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06/04/2026

This weekend in Philadelphia is stacked with Pride events. Here are just a few highlighted events going on. Find a ton more on Philly Gay Calendar. Happy Pride!

[id: The slide above displays rainbow gradient text in the top center of the screen reading “Ready to Celebrate Pride?” The slide is then broken up into three different sections of dates with events under them. In the top left is “June 5th:”, underlined in black text. The events under it are written in black bold text with details underneath in smaller text as follows: “City of Philadelphia Pride Flag Raising: City Hall at 10am, Sip City Pride Kickoff Party on the Roof at Stratus Lounge from 6pm-10pm," and "Pride on the Pier at Liberty Point from 10pm-2am.” In the top right corner are the events listed under June 6th as follows: “Philadelphia D**e March at Louis Kahn Park from 11am-2pm," and "LGBTQ+ Resource Fair at William Way LGBT Center from 12pm-3pm.” The last date and set of events displayed is June 7th, in the center-bottom of the slide. They are as follows: “Philly Pride March 2026 in the Gayborhood from 10:30am-12pm, PhillyPride365 Pride On the Parkway Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway from 12pm-7pm, Sip City Pride All Day All Gay/borhoodat Blind Barber from 12pm-6pm," and lastly, "Q***r Pride on South Street Night Market at South Street Headhouse District from 5pm-9pm.” At the very bottom of the slide is a rainbow graphic curving up on the bottom edges of the page.]

06/03/2026

Happy Pride Month! Now more than ever, it is important to remember the history of Pride and what we are continuing to fight for. Look into your local LGBTQ+ organizations and businesses and support where you can. Pride month is a wonderful time to celebrate how far we have come, but it is just as important to remember the work still needed to be done.

[id: A single light blue slide displays rainbow gradient text with the words, "Happy Pride Month!" at the top center of the page. Under this text is an orange banner with the words, "In June 1969, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera made history at the Stonewall Inn. In June 2026, it is important to remember not only what we are celebrating, but continuing to fight for." Directly under this in bold black text on the blue slide, it says, "Get involved this Pride Month!" with bullet points describing different ways to do so. The bullet points read as followed, "Educate yourself on LGBTQ+ history and current events, Call/write your local legislators and governor and and ask them to oppose any upcoming anti LGBTQ+ legislation that comes their way, Donate to organizations like HRC, The Trevor Project, ACLU Pennsylvania etc.," and "Engage with your community!" The final thing on the slide is a progress pride flag in the bottom center of the page.]

06/02/2026

Thank you for your beautiful, rooted, loving performance at ConsentFest! Your music nourished us all.

[id: A photo of Danielle sitting on a chair outside with a guitar in her arms. She is sticking out her tongue at the camera. She is wearing a green hat and orange shirt with black jeans.]

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06/01/2026

Lauren finished up another year of programming at Wagner! Thanks so much for the supportive staff and awesome students (who are READY for summer) :)

[id: A photo of Lauren on the left with another person on the right. They are smiling at the camera and standing in a classroom, in front of a projection. The projection has a graphic of a unicorn. Text reads, "The Gender Unicorn: Gender Identity, Gender Expression, S*x Assigned at Birth, Physically Attracted to, Emotionally Attracted to" with blue, green, orange, and red arrows pointing to Information on each category.]

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05/31/2026

The seed of the idea that turned into YES! (with the help of Rebecca and Natalie) was born during a conversation between these two old friends in a childhood bedroom. Amazing to be celebrating 10 years of YES! and 5 years of ConsentFest together.

05/30/2026

At this month's Talleres Familiares workshop, our youngest students learned about periods!

One of our favorite activities is making sea creatures and other fun friends out of pads and tampons. Check out these period pals our students created!

We also played pad tag (sticking a pad to someone makes them "it"!) and other games. The students really grasped the menstrual cycle by the end!

[id: Slide 1 - A photo of a child's hands playing with a green-soaked tampon. There are googly eyes on the tampon. A granola bar is on the table next to the tampons. Slide 2 - A photo of three pads and four tampons with googly eyes and drawings on them.Some of the tampons are spread out while others are intact.]

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05/29/2026

We were ALL *dazed* by DAZED, an amazing KPOP dance group starring one of our medical student interns, Ashley! Their performance at ConsentFest got everyone so pumped. We can't wait for more performances!

[id: A photo of five people dancing, in a pose. Three people are crouched down, holding up the other two people's arms up. They are outside.]

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05/28/2026

Thank you to all of our sponsors and tablers who shared your amazing work at ConsentFest! Be sure to check them out!

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[id: Slide 1 - A group photo of five people smiling at the camera. They are tabling for Philly Keep On Loving, which has a black tablecloth and bright pink lettering. Below their logo is their website: phillykeeponloving.com. Slide 2 - A photo of two people smiling at the camera. They are tabling for Body Empowerment Project, which has a dark teal tablecloth and a circular logo. Slide 3 - A photo of a person smiling at the camera. They are tabling for Philadelphia Children's Alliance, which has a blue tablecloth, puppets, and the logo, which is a gorup of five figures in rainbow order. Slide 4 - A photo of a person smiling at the camera. They are tabling for Public Health management corporation. The table has a variety of resources and stickers and displays a green logo. Slide 5 - A photo of two people smiling at the camera, tabling for Planned Parenthood. The photo has an orange border. Slide 6 - A photo of four people smiling at the camera. One person is holding up the peace sign. There are coloring sheets on the table. The photo has an orange border. Slide 7 - A photo of three people tabling for City of Philadelphia Department of Behavior Health with Intellectual disAbility Services.Their table is blue and lists their contact information: DBHIDS.org and 888-545-2600.

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05/27/2026

Lili, Janielle, and Jamie had a blast leading consent workshops for every class at Vare-Washington School in South Philly, Kindergarten through 8th grade!

For the younger groups we read The Great Big Hug - stories are really helpful to young folks when learning new concepts.

The second photo is of a readaloud practice session on Isy's porch to learn some tips and tricks to make the book as engaging and interactive as possible.

[id: Slide 1 - An outside selfie of Lili, our facilitator, holding up a book, The Great Big Hug, in front of the Vare-Washington Elementary School sign. Slide 2 - A photo of Isy, our Executive Director, holding up The Great Big Hug while sitting outside. The book is open and shows two images of Elephant and Meerkat, two characters in the book.]

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05/26/2026

The universe smiled on consent culture and gave us perfect weather for ConsentFest. The sun was shining, the pops were delicious, the dogs were excited, the babies were plentiful, the music was transcendent, the drag was genderful, the dancing was hype, the orgs were impressive, and the community came out!

We are building a consent culture and we will not be stopped!

[id: Slide 1 - A photo of a group of people facing away from the camera in the direction of a musical performance. They are standing outside and there are tents in the background. There is a green border around the photo. Slide 2 - A selfie of three people smiling at the camera while sitting and standing at a table with books. One person is holding a popsicle. Slide 3 - A photo of a dog smiling underneath a table.]

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