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Written by: Laura Cassels It’s pride month! As much as this can be a bit of a party season for those who identify as LGBTQ+ and allies to shake their…

ARTICLE: @LAURACASSELS1 COVER ART: @PRETTYVEN0MM_ Gig Season It’s another issue of No Stunts magazine, which means another playlist! This month’s theme is live music, and we asked readers for their…

Pride is one big extravagant celebration of queerness, and music is a huge part of that! From prominent LGBT icons to cheesy anthems, to cult classics, this playlist has it all as voted for by readers of No Stunts. Is your favourite included?

Music, no matter who you are, where you’re from, or how educated you may be, is part of everyone’s life. From humming a lullaby to soothe a baby to live gigs, everyone at some point has experienced it. There’s something uniquely personal and yet completely uniting about music, and therein lies its power.

This is a very stressful time of year for a lot of people, whether they’re sitting exams in school or spring cleaning or making life-changing decisions, it all seems to happen when the weather gets a little warmer and the days grow a bit lighter. So, in order to help manage these stressful times, here are some relaxing choices to help you cry out your hurt, recentre yourself, and focus on the good in life.

Ethridge came out as a lesbian at a national queer celebration of a U.S. democratic president’s election victory. Ethridge’s queerness and philanthropy are so intertwined with her political activism that it’s hard to separate them as individual aspects of who she is. She continues to fight for gay rights at the state level as well as the national level.

It’s October! What does that mean? It’s finally Gay History Month! It’s amazing just how many people have shaped LGBTQAI+ history, even as far back as Alexander The Great in 356-323BC! However, here are a few people in the music industry who have helped move LGBTQAI+ rights forward.