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Iʼve raised £249 to Support different charities as part of #PRIDESOS
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- Funded on Tuesday, 1st January 2019
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PrideSOS is an LGBTQA+ inspired project to help support fans who are in the community. The band, 5 Seconds of Summer, makes them feel as though they have a safe space online. The idea was to bring that safe space into real life at 5SOS shows and show support, unity and solidarity and show the fans who identify as part of the community that they are welcome and loved in their chosen family.
The aim of the project is to bring the concept of pride to the Meet You There tour. There’s no one set way to participate in PrideSOS and so far every city has come up with a different idea on how they can get involved. We currently have every city of the tour taking part from around the world at their tour stops.
Speaking about the idea of the project, creator Jazz says: “Three people inspired this project. To start with, I identify as Demisexual which is a sexuality which not everyone approves of and thinks of it as a joke or not real. But when I came out, the 5SOS fam were so supportive and seeing the boys being open and supportive of people’s identities in life really made me feel valid.
The second person who inspired me is a fan who everyone loves. She’s always tweeting positivity and being such an incredible human being, even the band notice her and love her. When she told us that she is a lesbian but only out online because people in her real life weren’t accepting of her queer identity, it broke my heart. Not everyone can attend a pride event, so it’d be amazing to bring pride to somewhere that is safe and easier to access.
The third person is my dear friend, Alaska. I’ve watched them over the years trying to work out how they identify and although they have struggled, they’ve always had 5SOS as an escape. When they came out as genderqueer, the fans were so positive and supportive, it warmed my heart. I know a lot of fans also are going through similar stories to the three of us and so I thought it would be amazing to let music connect us all and celebrate who we are.”
Seeing 5SOS being confident enough to break gender norms and accepting of the community has inspired a lot of fans to come out and accept themselves for who they are.
There is also a charity aspect as part of the project where we raise money for worthy LGBTQA+ causes around the world. This will help them keep running as well as raise awareness about their work to let fans know what's out there to help them.
The charities we will be helping include:
- Trevor Project (US merch)
- Mermaids UK (UK merch)
- Mind Out (London)
- Le Refugé (Paris)
- Happy Hippie Foundation (Los Angeles)
- Minus18 (Brisbane)
- LivingProud (Perth)
- The Dru Project (Orlando)
- Just Us Oasis (Nashville)
- RainbowYouth (Auckland)
- Lyric (San Jose)
- Attic Youth (Allentown & York)
- New Jersey Pride Center (Holmdel)
- A.S.V Gay (Amsterdam)
You can find out more about #PrideSOS on our Twitter or from this article.
Updates
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- 6 years ago
PrideSOS Project
6 years agoWe are hosting a #PRIDESOS Raffle! If you live in the US, check out this tweet on how you can win a SIGNED 5SOS POSTER! https://twitter.com/wearequeersos/status/1036412962318245890
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- 6 years ago
PrideSOS Project
6 years agoCheck out our #PRIDESOS bracelets! They are really affordable with FREE international shipping! You can get them plain or personalised and you can choose the colours! 100% of your money will be donated to The Happy Hippie Foundation and goes towards our target! https://www.etsy.com/shop/PrideSOSLA
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- 6 years ago
PrideSOS Project
6 years agoHey guys! So just a message to say that this is where we will put all money raised so we can keep track of how much we have raised for different charities. It's also easier for us to take the money from here and donate to the charities. If you'd like to donate to support us, please do! If you include your Twitter name, we may have a surprise for some people at random!!! We will keep you updated here with updates and milestones.
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Pridesosparis (Oceane)
Dec 13, 2018
Here is the second part, from Paris :)
£46.00
PrideSOSParis (bracelets)
Dec 7, 2018
This is the first part of our donation ! -@heslittlecurls (Oceane).
£33.92
Anonymous
Nov 8, 2018
With Love From Amsterdam (COC Netherlands)
£49.73
Anonymous
Oct 18, 2018
PRIDESOS MERCH
£12.50
dani (@pettybassists)
Sep 27, 2018
with love from PRIDESOSHolmdel :)))
£31.00
Anonymous
Sep 19, 2018
PRIDESOS MERCH
£18.28
Summer Stained
Sep 15, 2018
Unpredictable shirt purchase-Summer Stained Clothing
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An LGBTQA+ project to support 5 Seconds of Summer fans who are in the community to help them feel loved and supported as well as connecting them to charities who may be able to help them.