YouTube Pride 2021 Kicks Off Today: Here's What to Expect

“YouTube Pride 2021,” a 5-hour livestream to benefit the LGBTQ+ community, kicks off today at 12pm PST/3pm EST/8pm BST.  The event, sponsored by Levi’s® and State Farm in the US, will benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation, the Trevor Project and akt. It will feature discussions, fan Q&As, musical performances and more from some of the world’s biggest LGBTQ+ icons. The entire livestream can be watched at the YouTube Originals channel. The event will begin across the pond with British singer-songwriter Olly Alexander and Pakistani-British actor Mawaan Rizwan as they visit an old Victorian pub in East London for a Pride celebration. The two will do a fan Q&A and Alexander will give a performance. Among those joining them are British activist Lady Phyll and British model Munroe Bergdorf. Following Alexander and Rizwan at 1pm PST/9pm BST will be British YouTuber Daniel Howell as he discusses his past. He will be joined by American YouTuber Tyler Oakley, British YouTuber Abigail Thorn and British singer-songwriter Will Young.  English singer-songwriter Elton John and his husband, Canadian film producer David Furnish, will take over at 2pm PST/10pm BST for a Pride celebration in their own home as they will discuss what Pride means…
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