Tips for Pride Month: How to Celebrate, Educate, and Support

Pride Month is the time to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community, reflect on its history, and especially this year, to get organized for much-needed activism.

PCMag has put together guides to streaming shows and movies, games to play, along with suggestions from our sister sites IGN(Opens in a new window) and Mashable(Opens in a new window), and other resources.

While Pride Month has been greeted with corporate-sponsored rainbows, an ugly right-wing campaign against the community has caused the true colors of some companies to show(Opens in a new window). As an ally, you can help turn the tide with some of our support suggestions and by looking into local organizations(Opens in a new window) where you can get involved.

What to Watch

Attend a Pride month film festival or have one of your own at home with over 50 movies and shows you can stream. For some summer vibes, watch last year’s hit Fire Island.

Games to Play

We created a list of games that have LGBTQIA+ characters and creators, including Celeste, a game where you follow the title character, a trans girl, through her travails up a mountain. 

Books to Download

If you have a Kindle, Amazon put together a section for Pride month(Opens in a new window). And there’s a selection of Kindle Unlimited books that are free to download through the end of the month(Opens in a new window). 

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Our sister site IGN has some comics recommendations(Opens in a new window), including DC Comics’ Wonder Woman-adjacent Nubia & The Amazons(Opens in a new window). 

Knowing your history takes on a new dimension with these social media accounts(Opens in a new window) suggested by our sister site Mashable. You’ll get lessons in things like queer botany from lesbian fashion historian Ellie Medhurst.

@elliemedhurst(Opens in a new window) you heard right, more queer flowers! #fashioningmasculinities(Opens in a new window) #queerhistory(Opens in a new window) #queerfashion(Opens in a new window) #lesbianfashion(Opens in a new window) #lgbthistory(Opens in a new window) #fashionhistory(Opens in a new window) #arthistory(Opens in a new window) ♬ original sound – Eleanor(Opens in a new window)

Places to Donate

As LGBTQI rights are eroding across the country, it’s more important than ever to support organizations that advocate and provide services for the community.

For the Gworls

Black trans women face the most discrimination(Opens in a new window) and danger(Opens in a new window). For the Gworls assists them by providing funds for rent, medical care, and gender-affirming surgeries. You can donate here(Opens in a new window).

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Trans Mutual Aid

Trans Mutual Aid provides the mutual aid in its name to the trans community as well as relocation resources, help with gender-affirming care, and more. You can contribute money as well as your time and skills(Opens in a new window).

Where to Find Resources

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The Trevor Project

The Trevor Project(Opens in a new window) is a literal lifeline for LGBTQ youth. You can contact the Trevor Lifeline 24/7 via phone at 1-866-488-7386, by texting START to 678-678, or going to TheTrevorProject.org/Get-Help to chat. The site also has lots of helpful information, including a guide to coming out(Opens in a new window).

To support The Trevor Project, thanks to a collaboration between IGN and Humble Bundle, you can purchase a Humble Choice Membership(Opens in a new window) or Bundle(Opens in a new window). In June, 5% of every June Humble Choice membership goes to support The Trevor Project. This month’s Humble Choice games include Ghostwire: Tokyo, Remnant: From the Ashes – Complete Edition, and six more. Find out more here(Opens in a new window).

Trans Lifeline

The Trans Lifeline(Opens in a new window) is a support and crisis hotline that is staffed by trans people. You can call at 1-877-565-8860. There are also links to resources(Opens in a new window) on their sites. 

National Center for Lesbian Rights

The NCLR provides help(Opens in a new window) with custody disputes, separation and divorce, immigration and asylum, and other issues. 

How to Be an Ally

This is no time to stand on the sidelines. The Trevor Project offers a guide to being an ally to transgender and nonbinary youth(Opens in a new window). And the Human Rights Campaign has a guide to being an LGBTQ+ ally(Opens in a new window).