Metafilter Pride

June 30, 2021 12:34 PM

Let's hear it for hippybear, who has done a spectacular job of making LGBTQ+ posts on Mefi throughout Pride Month.

Francesco Lepore likes to challenge the status quo.
From a small town, Catholic, and gay
Pride month: Five stories from around the world
"The world is full of love, and you’re entitled to some of it"
Julien Baker’s Long Journey to Loving Pride
The Overlooked Queer History of Medieval Christianity
Teach them well and let them lead the way
First Time Pride Events 2021, Part Deux
From The Current Events File
From The Archives
ACT UP: A History Of AIDS/HIV Activism
Message of hope, or the possibility of hope
A Night at the Sweet Gum Head
How Queer Comics Made Their Mark On History
"A trans anthem, right now, is for a trans person to create"
Zapped!
Variety’s Power of Pride 2021 List
A moment of reflection
"The assumption is that queer history begins at the city gates.”
These Colors Don't Run
"That moment when you see it in the sky -- HOPE!"
Put on your cha-cha heels and watch some good movies
Entrapment, Discrimination, Censorship. But...
Sweet Escape
First Time Pride Events 2021
Film & Filming
Harvey Katz AKA Athens Boys Choir
90-Year-Old Gay Man Recalls Long Struggle With His Sexuality
The Blue's Clues Pride Parade 🏳️‍🌈 Sing-Along Ft. Nina West!

posted by zamboni to MetaFilter-Related at 12:34 PM (40 comments total)

Yes, these posts were all quite well done! Spectacular indeed!
posted by JanetLand at 1:06 PM on June 30, 2021 [1 favorite]

yay hippybear! His posts and comments are regularly awesome.
posted by small_ruminant at 1:12 PM on June 30, 2021 [1 favorite]

thanks, hippybear!
posted by wellred at 1:15 PM on June 30, 2021 [2 favorites]

Thank you hippybear!

Through the magic of timezones, I was waking up to your posts over breakfast most days, and it was a delightful bit of the daily routine.
posted by Wrinkled Stumpskin at 1:29 PM on June 30, 2021 [3 favorites]

Great series of posts hippybear!
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 1:32 PM on June 30, 2021 [1 favorite]

Hip- hip- hip- hip- hip- hip- hip- hip- hip- hip- hip- hooray Hippybear!

These have been FANTASTIC posts, and I am SO enormously appreciatively!

THANK YOU, Hippybear!
posted by kristi at 1:57 PM on June 30, 2021 [4 favorites]

Hear hear!
posted by toodleydoodley at 2:28 PM on June 30, 2021

Great work!
posted by theatro at 2:30 PM on June 30, 2021

Thank you! I have LOVED these posts. And thank you for aggregating them here, zamboni. I've missed a few and can't wait to catch up!
posted by kimberussell at 2:44 PM on June 30, 2021 [3 favorites]

I was about to make a similar post! I have enjoyed all of them. Thank you, hippybear!
posted by Anonymous at 2:52 PM on June 30, 2021

Thank you, hippybear - I learned a lot from your posts this month!
posted by twelve cent archie at 3:00 PM on June 30, 2021

hippybear is - this month and every month - an incredible asset to this community
posted by obfuscation at 3:13 PM on June 30, 2021 [1 favorite]

Huzzah!
posted by Nelson at 3:23 PM on June 30, 2021

Really lovely work, hippybear!
posted by mochapickle at 3:39 PM on June 30, 2021

Cheers! (Well, and occasionally, useful tears.)
posted by eotvos at 5:25 PM on June 30, 2021 [1 favorite]

It is Bear Month here at Metafilter! Thank you hippybear!

(missing Provincetown's Bear Week, which I think normally happens in July...)
posted by Sheydem-tants at 5:26 PM on June 30, 2021

Hear, hear!
posted by ob1quixote at 6:34 PM on June 30, 2021

Thank you! Loved so many of these posts!
posted by AlexiaSky at 6:43 PM on June 30, 2021

These have been wonderful!
posted by Neely O'Hara at 6:48 PM on June 30, 2021

Yes, thank you so much! Happy Pride! :)
posted by lysimache at 9:00 PM on June 30, 2021

Really enjoyed these posts, thanks hippybear!
posted by ellieBOA at 10:07 PM on June 30, 2021

Truly impressive! Thank you hippybear!
posted by AugustWest at 10:42 PM on June 30, 2021

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
posted by MT at 4:05 AM on July 1, 2021 [2 favorites]

June 2021 was a ridiculously strong month for pride posts.
posted by chavenet at 4:27 AM on July 1, 2021 [6 favorites]

I've loved these posts! Thank you!
posted by lucy.jakobs at 5:27 AM on July 1, 2021

Yes, thank you for all of these. And seconding the thanks for zamboni for collecting the links here. Such a great series of posts.
posted by profreader at 5:35 AM on July 1, 2021

Thank you hippybear!
(Also, thank you for the years of posts about the Pet Shop Boys and other music which is right up my street!)
posted by Klipspringer at 5:40 AM on July 1, 2021 [2 favorites]

Yay for these posts and yay Pride! Thanks hippybear and zamboni for bringing the good stuff!
posted by LobsterMitten (staff) at 6:31 AM on July 1, 2021

As I watched these posts come in I was like, "Yay! Thank you hippybear for holding it down!"
posted by latkes at 12:43 PM on July 1, 2021

Thank you! I read most of those posts and they were great!
posted by introp at 2:23 PM on July 1, 2021

I appreciated hippybear's post and looked forward to them each morning.
posted by Short Attention Sp at 2:53 PM on July 1, 2021 [1 favorite]

👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
posted by y2karl at 3:48 PM on July 1, 2021

Yes, thanks hippybear, these have been excellent.
posted by soundguy99 at 6:26 PM on July 1, 2021

Hip hip hooray!
posted by clew at 6:26 PM on July 1, 2021

Thank you, Hippybear. It made my day to see these get posted!
posted by glaucon at 7:45 AM on July 2, 2021

Bravo!
posted by doctornemo at 11:26 AM on July 2, 2021

Indeed. Great work hippybear!
posted by a non mouse, a cow herd at 12:41 PM on July 2, 2021

hippybear, your posts put a smile on my face every day last month.
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:55 AM on July 3, 2021 [1 favorite]

Hi five, hippybear! I've really been enjoying your Pride posts this month -- thank you!
posted by ourobouros at 6:15 PM on July 5, 2021

Another round of thanks from just over the mountain. You are consistently my Metafilter hero.
posted by ikahime at 7:52 AM on July 6, 2021