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[Waterloo, WI] – For the second year running, Trek is celebrating love, diversity, and the powerful history of the LGBTQIA+ community by hosting nationwide Pride Rides throughout the month of June.

Every Pride Ride is designed to be fun and inclusive for cyclists of all stripes. Participants will enjoy Pride-themed swag like t-shirts, stickers, press-on tattoos (while supplies last), and post-ride refreshments.

Last year, Trek hosted Pride Rides in over 25 cities and donated a total of $75,000 to local LGBTQIA+ nonprofits. This year, Trek is set to host and contribute even more.

To make good on that promise, Trek shops across the country will be partnering with a local LGBTQIA+ organization to raise money and awareness for their cause. Some Trek stores will also be selling a limited-edition Pride Ride jersey, available in both road and MTB styles. All proceeds will go to the Trevor Project, a national, 24-hour, toll-free, confidential suicide prevention service for LGBTQ youth.

Pre-registration for 2022 Trek Pride Rides is recommended, but not necessary. To participate, find your local Pride Ride, grab a bike, and enjoy cycling while expressing your authentic selves with friends and family.

Participating Trek stores will provide more information about start times and routes via a Facebook event on their Facebook pages. SEE THE RIDES

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Celebrate the LGBTQIA+ Community With a Trek Pride Ride

To celebrate Pride Month, Trek is hosting Pride Rides in 23 locations and donating $75,000 to local LGBTQIA+ organizations.

• On Sunday June 27, more than 78 bike shops across the country are riding to celebrate LGBTQIA+ history and community.

On Sunday, June 27, all cyclists are invited to ride with Trek in a nationwide celebration of love and diversity. Trek Pride Rides are taking place in 23 locations along with 70+ bike shops across the country. Join the movement and ride in solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community.

“Bikes are for everyone and we want to create a community and a sport where all people feel welcomed, supported, and celebrated,” Eric Bjorling, director of brand at Trek Bicycle, said in a press release.

In support of the local communities, participating Trek stores are directing their share of donations raised to a local LGBTQIA+ organization of their choosing. Previously chosen organizations include, but are not limited to, Stonewall Columbus and Utah Pride Center . All together, $75,000 will be donated to help the cause.

This is a free event and pre-registration is not necessary. An exclusive 2021 Trek Pride Ride shirt will be handed to participating cyclists, while supplies last. To get involved, visit this website and find a Trek Pride Ride near you. Contact your local Trek store for more information on start times and routes.

Laura is the summer 2021 editorial intern for Popular Mechanics, Runner's World, and Bicycling. Her work can also be found at Oprah Daily. She is a student at Howard University in Washington, D.C. where she studies English and Art History. When she isn't fighting the temptation to use passive voice, you can typically find her hunched over her Strat or working on her zine.

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It’s 2023, and we’re moving forward—together. As a community, get ready to flood Makuri Islands with a flow of Pride Ons—rainbow Ride Ons for Pride On fun.

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LGBTQIA+ Zwifters is a group of individuals who are members or allies of the LGBTQIA+ community and Zwift enthusiasts. Like-minded friends who ride and race together, supporting each other and having fun together. Together, we are strengthening the LGBTQIA+ community on Zwift.

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About AIDS/LifeCycle

For more than 30 years, AIDS/LifeCycle has worked tirelessly to raise awareness to end the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS and fund the fight against this global pandemic. Every spring, the organization hosts a 7-day bicycle trek from San Francisco to Los Angeles. This year, you can choose from 3 days of social rides on Zwift to support their mission!

Consider donating below to support the LA LGBT Center, one of the beneficiaries of AIDS/LifeCycle

ZWIFT IN ACTION

Zwift is putting in the work with our LGBTQIA+ community year-round. By partnering with AIDS/LifeCycle and signing the Human Rights Commission's (HRC) Business Statement on Anti-LGBTQ legislation, we are committed to pushing progress forward for our community.

STANDING WITH THE COMMUNITY

Zwift has signed the Human Rights Commission's (HRC) Business Statement on Anti-LGBTQ State Legislation for the third year in a row. By opposing harmful legislation aimed at restricting our community, we are joining more than 200 companies across the United States committed to standing in solidarity with our LGBTQIA+ athletes.

ABOUT THE UNLOCKS

Let’s continue strengthening our LGBTQIA+ community with Pride ride and run events all month! Suit up, make new friends, and flow as you go. The pace is casual to keep it social. Finish any event to unlock the 2023 Pride On collection, including a cycling kit, running kit, and socks!

Pride On is a celebration of our LGBTQIA+ community. Ride and run with friends and allies, as well as LGBTQIA+ identifying Zwifters, during special events every day during the month of June.

Our support for the LGBTQIA+ community is year-round, though we have a bigger party in June, with daily in-game Pride On events throughout the month. After June, monthly events continue every Sunday.

Pride On events include both rides and runs. They’re at a social pace, and many include a Zwift Community ride or run leader. Rides and runs take place daily during June.

June 4, 8, and 10 are special days dedicated to AIDS/LifeCycle events. These rides honor the 1.2 million people living with HIV and support the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the Los Angeles LGBT Center.

This year, we continue to partner and participate in AIDS/LifeCycle to support the LGTBQIA+ community.

The progressive pride flag colors each hold a different meaning, and each color represents an important value of the LGBTQIA+ community. The color additions that build on the original six-color stacked flag aim to give visibility to people of color, trans persons, and those who are currently transitioning.

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Star Trek: Discovery GLAAD Delta Adult T-Shirt

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Featuring the colors associated with the trans pride flag within a DISCO delta, this Star Trek: Discovery Delta T-Shirt lets you support the community with each wear. Comfortable and eye-catching, this tee is perfect for Star Trek fans throughout the universe. ViacomCBS will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce’s sale of this product to support GLAAD’s culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people.

• This is the perfect tee to lounge around in!
• Fit: This crew neck shirt is comfortable and lightweight.
• Made of: 100% Combed Ring-Spun Cotton and 90/10 Cotton/Polyester in color
• Care: Machine wash cold inside out with like colors and tumble dry low.
• Additional Information: Its design is drapey and easy to wear on the go or while lounging at home.

Please note: Since the sale of this product is intended to benefit charity, promo codes cannot be applied to this product.

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• Return Policy: All sales final due to the donation-based nature of this product. We are not able to accept returns or issue exchanges. We want you to be happy with your order so please contact us if you have any questions or concerns about your purchase before placing your order.
• Shipping: Ship times are estimates of time in transit after your product leaves the fulfillment center. Some items in your order may ship separately to arrive faster.
• Availability: Ships internationally to most countries around the world.
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Star Trek Ships of the Line Pride Premium Tote Bag

Spacious, durable, and vibrant, this Star Trek Ships of the Line Pride Tote Bag is the perfect addition to any outfit. Whether you want an eco-friendly grocery bag or need a tote that can hold all of your Pride Parade essentials, you will love throwing this pride tote bag over your shoulder. ViacomCBS will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce’s sale of this product to support GLAAD’s culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people.

PLEASE NOTE: SINCE THE SALE OF THIS PRODUCT IS INTENDED TO BENEFIT CHARITY, PROMO CODES CANNOT BE APPLIED TO THIS PRODUCT.

PRODUCT DETAILS:

• This bag is perfect for carrying your everyday items, everywhere you go!
• Dimensions: Bag 15" x 15", Capacity 2.6 US gal ,Maximum weight limit 44lb, Handle length 11.8". 
• Made Of: 100% spun polyester fabric, Dual handles 100% natural cotton bull denim.
• Care: Handwash.
• Return Policy: We will gladly accept returns for any reason within 30 days of receipt of delivery.
• Shipping Policy: For more information, see our Shipping Policy .

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine United Rainbow Symbol Stack Graphic T-Shirt

Travel to the space station orbiting the planet Bajor because you'll find the most strategic wormhole in the galaxy, a diverse crew of aliens, and the coolest out-of-this-world Star Trek: Deep Space Nine styles there! Help your favorite crew members like Quark, Odo, Sisko, Kira, Dax, Worf, and O'Brien protect the entrance of the wormhole, defend their space station, and show off this Star Trek: Deep Space Nine United Rainbow Symbol Stack Graphic T-Shirt.

• This comfortable tee is a must have!
• Made of: 100% Cotton
• Additional Information: Do not iron on print location. Taped neck and shoulder seams for durability.
• Availability: Ships to the United States and Puerto Rico.

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Star Trek: The Original Series Pride Rainbow Delta Adult Short Sleeve T-Shirt

With a rainbow Star Trek delta against a soft, black material, this Star Trek: The Original Series Pride Rainbow Delta Adult Short Sleeve T-Shirt was made for those who love to stand out. No matter where you go, this Star Trek tee lets you celebrate pride with each wear. ViacomCBS will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce’s sale of this product to support GLAAD’s culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people.

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Star Trek: Discovery Pride Delta Die Cut Sticker

Could your phone, water bottle, or notebook use an upgrade? Then you will love adding this Star Trek: Discovery Pride Delta Die Cut Sticker to the mix! Featuring a rainbow Discovery delta, this sticker lets you represent pride and your favorite series everywhere you go. ViacomCBS will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce’s sale of this product to support GLAAD’s culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people.

• Show of your favorite show with this vibrant sticker on virtually any surface!
• Dimensions: 5.5''x5.5''.
• Made Of: Durable vinyl, perfect for indoor and outdoor use.
• Application: Don't forget to clean the surface before applying the sticker.

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Star Trek Pride Vulcan Salute Die Cut Sticker

From laptops and phones to notebooks and water bottles, this Star Trek Pride Vulcan Salute Die Cut Sticker lets you celebrate pride everywhere you go. Featuring a rainbow Vulcan Salute, this Star Trek Pride sticker makes a great gift for Star Trek fans in the LGBTQ+ community. Paramount will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce’s sale of this product to support GLAAD’s culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people.

• Dimensions: 5.5' 'x 5.5''.

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Star Trek Artist Spotlight: Rob DeHart Ambassadors of Queer Adult Short Sleeve T-Shirt

You will feel like an official Ambassador of Queer each time you wear this comfortable Star Trek Artist Spotlight: Rob DeHart Ambassadors of Queer Adult Short Sleeve T-Shirt. With a colorful design by Rob DeHart front and center, this Star Trek t-shirt lets you show off your love for Star Trek with each wear.

Artist Bio:   Rob DeHart is a graphic artist and illustrator based in Los Angeles. As an artist, he draws inspiration from cartoons, space travel, science fiction, queer  culture, and of course fashion. Since July 2020, he has worked as the main graphic artist for Startrek.com. See more of his work at   www.robdehart.com   and on instagram @therobdehart.

• The perfect tee that you and your boyfriend/girlfriend can share!
• Made of: 100% Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton
• Additional Information: This jersey tee features a cover-stitched collar and sleeves, shoulder-to-shoulder taping, side seams, and a convenient tear-away label. Unisex sizing available.

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Star Trek: Discovery Pride Sock

From the Pride Parade to your own home, these Star Trek: Discovery Pride Socks are perfect to wear anywhere in the galaxy. With a comfortable feel and vibrant design, these socks are a great addition to any Star Trek: Discovery fan’s wardrobe.

ViacomCBS will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce’s sale of this product to support GLAAD’s culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people.

PRODUCT DETAILS: 

• These custom knit dress socks are comfortable and breathable, perfect for all-day wear.
• Made of: 77% Cotton, 21% Nylon, 2% Lycra
• Size: One size fits most. Men's shoe size: 7-14 and women's shoe size: 7.5+

Star Trek: Discovery Pride Women's Relaxed Scoop Neck T-Shirt

There is nothing in the galaxy worth more than self love. Celebrate pride while representing your favorite series of all time with this stylish Star Trek: Discovery Pride Women's Relaxed Scoop Neck T-Shirt. 

• This comfy, scoop neck t-shirt is a great new wardrobe addition!
• Fit: Scoop neckline allows for a feminine fit
• Made of: 50% Polyester, 25% Combed, Ringspun Cotton, 25% Rayon
• Additional Information: Sideseamed for a curved silhouette that provides a relaxed fit and feel. Includes a seam down the back that gives it an athletic look and feel.

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Star Trek: Discovery Pride Ship Tote Bag

Show your Pride every where you go! The Star Trek: Discovery Pride Ship Tote Bag is the perfect bag to take with you to the gym, to the grocery store, or even to school. ViacomCBS will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce’s sale of this product to support GLAAD’s culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people.

• Double-sided print.
• 1" Wide cotton webbing handles
• Non-woven laminate

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Star Trek: Discovery Pride Tough Phone Case - Samsung

Live Long and Prosper! Peace and Long Life, the Vulcan's embrace diversity. Join the Vulcan's and show you're proud to be inclusive with the Star Trek: Discovery Pride Tough Phone Case.

Paramount will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce’s sale of this product to support GLAAD’s culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people.

• Outer shell: Polycarbonate (PC)
• Liner: Polyurethane (TPU)
• Precisely aligned port openings
• Induction charger compatible

WARNING! This product can expose you to chemicals including Bisphenol A (BPA), which is known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.

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Star Trek: Discovery Pride Tough Phone Case - iPhone

Live Long and Prosper! Peace and Long Life, the Vulcan's embrace diversity. Join the Vulcan's and show you're proud to be inclusive with the Star Trek: Discovery Pride Tough Phone Case. 

• Polycarbonate outer shell
• Thermoplastic Polyurethane TPU inner liner
• Dual-layer protection
• Induction charging compatible

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Star Trek Artist Spotlight: Rob DeHart L.L.A.P. Tote Bag

Get ready to live long and prosper while living loud and proud in style with this Star Trek Artist Spotlight: Rob DeHart L.L.A.P. Tote Bag. With a spacious interior and design that any Star Trek fan will recognize, this colorful Star Trek tote bag designed by Rob DeHart is a fun addition to any style.

• 12.0 oz., 100% heavy cotton canvas
• Full side and bottom gussets
• 24" self-fabric handles
• 11" handle drop

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Star Trek: Voyager Pride Delta Die Cut Sticker

If you want to give your laptop, water bottle, or notebook an upgrade, then you will love adding this Star Trek: Voyager Pride Delta Die Cut Sticker to the mix. Featuring the rainbow Voyager delta, this sticker makes a great gift to the biggest Voyager fans. ViacomCBS will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce’s sale of this product to support GLAAD’s culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people.

• Dimensions: 5.5'' x 5.5''.

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Star Trek Ships of the Line Pride Adult Short Sleeve T-Shirt

Featuring the ships of the line in rainbow across the chest, this Star Trek Ships of the Line Pride Adult Short Sleeve T-Shirt adds a pop of pride to your Star Trek collection. Wear this colorful tee to your town's Pride Parade to celebrate the LGBTQ+ and Star Trek community at the same time. ViacomCBS will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce’s sale of this product to support GLAAD’s culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people.

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Star Trek Artist Spotlight: Rob DeHart Warp Speed Proud Adult Short Sleeve T-Shirt

Whether you are exploring the universe at warp speed or discovering new planets, you will love wearing this Star Trek Artist Spotlight: Rob DeHart Warp Speed Proud Adult Short Sleeve T-Shirt everywhere you go. Featuring a unique design by Rob DeHart, this Star Trek t-shirt is the perfect addition to your style.

Artist Bio:   Rob DeHart is a graphic artist and illustrator based in Los Angeles. As an artist, he draws inspiration from cartoons, space travel, science fiction, queer culture, and of course fashion. Since July 2020, he has worked as the main graphic artist for Startrek.com. See more of his work at   www.robdehart.com   and on instagram @therobdehart.

• Made of: 100% Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton

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Star Trek Artist Spotlight: Rob DeHart L.L.A.P. Adult Short Sleeve T-Shirt

Are you ready to live long and prosper while living loud and proud? Then this Star Trek Artist Spotlight: Rob DeHart L.L.A.P. Adult Short Sleeve T-Shirt was made for you. Encouraging you to live loud and proud, this comfortable Star Trek t-shirt lets you go where no one has gone before in style.

• Multi-item Orders: Expedited shipping options are not available in the checkout for multi-item orders that include Fast Ship items AND products that are not noted as Fast Ship.

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Star Trek Artist Spotlight: Rob DeHart Warp Speed Proud Unisex Hoodie

This Star Trek Artist Spotlight: Rob DeHart Warp Speed Proud Unisex Hooded Sweatshirt lets you explore the galaxy in ultimate comfort and style. With a colorful warp speed design and comfortable interior, this Star Trek Artist Spotlight hoodie designed by Rob DeHart is an out-of-this-world addition to your style.

• Made of: 50/50 preshrunk cotton/polyester
• Additional Information: This sweatshirt features double needle stitching at shoulder, armhole, neck, waistband, and cuffs, double-lined hood with color-matched drawcord, 1 x 1 rib with spandex, pouch pocket, and a convenient tear-away label.

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Star Trek: Discovery GLAAD U.S.S. Discovery Adult Short Sleeve T-Shirt

Featuring the colors associated with the trans pride flag streaming behind the U.S.S. Discovery, this Star Trek: Discovery T-Shirt lets you support the community with each wear. Comfortable and eye-catching, this tee is perfect for Star Trek fans throughout the universe. ViacomCBS will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce’s sale of this product to support GLAAD’s culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people.

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Star Trek: Discovery Pride Delta Adult Tank Top

Perfect for the Pride Parade and beyond, this Star Trek: Discovery Pride Delta Tank Top will become your new favorite summer look. Featuring the iconic Discovery delta, this pride tank top lets you celebrate pride and Star Trek all throughout the universe. ViacomCBS will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce’s sale of this product to support GLAAD’s culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people.

• This tank is a must have! It features a rounded neck and is designed with superior combed and ring-spun cotton.
• Fit: Modern Fit

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Star Trek: The Original Series Pride Love Women's Fleece Crop Hoodie

Trendy and bold, this Star Trek: The Original Series Pride Love Crop Hoodie will quickly become your go-to sweatshirt. Whether you wear this hoodie during Pride Month or all throughout the year, you will love celebrating pride and representing your favorite series each time you throw on this comfy sweatshirt. ViacomCBS will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce’s sale of this product to support GLAAD’s culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people.

• Let fashion take over your wardrobe with this great statement piece. The trendy raw hem and matching drawstrings means that this hoodie is bound to become a true favorite.
• Fit: Relaxed; cropped body with a raw hem.
• Made Of: 52% airlume combed and ring-spun cotton and 48% poly fleece.
• Care: Machine wash cold - inside-out - on gentle cycle with mild detergent and similar colors. Use non-chlorine bleach only when necessary. No fabric softeners. Tumble dry low or hang-dry for longest life. Cool iron inside-out if necessary. Do not iron decoration. Do not dry clean.

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Star Trek: The Original Series Pride Rainbow Delta Adult Tank Top

Why blend in when you can stand out with this Star Trek: The Original Series Pride Rainbow Delta Adult Tank Top? Stylish enough to wear to the beach, gym, pool, and Pride Parade, this pride tank top is the perfect look for fans of Star Trek: The Original Series . ViacomCBS will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce’s sale of this product to support GLAAD’s culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people.

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Star Trek: The Original Series Pride Delta Die Cut Sticker

This Star Trek: The Original Series Pride Delta Die Cut Sticker makes it easy to celebrate pride everywhere you go. Featuring a rainbow Delta, this sticker looks great on laptops, water bottles, phones, notebooks, binders, and more. ViacomCBS will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce’s sale of this product to support GLAAD’s culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people.

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Star Trek: The Original Series Pride Delta Adult Tank Top

"Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity." - Captain James T. Kirk. Wether you are hanging out with friends by the pool or gearing up for the Pride Parade in NYC, this Star Trek: The Original Series Pride Delta Adult Tank Top lets you be stylishly and unapologetically you. Celebrate pride all year long by pairing this tank top with your favorite casual-day looks. ViacomCBS will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce’s sale of this product to support GLAAD’s culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people.

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Star Trek Pride Vulcan Salute Adult Tank Top

Whether you are hitting up the beach or going to the Pride Parade, this Star Trek Pride Vulcan Salute Adult Tank Top lets you live long and prosper vibrantly. Featuring a Vulcan Salute with a rainbow design, this tank top pairs perfectly with a variety of styles. ViacomCBS will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce’s sale of this product to support GLAAD’s culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people.

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Star Trek: Discovery Live Long Pride Adult Short Sleeve T-Shirt

Board the U.S.S. Discovery and travel to a place where love always wins. The Star Trek: Discovery Live Long Pride Adult Short Sleeve T-Shirt is the perfect shirt to throw on and show you're rooting for team love. ViacomCBS will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce’s sale of this product to support GLAAD’s culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people.

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Star Trek: Discovery Live Long Pride Black 11 oz Mug

Live Long and Prosper.. in love. Join the Vulcans and show you're pride with the Star Trek : Discovery Live Long Pride Black 11 oz Mug

• Sip your favorite beverage and represent your favorite show with this ceramic mug!
• Capacity: 11 oz
• Care: Dishwasher and microwave safe
• Additional Information: Large, easy-grip handle.
• ViacomCBS will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce's sale of this product to support  GLAAD's culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people.
• *At least 30% of each sale of this product.

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Star Trek: Discovery Pride Embroidered Hat

Add a touch of pride to any outfit with the Star Trek: Discovery Pride Embroidered Hat! It's the perfect hat to throw on if you're having a bad hair day, or to coordinate with your pride outfit! 

• This embroidered baseball hat has a classic fit making it perfect for everyday wear!
• Made of: 100% brushed cotton twill
• Additional Information: Adjustable slide closure and buckle

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Star Trek Artist Spotlight: Rob DeHart Found Families Adult Short Sleeve T-Shirt

Take your DISCO family with you everywhere you go by adding this Star Trek  Artist Spotlight: Rob DeHart Found Families Adult Short Sleeve T-Shirt to your style. With a design created by Rob DeHart and a comfortable fit, this Star Trek  t-shirt puts a unique twist on a beloved classic.

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Star Trek Artist Spotlight: Rob DeHart The Fiercest Frontier Adult Short Sleeve T-Shirt

If you're going to travel the universe, you better go fiercely! Featuring a colorful design by Rob DeHart that any fellow DISCO fan will recognize, this Star Trek  Artist Spotlight: Rob DeHart The Fiercest Frontier Adult Short Sleeve T-Shirt is the perfect addition to your style.

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Star Trek Artist Spotlight: Rob DeHart Ambassadors of Queer Tote Bag

Show off your love for the Ambassadors of Queer by throwing this Star Trek  Artist Spotlight: Rob DeHart Ambassadors of Queer Tote Bag over your shoulder. Spacious enough to hold work essentials, school supplies, groceries, gym clothes, and more, this Star Trek tote bag designed by Rob Dehart will become your favorite accessory in the galaxy.

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Star Trek Artist Spotlight: Rob DeHart Found Families Tote Bag

You will feel like the fiercest space explorer in the galaxy with your intergalactic family by your side. Featuring a unique design by Rob DeHart and spacious interior, this Star Trek  Artist Spotlight: Rob DeHart Found Families Tote Bag is perfect for work, school, grocery shopping, the gym, or daily errands.

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The most famous landmarks in Moscow—like Red Square (above), the Kremlin, Lenin’s mausoleum—all stand for the might of the state, and form the heart of the city.

Moscow: Opulent, Overwhelming, and Pulsing With Power

Living in Moscow can be terrifying and mesmerizing, says author.

MOSCOW — If Carl Sandburg’s Chicago was “ stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders ,” Moscow is “City of the Big Automobile”: tempestuous, loud-horned, insanely hurried, and engorged on wealth—only New York has more billionaires—highlighting Russia ’s status as a hydrocarbon-endowed erstwhile empire of fantastical dimensions. (You can jet eastward from Moscow nine and a half hours nonstop without leaving Russia.)

In a land where many acquired their apartments from the state, cars billboard social rank like nothing else. There is nothing subtle about this. Rich Muscovites shove their opulent rolling stock in your face. Drivers lord it over lesser beings plodding about on foot. For a long time, cars would honk as they approached intersections, rarely slowing down, and scattering pedestrians like chickens—or even, to bypass bottlenecks, swerving up onto the pavement. (In recent years, with stricter laws and higher fines, the roads and sidewalks have become safer, but barreling down streets the wrong way is still distressingly common.)

Drivers suffer, too: With all the traffic jams, getting from one end of the city to the other by car can take hours.

I’ve called Moscow home for the past 22 years. Even with the crisis in Ukraine , and Vladimir Putin’s ever more authoritarian rule, I haven’t seriously thought of leaving. I came of age here , started writing here, met my wife here, wrote three books about Russia here (and four others as well), witnessed armed conflict here, was robbed here (twice), and have been terrified here and mesmerized here.

In short, I found my life here and have few regrets. I visited first as a tourist in 1985 but settled for good in July 1993, fresh from the peripatetic adventure I’d undertaken for Siberian Dawn (my first book)—an 8,325-mile (13,398-kilometer) trek by truck, train, boat, and taxi from Magadan, on the frozen Sea of Okhotsk, across Siberia, southern Russia, and Ukraine to Poland.

Sunday night is gay night at Propaganda, one of the city’s most popular clubs. Western economic sanctions haven’t slowed Muscovites down much.

Exhausted from my months-long wanderings, but enamored of Russian history, literature, and language, I settled in the capital at a chaotic time of anti- Yeltsin demonstrations, mass impoverishment (aka “free-market reforms”), mafiya shootouts, and, above all, threats of civil war that would end with the Kremlin sending tanks to shell reactionary opponents holed up in the parliament.

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Moscow, I sensed then, was as it is now: pulsing with power and anarchic energy, always on the qui vive, the one place in Russia that mattered for the rest of the world. It’s no coincidence that its most famous landmarks—the Kremlin, Red Square, Lenin’s mausoleum—all stand for the might of the state, and form the heart of the city.

The main thoroughfares leading to them were conceived not for Ferraris and dolce vita –style frolicking but for T-90 tanks and military parades. Such parades embodied ambitions rooted in more than a thousand years of Eastern Christianity (and later transmuted into a zeal for messianic communism).

For centuries, after the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453, Orthodox believers, having lost their spiritual capital, looked to Moscow, as the sayings go, as “Guardian of the Faith” and as the “Third Rome, and a fourth there shall never be.” Russia’s sense of destiny has always intrigued me and anchored me here.

So in 1993 I rented, for just $150 a month, a cramped, one-room flat just off Novocheryomushkinskaya Street in a decent area in Moscow’s gritty, semi-industrialized southeast. The city was still mostly Soviet in exterior, dark in spirit, peopled by young and old angered by the collapse of the Soviet Union, by limitless ranks of corrupt police and officials, by grifters and fortune-seekers and woebegone pensioners.

Friday night rush hour as seen from the top of the Pekin Hotel demonstrates the truth of Jeffrey Tayler’s opinion that Moscow is the “City of the Big Automobile”: tempestuous, loud-horned, insanely hurried, and engorged on wealth.

Lonely, I wrote all day, consoling myself by gazing out my picture window onto a birch- and poplar-studded park, where leaves began turning gold in already chilly mid-August. (Summers were shorter then.)

The first anti-Yeltsin violence began in late September, and the shelling of the Supreme Soviet (the parliament left over from communist decades) came in early October, followed by a two-week, dusk-to-dawn curfew, automatic gunfire in the night, snipers haunting rooftops, cries to halt, and screams in the blackness outside my window. No sign yet of the transformative, glittering bacchanalia to come.

I kept my head down and worked on my book. Adjusting was difficult. I was born in Washington, D.C.; the often menacing, rawhide environs of Moscow intimidated me. Even without the threat of tank fire, the city can still have this effect, at least on newcomers.

Pride of the City

At rush hour, to enter the cheap but majestic, efficiently run metro in the center, you pass through the turnstile and are swept into a crowd thronging toward one of the three rapidly moving escalators. You ride down into an arch-ceilinged tunnel so long and deep that stations served as bomb shelters during WWII. Uniformed attendants at the bottom hector passengers through loudspeakers—“Take that purse off the handrail! You there, no running!” Until recent years, bloodied street bums and scar-faced drunks would take refuge from the weather on station platforms.

Russians launched the first satellite, dog, and man into space, but ask Muscovites what they take the most pride in, Tayler writes, and chances are they’ll say the metro.

Yet the metro cars were, and still are, broader and cleaner than anywhere else I’ve been. Trains run every minute or two and rarely break down. Russians launched the first satellite, dog, and man into space, but ask Muscovites what they take the most pride in, and chances are they’ll say the metro.

Street life in Moscow has never been for the faint of heart. Construction work at times diverts pedestrians off the sidewalks into traffic. Speeding, honking motorcades carrying the president and other officials may disrupt traffic, with officers in accompanying police escort cars shouting at drivers through loudspeakers to clear the way, and fast! (Putin has taken to moving about by helicopter, or working at his residence outside the city, so this problem is diminishing.)

In times past, brigades of ill-tempered, scarved old women swept courtyards with stick brooms. Nowadays, this duty is performed by (generally cheerful) young immigrant Uzbeks and Tadzhiks, living reminders of the devastating invasions from the east seven centuries ago, and refugees from the poverty and repression still reigning in formerly Soviet Central Asia.

The migration has not gone down well with many Muscovites, and ethnically motivated riots have occasionally broken out. “Ponayekhali tut” (people have poured in from everywhere), Muscovites love to say. Once, they meant folks from the provinces, but now from almost anywhere in the old U.S.S.R.

Moscow’s north-central districts are more prosperous and habitable, so I eventually moved there, to an apartment between Belorussky Station and the Mayakovskaya metro station . Here, tranquil parks and playgrounds and Soviet-era buildings predominate, once prestigious but now outshined by new edifices elsewhere in town. (The Rublyovka area in Moscow’s west boasts some of the world’s highest-priced real estate.)

Army guards in Tverskaya Street stand ready to oversee the crowds at the Kremlin Zorya, the international military band performances on Red Square.

My change of address put me in close proximity to power: The Kremlin’s red-brick ramparts are just a half-hour walk down Tverskaya Street , which was once stately and imposing but these days is lined with trendy shops and tony restaurants.

Being in the center has had its downsides, though. The protests that erupted in 2011 after tainted elections to the State Duma hit my neighborhood hard. Riot troops arrived in transport trucks and parked just north of Triumfal’naya Square , where for several frigid December nights they clashed with furious crowds. I could hear sirens from my windows.

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Until not long ago, destitute homeless folk from the provinces managed to break open our building’s coded entrance door and pass the night in our stairwell. One day, just across the street, I passed a corpse in rags lying in the middle of the parking lot. No one paid it much mind.

The demonstrations have died out, but one day a year is anything but quiet here. On May 9, the Victory D ay parade passes near my building, proceeds down Tverskaya Street, and crosses Red Square, featuring nuclear missiles on trailers and rumbling tanks and goose-stepping platoons, just as in Soviet times. From my balcony I’ve watched jet fighters and bombers roar past in formation just above the rooftops. Muscovites hardly notice them. Fireworks, always spectacular, come in the evening; these, Muscovites do notice.

Volunteer Tatyana Sveshnikova tends to a homeless man. Hundreds of the homeless freeze to death on city streets in the winter.

Cycle of the Seasons

The seasons dramatically affect life in the city. Fall and winter are now more clement, but they still can be rough on Muscovites, breeding a sort of cabin fever. But, in any case, summers always compensate.

Then, during the pink-orange gloaming of the lingering northern evenings, Moscow’s central boulevards become impromptu fashion runways, with wasp-waisted women on high heels striding along gracefully but assertively, often in the company of hulking young men. Groups of teens take advantage of the warmth and stand around in courtyards, drinking beer or vodka and smoking, shouting, and laughing, often until late.

In the Turandot restaurant, musicians playing Mozart add a touch of tone to the glitzy scene. Conspicuous consumption has fueled Moscow's ascent into the ranks of the world's most expensive cities.

In my neighborhood, in the 1990s and 2000s, they were Russians; these days, they’re mostly Central Asians. Bars and restaurants, once frequently disturbed by drunken carousers, are now as civil as anywhere (and, with the ruble’s devaluation vis-à-vis the dollar, much less expensive, at least for hard-currency holders), and many offer dining outside on verandas.

Nevertheless, one of my steady haunts throughout the year is a friendly café restaurant many blocks south, Mayak , a favorite with actors, journalists, and the intelligentsia. No balcony there, but inside peals of laughter and moderate prices.

Whatever one thinks of Putin, Moscow has evolved and progressed during his 15 years at Russia’s helm. The 1990s phantasms of cataclysm and revolt have receded; even the Ukraine crisis has hardly ruffled the city.

More and more, in public places once dour Muscovites smile and treat one another with a politesse that was rare a decade ago. A new generation is growing up studying English and traveling abroad. The formerly ubiquitous rude Russian salesclerk is mostly gone, with affable warmth toward customers increasingly the rule.

A shopper scythes through bitter cold to get to a boutique on Red Square. Tayler, who has called Moscow home for 22 years, says the seasons dramatically affect life in the city.

Yet images from my trans-Russian odyssey of 1993 remain embedded in my mind, reminding me that Moscow is at once Russian yet not entirely representative of the rural, conservative hinterland beyond its bounds that stretches from the borders of Europe all the way to the Bering Strait.

To get a taste of this other Russia, I often visit the Tret’yakov Gallery . There, I lose myself in wonder before the paintings of Ilya Repin (in particular “ A Religious Procession in the Province of Kursk ”) and Isaak Levitan, whose landscapes (including “ Above the Eternal Peace ” and “ Golden Autumn ”) take me back to pastoral realms of soft light and slow-moving rivers, of onion-domed churches rising above birches and pines, of timeless peace.

But alongside these works hang others depicting the epochal tragedy of Russian history that has been, and remains, autocracy’s true legacy. Vasily Surikov’s “ Morning of the Streltsy Execution ” and “ Boyarynya Morozova ” come to mind. Both canvases show events relating to the rise of Peter the Great, the Moscow-born ruler who turned Russia from an obscure regional power into a continental power the world still has difficulty understanding and reckoning with. Winston Churchill summed up Russia as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.”

If anyone, foreign or Russian, ever solves the enigma, he or she will do so in Moscow. Hence, I stay.

Jeffrey Tayler is a contributing editor at the Atlantic. His seventh book, Topless Jihadis—Inside Femen, the World's Most Provocative Activist Group , i s an Atlantic e-book. Follow Jeffrey Tayler on Twitter .

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Pride 2007: The State of Moscow’s Gay Movement

5 June 2007

I had expected a long day with crowds of old women clutching icons and tossing rotten eggs and curses, and skinheads and football fans throwing punches. Instead I spent most of two hours trying to get to the scene, peering over the shoulders of police to try and see what was happening, and asking friendly-looking bystanders for their opinions and accounts of what they had seen.

While I was disappointed to find Moscow Pride 2007 shut down by police, I was certainly not sad to miss what had been shaping up in the past months to be a pogrom. However, it turns out I missed a lot: The eggs, the skinheads, and the bloodletting had started early that day, before I arrived, and had been broken up quickly. One young lesbian activist complained, “They (the police) watched while the homophobes hit one of our people, and then they arrested our guy and let the homophobes go free.” Indeed, by the time I was able to get across the street, I saw far more anti-gay demonstrators walking around than LBGT supporters.

Luzhkov reflects the position of the Moscow city government, which condemns non-traditional sexuality, along with drug use and extremism, as “negative influences on youth.” Against what it calls the “imposition of free and non-traditional sexual relations” on Moscow’s youth, this year  the city government prohibited the Pride event , as they have done in previous years.

Official support for the LGBT community in Russia has been rare. One notable exception has come from Aleksandr Mitrofanov, a state Duma deputy with the LDPR party. While the party is considered by most to be ultranationalist and socially conservative, libertarian-leaning Mitrofanov helped organize this year’s Pride and has publicly supported same-sex marriage. Despite his support, and a petition signed by dozens of European Parliament members in support of tolerance towards “sexual minorities,” the Moscow city government remains opposed to any pro-LGBT demonstrations in the city.

Smashed-up faces at this year’s demonstration included those of British activists with the organization  Outrage! as well as those of a number of Russian demonstrators. One demonstrator mentioned that journalists and their equipment were also targeted. The violence did not end there, either. According to one article,  skinheads sought out and beat up “a minimum of four victims”  in the metro following the event on Tverskaya.

Another explanation for the low turnout of this year’s event may well be the state of the Russian LGBT movement itself. “There’s a lot of division in the gay movement,” explained an activist just after the demonstration. To be sure, some members of the community viewed the Pride march as a provocation that would inevitably bring a dangerous backlash. For example, the following appeared as a “reader response” to  a related article  posted on the  Gay.ru website in mid-May:

Just like last time. For some, it’s PR and money. For others who participate, it’s a couple of lumps from OMON. Still others won’t even go out on the streets for two weeks for fear of landing in the hospital. They won’t beat [us] in front of the TV cameras, but outside the clubs. Last year three dozen. How many this year? And for what?…Waving flags now is like waving a rag in front of a bull’s nose. It will get worse.

Whatever the truth of these and other claims, what surprised me the most was how difficult it was to find out when and where the march would be held, its purposes, or what to expect from the event. Instead of spreading flyers or organizing in the clubs, organizers withheld information until a press conference the day before the event, claiming caution. Also notable was organizers’ reliance on the support of foreign organizations like the UK’s  Outrage!  and the European Parliament, with an equally notable absence of support within Russia, both from within the LGBT community and from Russian organizations in the field of human rights.

A gay acquaintance of mine told me, “There hasn’t been a gay movement here since the 1990s.” The movement was then, as now, troubled by questions of foreign involvement, by debates about the nature and purposes of LGBT activism, and by different understandings of sexual identity. In her 1999 book  Queer in Russia  sociologist Laurie Essig writes that the movement of the early 90s collapsed under fatigue, demoralization, internal differences, “disillusionment with Western models of organizing and identity,” lack of support, “and a general feeling that the politics of sexual identity was not meant to flourish on Russian soil.”

The Russian government decriminalized same-sex relations in 1993, but that does not mean that further change and activism are unnecessary here. Sexual minorities continue to be targets of violence on the streets, widespread discrimination, vitriol from public officials and the Church, and general disapproval from straight society. Still, it remains to be seen on what basis a movement for LGBT rights and safety can grow and succeed.

As far as Pride is concerned, I watched the event from a more or less safe distance across the wall of police and steered clear of everyone with a shaved head, an icon, or a uniform. I wasn’t and am still not sure where I’d fit in a movement that still remains to be built on its own terms, if such a movement is to be built at all. I grieve for the lack of safety here in the free expression of non-traditional sexual identities, which for many of us extend beyond sexual practice alone into the routines of daily life. I am outraged by the treatment of LGBT people by the Moscow city government. Yet if there is to be a movement here it must address the needs and concerns of the people it purports to represent. More than that, it cannot simply represent Russian sexual minorities, but has to come from them and be built by them, rather than imported wholesale. Lastly, for those of us in Europe and the US who support equal rights, it would do to think carefully what support actually means.

In the meantime, I share the frustrated optimism of one demonstrator who, assessing this year’s Pride, sighed and said, “We really thought it would be better this year.”

All quotes here have been translated from Russian to English by the author, who takes sole responsibility for any errors made therein. Most links lead to Russian-language sources on the conservative, government, and LGBT websites. If you are sensitive to such material, do not click the links. 

About the Author

Kathleen Feyh

Kathleen Feyh is a PhD Student at the University of Texas, Austin. She has spent the past two semesters with SRAS in Moscow, performing research for her dissertation on Russian hip hop culture. Married to her partner of the past eight years, she has been active for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual (LGBT) causes in the US and decided to attend the controversial Gay Pride in Moscow as a reporter/observer to see where the movement is here.

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