Pride Gets Personal in HoCo

May I suggest a visit to Shake Shack today to support HCPSS Pride?

Don’t forget! Join us at Shake Shack to celebrate HCPSS Pride Week! Use the code: DONATEBURGER in the shack app or at the kiosk or mention HCPSS Pride Donation Day at check out. We hope to see you there! Bonus - if you order a rainbow shake, not only will you support HCPSS Pride, but proceeds will also be donated to The Trevor Project. It’s a double win!

You can also visit the HCPSS Pride website to learn more about Pride Week, Pride Prom, and their other initiatives to support LGBTQIA+ students and families. Don’t have time for Shake Shake today? You can make a donation at the website.

Today is also the last day to register for this year’s Pride Prom: Mythical Garden, to be held this weekend.

Who: Pride Prom Is open to all HCPSS high school students who are part of or allies to the LGBTQIA+ community

When: Saturday, June 8, 2024 from 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Where: Harriet Tubman Cultural Center

Cost: $30 per person

Two things you ought to know about how things stand in Howard County where the rights of LGBTQIA+ young people are concerned.

1. Notoriously hateful Libs of TikTok is targeting the Pride Prom.

2. Howard County M4L is amplifying/promoting messages from Libs of TikTok.

How on earth did Libs of TikTok even know about a Pride Prom in Howard County, Maryland?

I have a pretty good idea how that happened.

At the moment Howard County M4L is known largely for staging dramatic readings of books they consider “too sexy for library shelves” at HCPSS Board Meetings. (You have to wonder what they are getting out of that…) Are they also setting up local young people to be targeted by a national hate account?

I think that bears further scrutiny, especially during BOE election season.

HCPSS Pride is an umbrella term that encompasses the various programs to support LGBTQIA+ students and families in the Howard County School System, coordinated by LGBTQIA+ Initiatives Specialist Danielle DuPuis. That link to donate to HCPSS Pride initiatives? It’s right here.

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