Gay Pride

Atlanta Gay Pride Throws Victims of Police Raid Under the Bus

Mike Alvear | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


Mike Alvear

Six weeks ago, the Atlanta police threw everybody in a gay bar called The Eagle to the ground, handcuffing them face down on the floor. After two hours, they finally let everyone go.

Tel Aviv Gay Murders Shocked Our Tolerant Nation: Israeli Spokesman

David Saranga | Posted 09.07.2009 | World


David Saranga

The fact that we have succeeded in creating a peaceful coexistence between different minorities, ethnicities, and communities in Israel for decades makes it devastating that such a tragedy could happen in our country.

Ami Cholia | Posted 09.07.2009 | Home


Ami Cholia

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New Study Finds Gap in LGBT Health Services

Somjen Frazer | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics


Somjen Frazer

Policymakers must support efforts to collect data on LGBT people to ensure that our health care system is serving everyone.

NYC Anti-Gay Violence Rises: Report

Advocate | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York


Following a gay pride weekend marked by hate-motivated violence, advocates in New York City plan a press conference on Wednesday morning to ...

Gay Pride in New York; 40 Years after Stonewall

Alex Geana | Posted 07.31.2009 | New York


Alex Geana

40 Years after Stonewall, we have many more rights to achieve, the most important being gay marriage, equality, and making sure that every gay person does in fact feel comfortable coming out.

"A President Who Fights With You and for You"

Joan Garry | Posted 07.31.2009 | Home


Joan Garry

I know what Obama meant -- that together we would fight for equality. But the line is also true if you look at it the other way. Over these next four years, he will continue to fight with the gay community. Because we are impatient.

Obama Gives a Good Speech, But Will It Help Lt. Choi?

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 07.31.2009 | Home


Emma Ruby-Sachs

If the Obama administration can't pass a comprehensive overhaul of health care, then how is it going to repeal laws that a large proportion of Americans don't care about or to which many don't object?

NY Marriage Equality Progress Halted

Advocate | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York


Because the New York senate's leadership remained in a cloud of procedural obscurity, the state's LGBT activists marched more than 40 blocks...

Labor Secretary Issues Outraged Letter Over Defaced Gay Pride Posters

The New York Times | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics


Labor Secretary Hilda Solis issued a warning letter to departmental employees late last week, after posters celebrating Gay Pride Month hanging in 35 ...

Gay Pride Parade Marks 40th Anniversary Of Stonewall

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics


NEW YORK — Decades after a riot at a Greenwich Village bar sparked a movement for equal rights, gay New Yorkers celebrated their gains at Sunday...

On the Ground at San Francisco's Pride Weekend (PHOTOS)

Jessica Gage | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics


Jessica Gage

Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of San Francisco Sunday in flamboyant costumes and waving rainbow flags, marking the 39th year of the foremost pride celebration in the country.

NY Gay Pride Parade 2009 Information

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 07.27.2009 | New York


New York City's 40th annual Gay Pride parade takes place this Sunday on June 29. Organized by the Heritage of Pride organization, the march proceeds ...

NYC Gay Pride Parade (SLIDESHOW, POLL)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.26.2009 | New York


New York City's 40th annual Gay Pride parade takes place this Sunday on June 29. Organized by the Heritage of Pride organization, the march proceeds ...

Code Orange And June Bugs

Rochelle Lefkowitz | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics


Rochelle Lefkowitz

It's June, that month more or less identified with weddings -- and Rainbow Pride -- and we seem to have been busily courting a new generation to embrace gay marriage.

Where Is My Martin Luther Queen?

Max Mutchnick | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics


Max Mutchnick

Why isn't the gay community being more demanding of this president? And why isn't he more understanding of our position? It's time for us to lose our patience. It's his job to be our leader.

A Hetero's Guide to Gay Pride in San Francisco

Teresa Rodriguez Williamson | Posted 07.19.2009 | World


Teresa Rodriguez Williamson

Beyond the glittering queens and dikes on bikes, there is a tantalizing hetero vibe that blends perfectly with the rich sauciness of Gay Pride.

Shanghai Pride: China Gay Pride Festival Its First Ever

Global Post | Posted 07.16.2009 | World


By Emily Rauhala | GlobalPost HONG KONG -- If the 2008 Olympic Games was Beijing's coming-out party, last week it was finally Shanghai's turn. The ...

Gay Pride Reminds Us That Love Can't Be Legislated

Jason Mannino | Posted 07.12.2009 | Living


Jason Mannino

Love is not something for which we can fight. Fortunately, love is not tangible. It cannot be given or taken away by government legislation.

Celebrating LGBT Pride Month

Gerald McEntee | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics


Gerald McEntee

This month, we mark the 40th anniversary of Stonewall, when the struggle for full citizenship for LGBT Americans began in earnest.

China Gay Pride Week Squelched By State

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 07.12.2009 | World


Police warned two Shanghai venues against hosting events, even as a state-run daily hailed the festival as a "showcase" of progress....

Football Team Waterboarded To Make "Political Point" In Gay Pride Film

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics


A Canadian filmaker has made a movie for Gay Pride Week featuring football players getting waterboarded with rainbow-colored underwear covering their ...

Russian Gay Pride Parade Denied For Eurovision Song Contest

SA | Posted 05.31.2009 | World


Authorities in Moscow on Thursday renewed their opposition to a public demonstration by gays and lesbians during the upcoming final round of the Eurov...

West Hollywood Obama Supporters Woo Clintonites

Tina Chong | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home


Obama supporters rallied Clinton partisans at the West Hollywood L.A. Pride Parade. Reactions were mixed. He's got a "magical quality," said one Obama supporter, sure that nthe Clintonites would come around.

Pride, A Deeper Love

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 06.10.2008 | Living


Charles Karel Bouley

Marriage isn't anybody's right. No one has a right to gay marriage, it's not in the Constitution. So under the law, there's no given right. The only time the "right" comes up is when someone tries to take it away.