‘These colors don't run': HRC launches Pride Month with message of resilience and resistance
With Pride Month set to begin, Human Rights Campaign national press secretary Brandon Wolf joins Way Too Early to unveil this year's theme: 'These colors don't run.' Wolf highlights the record 3.6 million supporters now backing the HRC, and explains why Pride 2025 will be both a celebration and a protest amid rising government attacks on the LGBTQ+ community.
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Manteca City Council to decide new flag policy for city-owned buildings
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Fox News
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Navy ship USNS Harvey Milk to be renamed as part of Pentagon's 'warrior culture' shift
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