On this Independence Day, we at Lavender invite you to join us in celebrating our country's 250th anniversary! Here's wishing everyone a safe and festive Fourth!

Welcome to our Summer Dine & Drink Issue! Sample our features on the Black Forest Inn, Taste of Minnesota, two choice rooftop dining/imbibing destinations, and more! Now online and being served up soon at your nearest pick-up spot!

Christian School To Pay $10,000 To Gay Student Banned From Graduation After Coming Out tinyurl.com/42vy6wdy

Fears 1,000 LGBTQ Veterans Could Miss Gay Ban Compensation Deadline tinyurl.com/4mt9yjct

“Parental Rights” Are The Next Frontier In The Conservative War On LGBTQ People tinyurl.com/ye29bppy

Majority Of Aussie LGBT Travellers Conceal Identity Abroad tinyurl.com/ycym34dz

Andy Burnham’s Record On LGBTQ+ Issues As He’s Expected To Go For Labour Leadership tinyurl.com/4tcx25ww

Nine N.J. Hospitals Earn Highest National Recognition For LGBTQ+ Inclusive Care tinyurl.com/3ck97ury

Enter to Win Tickets to see Ed Sheeran in Concert! lavendermagazine.com/resourc…

How A Florida City Saved Its Pride Symbol From MAGA Erasure tinyurl.com/5n8wrmbh

National Report Recognizes Hawai’i LGBTQ+ Commission tinyurl.com/ywv374hw

A Popular Gay Bar Announced A Slate Of Pride Events. Then It Abruptly Closed tinyurl.com/mwhkycnp

From all of us at Lavender, here's wishing dads everywhere a Happy Fathers' Day!

A WORD IN EDGEWISE -- The story behind recently-deceased NBA center Jason Collins' courageous 2013 coming out. Read the full column at lavendermagazine.com/feature…

We at Lavender convey our best wishes in celebration of the emancipation, in body and spirit, of all people. Happy Juneteenth!

Dolls to watch out for: Mpls author and bookseller Alice Stoehr @astoehr, in her book ‘Again, Harder,’ transforms the taboo into the banal while depicting the joy, despair and messiness of the contemporary midwestern transfeminine experience. Read more at lavendermagazine.com/feature…

Groundbreaking Studies On LGBTQ Podcast Audience tinyurl.com/4czp6knj

GLAAD Warns AI Could Deepen Anti-LGBTQ Bias tinyurl.com/ymhakmb4

How Valencia Came To Host This Summer’s Gay Games tinyurl.com/pahrs6ss

Backdoor Botanics, The South Africa-based intimate wellness brand, has had a serendipitous start to its mission of delivering an anal lube of the highest quality. By @noahjaymitchell Read more at lavendermagazine.com/feature…