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Juneteenth And Pride Were Never Separate Stories [Op-Ed]

The op-ed says Juneteenth and Pride both demand freedom for marginalized people after a $60 million White House UFC event drew a transphobic insult.

Source: Boston Globe / Getty Every June, America asks me to celebrate two freedoms at once. As a Black trans woman, I have never understood why so many people insist on treating them as separate stories. Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, and announced freedom for enslaved Black people more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Pride Month is celebrated in June to honor the 1969 Stone…

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Juneteenth And Pride Were Never Separate Stories [Op-Ed]

Source: Boston Globe / Getty Every June, America asks me to celebrate two freedoms at once. As a Black trans woman, I have never understood why so many people insist on treating them as separate stories. Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, and announced freedom for enslaved Black people more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Pride Month is celebrated in June to honor the 1969 Stone…

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The Rickey Smiley Morning Show broke the news on Friday, June 19, 2026.
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