The Iconic Denali Foxx and Bella Box. Photo sourced from Bella Lux. It’s that time of the year again. With Pride month more than halfway over, the question of how to support LGBTQIA+ individuals demands proper address. One potential answer to this question involves economically supporting LGBTQIA+ owned and allied businesses. Funders for LGBTQ Issues, an organization … [Read more...] about 5 Pride Products That Uplift and Celebrate the LGBTQIA+ Community
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Weedtube Creator, Arend Richard, on Censorship and Queerness in the Cannabis Industry
Arend Richard. Photo Credit: Weedtube In 2018, Arend Richard’s Youtube channel had over 190,000 subscribers, until the platform unexpectedly deleted his account. Unfortunately, Richard’s case was not unique. In March 2018, the global video platform “shut down a wide swath of cannabis channels, often with little or no warning,” reports Leafly. However, Richard … [Read more...] about Weedtube Creator, Arend Richard, on Censorship and Queerness in the Cannabis Industry
The LGBTQIA+ Community and the Cannabis Movement: a Longstanding Relationship
2018 New York City Pride March. Photo Credit: ABC News. A Tragic Beginning The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual/Agender (LGBTQIA+) community is tied to cannabis as a result of the AIDS crisis. Before the immune disorder that ravaged the U.S. even had its name, it had affected 335 people and killed 136. Since it initially seemed to … [Read more...] about The LGBTQIA+ Community and the Cannabis Movement: a Longstanding Relationship
How Medical CBD Originated from the AIDS Epidemic
Written By: J. Laura In 1981, the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published an article in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) which described cases of a rare lung infection in five young, white, previously healthy gay men in Los Angeles. By the time the report was published, two of the men had died. Soon, the article became the … [Read more...] about How Medical CBD Originated from the AIDS Epidemic
