The Pride Month Music Challenge

Celebrating LGBTQ+ musicians, allies, and the music that brings us together

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Welcome to PubBeat’s June 2026 writing challenge: The Pride Month Music Challenge!

Pride Month spans all of June, and with so many LGBTQ+ musicians and allies — both past and present — constantly shaping music around the world, it felt only right to dedicate this month’s challenge to them.

The challenge is quite simple:

Write a post that honors LGBTQ+ musicians or allies — anyone whose music, voice, or presence has made an impact.

There is no set format for this challenge, which means you can get creative and do it any way you like. Here some possible options:

— Share your favorite songs or albums by LGBTQ+ musicians or allies

— Write about a song that celebrates or supports the LGBTQ+ community

— Focus on a stage or film musical with meaningful LGBTQ+ themes

Or take it somewhere completely different!

It’s entirely up to you — so follow whatever inspires you and enjoy the journey!

NOTE: If there is more than one idea you have for the challenge, that’s more than fine. Do the challenge as many times as you like.

The Pride Month Music Challenge runs from June 1st through June 30, 2026. If you’d like to participate and publish your reply here, but you’re not yet a writer for PubBeat, please see our Submission Guidelines to learn how to join us.

NOTE: Our previous challenge, The Fave Songs by Year Challenge, will remain as an ongoing challenge. If you haven’t done that one yet and you’d still like to — please do so!

Thank you for reading. Have a wonderful day!

Buddy Gott — Founder & Chief Editor of PubBeat

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Paul Combs Terry Barr Robert Gowty Barry Silverstein Kay Flanagan Francis B. Melanie 1701 Madam Vogue Arthur Keith Mark Holburn Steve Uppendahl T Stillone Amol Shrikhande Deanna Bugalski 💋 Ella Ruggiero Isaac Grey Ali's Notebook John Parker Jesse Perez Keith Navratil George Weeks Laura Lind Rachel Anderson Nichola Scurry Carol Saint Martin Steven Hale