WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – LA Pride have announced that this year’s LA Pride Grand Marshal will be Alexei Romanoff. A fierce advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, Alexei has spent a majority of his life fighting for equality. On the 47th anniversary of the world’s first permitted LGBTQ+ parade, LA Pride and Christopher Street West, remain…
Puerto Vallarta’s annual LGBT event “Vallarta Pride” will have a number of new initiatives this year, including an Andre Christian fashion show, an International Film Festival Screening and the participation of Orange is the New Black’s Lea DeLaria as Grand Marshal. The eight-day event will take place from May 17 to 24 and participants will…
SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee (SF Pride) is now accepting nominations for Community and Organizational Grand Marshal for the 44th Annual Celebration and Parade which takes place June 28, 29. Grand Marshal nominations opened at the January General Membership meeting Tuesday, Jan. 14 and will close after the February General…
Life with La Toya star, La Toya Jackson will be grand marshal alongside George Takei at this year’s San Diego LGBT Pride Parade. She will also be introducing the winner of the Voice of Pride singing contest during the Pride Festival. San Diego LGBT Weekly spoke with the superstar by phone recently and got some…
Today, San Diego Pride announced several new additions to the upcoming Pride weekend! Actor, author and activist George Takei will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Spirit of Stonewall Rally and Flag Raising. He will champion Pride’s 2013 theme “Freedom to Love and Marry.” Takei had this to say about his participation, “Freedom, love…
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…
The San Francisco Pride board of directors today issued a statement explaining why Bradley Manning could not be the community grand marshal. Apologizing for the “error” in announcing Manning as the Electoral College’s community grand marshal the board explains that, “The Electoral College was not the appropriate forum for his nomination.” The board goes on…
As the backlash continues from Friday’s statement from SF Pride’s board president, Lisa Williams, saying that Bradley Manning will not be an SF Pride grand marshal and that it was a mistake LGBT activists are calling for a protest against the SF Pride committee today at 5 p.m. in the city’s Market Street. Advocate.com reported…
Further to the outrage expressed at the announcement of Bradley Manning being a grand marshal at San Francisco Pride, a few minutes ago Lisa L. Williams, SF Pride board president issued the following statement: 26 April 2013: Bradley Manning will not be a grand marshal in this year’s San Francisco Pride celebration. His nomination was a…
