PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — This Pride Month, CBS News Philadelphia is proud to present the LGBTQ+ individuals in our community who have helped shape the past, are making a difference in the present and are working to change the future.
In our special “Generations of Pride,” we visit Philadelphia’s Gayborhood, where you’ll find LGBTQ+ community pillars like Giovanni’s Room, the oldest continuously gay-owned bookstore. We travel to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a beach town that has become a mecca for the gay community.
Meet the couple responsible for Philly staples like Bud & Marilyn’s, Barbuzzo, and Open House, and get to know Sapphira Cristalthe philly drag queen who is the City of brotherly love in the national spotlight during season 16 of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Watch “Generations of Pride” in the player above and tune in to the full special, anchored by CBS News Philadelphia’s Jim Donovan and Howard Monroe, on Wednesday, June 5 at 7 p.m.
