BELGRADE, Serbia – Serbian police have banned a Gay Pride march in Belgrade for the second year running. The police cited security concerns and compliance with a request from Serbia’s Christian Orthodox Church. AP reported that police feared a repeat of the violence that flared in 2010 when right-wing groups attacked a Gay Pride march….
A high court in Russia has ruled against LGBT activists in Moscow sought to have that city’s legislative ban on anything that could be construed as propaganda promoting homosexuality to minors overturned. For the moment, it appears the next Moscow Pride event won’t be possible until 2112. Nikolai Alekseyev is a gay RussianLGBT-rights activist, who was arrested…
The openness of being gay at Gay Pride brought to mind the time when guys had to use “she” and the lesbians “he” when discussing their dates. Code words and phrases were used to identify fellow travelers and gay businesses. “The Ruby Slipper” gift shop was clearly a place where one could ask about the…
(CNN) – A gay pride parade in Mormon-heavy Salt Lake City drew thousands of participants, including a few hundred Mormons, whose church has been criticized by gay rights activists for its activism against same-sex marriage. The Mormon contingent for the parade wasn’t made up of gay members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day…
Earlier today, a local Web site erroneously advised active-duty servicemembers that the Pentagon had endorsed the wearing of military uniforms in this weekend’s San Diego Pride Parade. Later, that same Web site attempted to disambiguate its advisement to servicemembers with a warning that an unnamed, high-ranking officer had forbade the wearing of Navy uniforms at Pride….
TEL AVIV, Israel (CNN) – Gay Pride 2012 drew tens of thousands of people to the streets of Tel Aviv earlier this month to celebrate the city’s annual gay pride event. The partygoers started their journey at a community park and walked through several main streets in the heart of the city before holding a…
SEATTLE (KCPQ) — As part of a busy weekend for the city, Seattle is hosting one of the nation’s largest gay pride celebrations. But as people celebrate, many are looking ahead to November, when Washingtonians will vote on same-sex marriage. “It’s a big year with Referendum 74 on the ballot this year, so I wanted…
San Diego LGBT Pride weekend is one of the most popular, well known, and widely attended weekend events in San Diego. For years San Diego’s gay epicenter, Hillcrest, has welcomed the pride parade to the neighborhood and for the first year ever, the Hillcrest community is throwing a Friday night street festival under the night…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego LGBT Pride is thrilled to announce the addition of Alex Newell, who plays “Unique/Wade,” a transgender character, on the smash hit show, ‘Glee.’ In line with the mission of Pride, Alex Newell has been an amazing addition to the diversity of the Glee cast. Newell will also take part in…
