Headliner Kelly Rowland has cancelled her San Diego Pride appearance. This is on the heels of cancellations at Pride celebrations in Washington, D.C. and Manchester, England. Pride will announce Rowland’s replacement on Monday, June 26, 2012 at 10:30 am. The rumor mill says the replacement will be Glee-ful!
As part of its lead-up to Pride weekend (July 20-22) San Diego LGBT Pride will be holding the All in Pride Celebration Tuesday, June 26 6:30 p.m. – 12 a.m. at the W Hotel, 421 W B Street in San Diego. The event will honor this year’s Spirit of Stonewall honorees with an awards reception,…
In celebration of LGBT Pride Month, President Obama and other senior officials attended the LGBT Pride Month Celebration at the White House Friday. The timing of the celebration follows closely on the heels of President Obama’s announcement last month in support of same-sex marriage. “Three years ago, I… promised you this,” said President Obama. “I…
WASHINGTON, June 15 – Today OutServe, the association of actively-serving LGBT U.S. military personnel and one of the largest LGBT employee resource groups in the world, praised Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s LGBT Pride message. The Secretary issued a video message to all Defense Department employees commemorating June as LGBT Pride Month, and recognizing gay…
Welcome to my first column as your Ambassador of the Night. I’ll be your host on a journey covering everything and anything from shiny disco balls and circuit parties; drag and must-see DJ’s; homocore artist’s to bears and booze. Where to go; what’s hot and what’s not; from boys’ nights and leather events to where…
June is LGBT Pride month, as proclaimed by both city and national officials; and San Diego LGBT Weekly wants to know who is your LGBT Pride star. Send us the name of someone you know who lives, owns a business, or works (volunteer work counts) in San Diego who you think deserves to be recognized…
MOSCOW – A Moscow court has upheld the decision to ban Pride events for the next hundred years. The Tverskoy district court stated it was lawful for the Russian capital’s municipal government to decline the 102 requests filed by gay rights activist Nikolay Alexeyev for Pride marches every year until 2112. Alexeyev plans to appeal…
In spirit of Pride month, the Israeli military posted a photo of two soldiers walking together while holding hands. The picture, which was posted on the official Israel Defense Forces Facebook page, reads, “It’s Pride Month. Did you know that the IDF treats all of its soldiers equally?” The photo has already garnered 8,000 likes,…
With a little help from nighttours.com San Diego LGBT Weekly has compiled a list of Gay Pride festivals around the world in June and July. June • U.K. June 2-3 Birmingham Gay Pride • Israel June 3-9 Tel Aviv Gay Pride • Brazil June 7-11 Gay Pride Sao Paulo • Greece June 9 Athens Pride…
San Diego LGBT Pride has announced that it has formed a Diversity Task Force. More than 26 local diversity organizations were invited to participate and currently 17 individuals are a part of this working group. Some of the diverse identities represented on the task force are bisexual, gender queer, Latino, black, leather, gay men, lesbians,…
