50 years ago: Amazing video shows the first ever Pride
50 years ago this weekend, the world’s first Pride marches took place in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The protests, to mark the first anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in 1969 – sparked a movement which has now spread around the world. This amazing video from 1970 is now…
Trump ignores Pride Month, supports ‘National Homeownership Month’ instead
Trump pledged to support the LGBT+ community in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Orlando last year. Donald Trump’s White House has declined to issue a proclamation in recognition of Pride Month. Pride Month takes place every June to commemorate the struggles and accomplishments of LGBT+ people the world…
Atlanta Gay Guide: Entertainers Ready to Perform this Weekend
Pride Weekend is set to indulge every festival goer in the queer village with a high-energy, fierce line up of some of the music industry’s biggest names and iconic legends. The diverse slate of headliners will have Piedmont Park booming and rocking all weekend long. Atlanta celebrates Pride, National Coming…
How Boston has been celebrating LGBT pride for 45 years
The first Boston gay pride parade was in 1971. Forty-five years and hundreds of thousands of people later, the celebration still takes over the city every June. Dick Bourbeau in his South End home. Courtesy “Someone said they’d take me to a gay bar, and I said, ‘Gay bar, what’s…
Pride Portland: Parade and Festival Information
Pride Portland ― Parade Theme: “one world one love one family” Event Detail pages Parade location and route Festival location and events Want to perform?! Forms & Downloads 2015 Parade & Festival Online Registration & Payment 2015 Parade & Festival Paper Registration Form 2015 Festival Rules 2015 Parade Rules 2015 Park Layout (PDF) | 2015 Park…
10 Pride Festivals You’ve Never Been To, But Should
NEWNOWNEXT ― Sure, we all know about Pride in places like New York, London, Chicago, Sydney And L.A.. But what about those Pride Month celebrations that are a little off-the-beaten path? We’ve rounded up 10 that might not be on your radar, but should be. Each offers something super-special—and super-gay! 1. Portland, Oregon June 9…
Gay Boston Event: Boston Pride Hosts Annual Block Parties in Back Bay and Jamaica Plain
Boston Pride 45th Anniversary-#WickedProud Week Ends with Thousands of Party-Goers in Back Bay and JP Boston Pride will host block parties in the Back Bay and Jamaica Plain on Sunday, June 14th in celebration of the 45th Anniversary- #WickedProud Pride Week. The Back Bay Party is from noon to 8pm, at St. James Ave.…
Gay Seattle Event: Pride ASIA presents RICE BALL 2015
Seattle Gay News ― The committee of dedicated community members on the board of Pride ASIA, producers of the annual Pride ASIA celebration at Seattle’s Hing Hay Park in the International District, have scheduled their biggest fundraising event of the year, ‘Rice Ball: A Taste of Asia’ for Saturday, May 9, 6…