San Francisco Pride announces its 2013 celebrity grand marshal line up

The San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Celebration Committee and Board of Directors has announced its 2013 SF Pride’s Celebration and Parade’s Celebrity Grand Marshal line-up. SF Pride Celebrity Grand Marshal selections honor the work that the individuals have contributed in furthering the causes of the LGBT community. “It is with such great excitement…

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Lesbian love story, ‘Blue is the warmest color: The Story of Adele,’ nabs top honor at Cannes (VIDEO)

http://youtu.be/_NYyBA7zWfM Described as a ‘tender, sensual lesbian romance,’ Tunisian-born director Abdellatif Kechiche’s three-hour paean to generational love, took the top prize – the Palme d’Or – at this years Cannes Film Fetival, widely regarding as one of the most prestigious film awards in the world. The film centers almost entirely around one woman’s sexual awakening…

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Ten arrested so far in British soldier’s killing as Muslims fear backlash

LONDON (CNN) — As concerns about rising Islamophobia in Britain grew amid anti-Muslim protests and attacks targeting mosques, authorities made a 10th arrest in last week’s knifing death of a British soldier. Armed police arrested a 50-year-old man on a street in the town of Welling in southeastern England. The man’s connection to the case…

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Protesters against same-sex marriage fill central Paris plaza (VIDEO)

(CNN) — Protesters filled Paris’ Esplanade des Invalides on Sunday, rallying against a new law that will allow same-sex marriage in France starting Wednesday. Paris police estimate 150,000 demonstrators marched along three different routes before converging in the sprawling plaza along the Seine River. The arguments against same-sex marriage in France sound similar to those…

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Personal data intact after Change.org hacked, official says

(CNN) — Change.org was hacked late Friday by someone who made “cosmetic” changes on the popular petition website, officials said. No personal information was stolen, spokesman Benjamin Joffe-Walt said in a written statement. He added that none of the 12 petitions targeted had its number of signatures affected. The modified petitions included one calling for…

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