#Special #Edition: The #Week in #Good #News - May 23, 2020

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The Week in Good News If there's ever a time to hear some good news, this might be it. Welcome to LGBTQ Nation's newest newsletter "The Week in Good News" where we'll highlight good news that we covered recently. Skittles gives up its colors to honor the rainbow flag for Pride Month June is Pride Month and companies will be slapping rainbows on their products. But Skittles is giving up their colors instead. Pixar releases new animated short for Pride month about coming out as gay The adorable short is perfectly sized for a quick feel-good while you're working from home or have a few minutes of downtime. That time a dairy farmer gave his gay son some important advice “Don’t sneak. Because if you sneak… it means you think you’re doing the wrong thing.” That time activists unfurled a giant trans flag at the Lincoln Memorial They were protesting the Trump administration’s attacks on transgender people. That time Olympian Gus Kenworthy kissed his boyfriend live on TV "If I'd have known it was a big deal, I'd have made out with him." That time a lesbian couple found a note from a neighborhood kid on the front door "You don't know me, but..." That time trans male model Laith Ashley slayed the runway & no one could stop talking about it The crowd literally cheered. That time a group of Pentecostals showed up at Pride to apologize to LGBTQ people The group marched in the local Pride parade behind a banner that said: “We’re here to apologize for the ways that we as Christians have harmed the LGBT community." That time two pro wrestlers made LGBTQ history at Wrestlemania One of the most visible changes in how LGBTQ people are perceived is how queer athletes and fans are being welcomed and celebrated in professional sports.