has became part of an international movement to include Bystander Intervention Trainings that teach people how to stop harassment. Their work focuses on turning the care we have for each other into simple, creative, effective action, to build a world that is free of harassment and filled with humanity.

Shop locally and support LGBTQIA+ owned businesses along the way! Block Club has created a list of 50 businesses - all LGBTQIA+ owned - that encompasses everything from entertainment and nightlife to food, boutiques, and more. If you're planning your next outing, are in need of a thoughtful gift, or are thinking about your next great meal this list has you covered!

The Stonewall riots began on June 28, 1969, marking a turning point in the LGBTQIA+ movement for civil rights. Since the Stonewall riots, activists have formed LGBTQIA+ rights organizations across the country and Pride celebrations occur every June as a reminder that the movement for equality continues today. Check out these long-form documentaries, along with a few digital shorts, to learn about the history of Pride and the change-makers that blazed the trail.

Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was declared in 1863, it was not implemented in places still under Confederate control. Enslaved people in Texas, the westernmost Confederate state, were not free until two years later. On June 19, 1865, roughly 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas announcing that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state were free by executive decree. This day came to be known as "Juneteenth."

It's never too early to start expanding your horizons, and to know that it's okay to be you - just the way you are! The Stonewall organization has been a part of the LGBTQIA+ discussion on a global scale. Check out their list of books for the littlest readers, those in their teens, and beyond.