PRIDE MONTH

TAMPA, FL - MARCH 26: Revelers celebrate on 7th Avenue during the Tampa Pride Parade in the Ybor City neighborhood on March 26, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. The Tampa Pride was held in the wake of the passage of Florida's controversial "Don't Say Gay" Bill. (Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty Images)
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Understanding and supporting the transgender community
Hillsborough High School students protest a Republican-backed bill dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" that would prohibit classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity, a measure Democrats denounced as being anti-LGBTQ, in Tampa, Florida, U.S., March 3, 2022.
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5 ways you can stand up to anti-LGBTQ attacks
Here are five ways LGBTQ people and their allies can take action and show support for the community amid an onslaught of anti-LGBTQ legislation and rhetoric.

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fighting racism

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UPLIFTING FATHERHOOD

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EMPOWERING THE BLACK COMMUNITY

A man displays a shirt celebrating the freedom of enslaved Black people during the Juneteenth celebration in the Greenwood District on June 19, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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saving the planet

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RUSSIA'S ONGOING WAR IN UKRAINE

TOPSHOT - Sergyi Badylevych (C), 41, hugs his wife Natalia Badylevych (R), 42, and baby in an underground metro station used as bomb shelter in Kyiv on March 2, 2022. - On the seventh day of fighting in Ukraine Russia claims control on March 2, 2022 of the southern port city of Kherson, street battles rage in Ukraine's second-biggest city Kharkiv, and Kyiv braces for a feared Russian assault. (Photo by Aris Messinis / STF / AFP) (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/STF/AFP via Getty Images)
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LEGACIES OF CHANGE

CNN's Impact Your World presents ways to support causes championed by activist and performer, Harry Belafonte.
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Honoring the late civil rights activist, artist, and singer Harry Belafonte
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