{"product_id":"pride-is-a-protest-candle","title":"Pride is a Protest Candle","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"388\"\u003ePicture it: New York, 1969. LGBTQ+ people had endured generations of criminalization, shame, and relentless police violence. Outside the Stonewall Inn, one of the few places where queer people could gather freely, a routine police raid pushed too far. This time, the community didn’t back down. They fought back, and the uprising that followed lit a fire that would never be extinguished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"390\" data-end=\"652\"\u003eOne year later, people filled the streets of New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, not in mourning, but in defiant celebration. These weren’t just parades. They were public, political, and unapologetic acts of rebellion. This was the birth of Pride.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"654\" data-end=\"906\"\u003eToday, as Pride organizations face slashed funding and the rise of fascist rhetoric and policy, the message is the same. Pride has always been protest. It was born in resistance, forged in fire, and meant to be loud. Be proud. Be gloriously subversive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"963\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eScent: black currant, pear, jasmine, vanilla, patchouli\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Big Gay Collective","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52294577357087,"sku":"3060000001","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/9087\/5423\/files\/Pride.jpg?v=1775795359","url":"https:\/\/thebiggaycollective.com\/products\/pride-is-a-protest-candle","provider":"The Big Gay Collective","version":"1.0","type":"link"}